Ernst & Young

Jon Hooper, Director, Strategic Growth Markets

“As a firm which has ‘walked the talk’ for over a decade in supporting entrepreneurs, Ernst & Young is thrilled to join The ICEHOUSE partnership.

“We share with The ICEHOUSE and its partners the same passion for innovation and commitment to growing truly international high-value New Zealand companies. Right now just over 5.5% of New Zealand companies have export earnings over $5 million. There is so much more to be achieved.

“This partnership perfectly complements, and we hope will benefit from, our other partnerships and activities in the entrepreneurial sector.

“For the last ten years we have celebrated New Zealand's best business brains through New Zealand’s only global business award for entrepreneurs, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Likewise, our activities with organisations such as the Venture Capital Association and Technology Investment Network will create even more powerful networks and access to knowledge and skills for The ICEHOUSE, its clients, and wider business community."

As a partner of The ICEHOUSE, Ernst & Young ‘walks the talk’ helping businesses grow.

With 20 partners and over 200 staff specifically working in this area, we offer practical advice whether that be in capital raising; offshore expansion; onshore expansion; succession planning or another need in the business cycle.

On top of providing traditional audit, tax and corporate finance services, we have designed services specifically to add value at key points for growth business.

Our Exceptional Enterprise model highlights the six fundamental business challenges a company should address, how they change over time and the key attributes a business needs to make it to the top.

A company will typically go through three distinct growth stages:

Emerging stage — companies concentrate on identifying the market opportunity, available sources of funding and the right people to help kickstart the business.

Rapid-growth stage — companies focus their energies on becoming a supplier of choice for their most valuable customers, on managing expansion and securing additional capital to accelerate growth.

Next-generation market leader — the best businesses turn their attention to working effectively across global markets, try to balance the entrepreneurial spirit with corporate culture and ensure they optimize their capital structure to help meet shareholder expectations.

Achieving market leadership means successfully addressing these six challenges:

Customer recruitment and management
Managing Finance
Managing Risk
Operational Effectiveness
People Recruitment
Transactions and Alliances

For more information on the exceptional enterprise model contact Melanie Beattie, melanie.beattie@nz.ey.com.

Specialist services – accounting & tax services, exporting, property transactions

Accounting & Tax Services

Our Accounting and Tax Services team provides tax services to diverse clients, from New Zealand growth companies right the way through to subsidiaries of International firms. The Accounting & Tax Services group provides a wide cross-section of tax skills to assist you and your company in the following areas: