Strategy. Structure. Success.

Zivo Consulting is an independent finance advisory firm with deep expertise in finance, accounting, risk, and compliance.

We deliver tailored and structured support in strategy, reporting, and operations—helping clients plan and execute confidently.

Zivo Consulting helps organizations bring structure to how they manage resources, fulfill obligations, and respond to risks. We work directly with finance teams to support sound judgment, coordinated execution, and consistent decision-making across their core responsibilities.
We combine strategic clarity with practical execution. We help clients define priorities, monitor results, and implement workflows that convert plans into outcomes. Our services improve planning, strengthen communication, and turns intention into meaningful impact.
We align strategy, structure, and execution to strengthen financial control and decision-making. We help clients translate goals into frameworks, policies, and routines. Our support adjusts to each environment and scales to meet client needs with discipline and transparency.

The Zivo Finance Framework organizes work across four essential financial functions—finance, accounting, risk management, and compliance. Within each function, we address three core activities—strategy, reporting, and operations—to maintain focus and drive alignment.
This structure clarifies responsibilities and directs support where it is most needed. We identify critical gaps, align teams, and respond to both strategic goals and technical needs. Our structured approach ensures that organizations receive relevant and effective services.
We apply the Zivo Finance Framework to deliver services that are consistent, structured, and aligned with organizations' goals. We tailor our support to fit our clients' environments, help them make better informed decisions, and strengthen their financial capabilities over time.

Financial strategy

Financial analysis

Financial operations
Financial strategy guides how organizations allocate resources, evaluate trade-offs, and plan for the future. It connects decisions to goals, helping leaders coordinate efforts, prioritize investments, and adapt to changing conditions.
Zivo helps clients shape financial strategies by supporting structured planning and long-term decision-making. We work with leadership to ensure financial direction aligns with organizational goals and adapts to evolving needs.
Our services include advising on capital allocation strategies, building scenario-based models, and preparing board-facing materials that explain financial priorities and rationale. We help clients make and communicate effective decisions.
Financial analysis turns data into insights that support planning, budgeting, and performance management. It provides reliable and timely financial information that helps organizations monitor results, assess trade-offs, and adapt to change.
Zivo helps clients use financial analysis to support internal decisions and improve visibility. We guide the development of tools that provide clarity, highlight key metrics, and strengthen operational and strategic alignment.
Our services include building dashboards, preparing detailed financial analysis reports, and reviewing internal reporting processes to ensure clarity, relevance, and timely insight across our clients’ business units and leadership teams.
Financial operations are the systems and procedures that support sound financial management. They connect data to action—enabling budgeting, reporting, cash control, and decision-making through clear processes and consistent execution.
Zivo helps clients design and implement financial operations that support transparency and execution. We improve how financial systems function, how data flows across teams, and how processes align with planning and control activities.
Our services include advising on treasury operations and designing management accounting processes. We help clients improve financial oversight, align workflows with organizational priorities, and support timely and informed decisions.

Accounting policy

Financial reporting

Accounting operations
Accounting policy defines how standards apply to financial reporting. It shapes how organizations record transactions, disclose assumptions, and present judgments—ensuring accounting consistency, accuracy, and relevance.
Zivo helps clients establish accounting policies that fit their structures and reporting needs. We support leadership in navigating complex accounting standards, and communicating positions clearly to boards, regulators, and auditors.
Our services include technical accounting analysis, policy development, and executive reporting on key accounting matters. We help clients document rationale, clarify interpretations, and engage governance bodies effectively.
Financial reporting ensures that organizations' financial results, positions, and cash flows are presented clearly and consistently to all stakeholders. It supports shared understanding, audit readiness, and confident decision-making.
Zivo helps clients develop and implement reporting tailored to their structure and audiences. We support the preparation and review of financial statements to ensure accuracy, clarity, and alignment with applicable standards.
Our services include designing financial reporting templates, preparing and reviewing financial statements, and external audit support. We help clients prepare reporting that meets both internal expectations and external needs.
Accounting operations comprise recurring processes that maintain accurate records and support timely accounting closes. These activities ensure financial integrity, consistency, and compliance with accounting and audit requirements.
Zivo helps clients improve accounting workflows by streamlining tasks, clarifying responsibilities, and strengthening controls. Our work supports accurate reporting, reduces risk, and improves coordination across teams and timeframes.
Our services include advising on close and reconciliation practices and designing financial accounting processes. We help clients improve timing, accuracy, and internal consistency across their core accounting activities.

Risk strategy

Risk reporting

Risk operations
Risk strategy defines how organizations identify exposures, set risk appetite, and respond to uncertainty. It sets boundaries and helps leadership align teams on how risk is recognized, prioritized, and managed across the organization.
Zivo helps clients build risk frameworks that align with operations, goals, and risk appetite. We use tools such as impact matrices and escalation paths to help leaders surface priorities and communicate strategy to boards and teams.
Our services include developing risk management frameworks and preparing board-level materials that explain how key exposures are identified, prioritized, and addressed. We help clients communicate risk strategy clearly and effectively.
Risk reporting presents actionable information about exposures and mitigations across organizations. It supports accountability by tracking and assigning risks, documenting responses, and informing risk-based decisions at every level.
Zivo helps clients strengthen risk reporting by improving structure, ownership, and visibility. We design tools that consolidate risk data, uncover trends, and ensure exposures are tracked across teams, timeframes, and reporting cycles.
Our services include designing enterprise risk dashboards, preparing risk registers, and reviewing mitigation plans. These tools help clients document exposures, assign ownership, and track the status of risks and responses over time.
Risk operations include the routines, controls, and tools that bring risk strategies to life. These processes assign responsibility, trigger action, and ensure risks are monitored and addressed through systems, workflows, and team activities.
Zivo helps clients implement risk mitigations, build escalation protocols, and embed risk awareness into operations. We improve how teams identify, flag, and respond to risks as part of routine processes and decision-making.
Our services include advising on mitigation plan implementation and designing internal control environments. We help clients embed risk response into workflows and ensure key controls are practical, visible, and well understood.

Compliance strategy

Compliance reporting

Compliance operations
Compliance strategy defines the structures and policies that organizations use to meet legal and regulatory obligations. It supports oversight, reinforces accountability, and builds trust with boards, regulators, and key stakeholders.
Zivo helps clients design strategies suited to regulatory environments and internal structures. We support leadership in setting priorities and defining how compliance expectations are communicated across their organizations.
Our services include building compliance frameworks, drafting compliance policies, and advising boards on oversight. We also help leaders prepare documents that demonstrate how their organizations meet regulatory requirements
Compliance reporting gives structure to how organizations document regulatory requirements and communicate their status. It supports transparency by making compliance activity visible to staff, leadership, regulators, and auditors.
Zivo helps clients build reporting systems that clarify roles, reduce redundancy, and improve coordination. Our support helps clients gather, update, and share compliance information in ways that are timely, accurate, and actionable.
Our services include creating dashboards, building calendars, and structuring reports that help clients organize compliance timelines, assign responsibility, and communicate progress clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
Compliance operations are the systems and procedures used to carry out compliance programs. They embed policies into workflows and translate obligations into consistent and repeatable actions across teams and functions.
Zivo helps clients embed compliance into operations by defining workflows, assigning responsibilities, and setting up processes that reduce clients’ compliance risk, reinforce accountability, and align daily practices with regulations.
Our services include advising on implementing compliance programs and designing practical processes that support consistent execution. We help clients turn policy into workflows that are effective, efficient, repeatable, and practical..

Tailored. Timely. Trusted.

We tailor our approach and services to fit our clients’ environments, structures, goals, challenges, and resources.

We work with startups and established companies, supporting both mission-driven nonprofits and value-driven corporations.

You move fast—and so do your financial needs. To grow with confidence, you need financial discipline, investor trust, and a solid foundation for scale—all while managing uncertainty, shifting priorities, and resource constraints. Zivo is here to help.
Zivo works with startups to build lean and effective financial systems. We help you stay disciplined without overbuilding—designing tools that support growth, improve decision-making, and meet investor, board, audit, and regulatory expectations without slowing you down.
Our services include budgeting, forecasting, financial performance reviews, investor reporting, board communication, and policy design. We help you stay controlled as you grow—keeping your systems focused, your reporting sharp, and your strategy aligned with your next stage.

You operate with purpose—and with complexity. Managing donor restrictions, engaging boards, and meeting regulatory requirements demands discipline, clarity, and systems that hold up under pressure. Zivo helps you stay accountable while delivering on your mission.
Zivo helps nonprofits build financial systems that support both mission and operations in real-world conditions. We design strategies, reports and workflows that manage compliance, enable decision-making, and balance the needs of program teams, boards, donors, and auditors.
Our services include fund accounting, donor reporting, policy design, board engagement, and compliance frameworks. We help you operate efficiently and effectively—so you can meet your financial obligations, track your performance, and drive your mission forward with confidence.

You face growing pressure to report on sustainability and explain how it affects your performance and value. Investors, boards, and regulators expect consistent data, credible reporting, and clear links to financial outcomes. Zivo helps you bring structure and clarity to this process.
Zivo helps organizations design sustainability reporting that supports transparency, accountability, and decision-making. We ensure that disclosures align with recognized standards and reflect how sustainability factors influence strategy, operations, and risk.
Our services include metric development, materiality assessments, climate disclosures, and reporting system design. We help you produce accurate, reliable information that meets compliance requirements and supports informed, long-term decision-making.

Credible. clear. Confident.

The word zivo means knowledge. Our name reflects our belief in meaningful insight and purpose rooted in deep understanding.

Knowledge focuses leaders, empowers teams, and helps organizations move forward with integrity, clarity, confidence.

Zivo Consulting LLC is a single-member limited liability company. This legal form reduces complexity, enhances operational efficiency, and supports our strategic and structured approach to advisory work.
Clients work directly with the Zivo's principal—ensuring senior-level insight, continuity, and personal engagement. There are no handoffs or sales teams—just steady, informed guidance throughout.
We handle all client data with strict confidentiality and do not disclose it without clear prior permission. Zivo values the trust clients place in us and is committed to respecting and maintaining it.

Zivo’s principal, Lou Mkanganwi, brings over thirty years of international experience across sectors and regions, including several years of executive leadership as Chief Financial Officer and earlier work in public accounting.
Lou is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Accountant, and he holds a Master’s in Leadership from Georgetown University. He values technical skill grounded in ethics, sound judgment, and pragmatism.
Lou brings a global outlook, technical depth, and a strong work ethic. Zivo’s advice reflects that blend—focused on results, guided by values, and respectful of the trust and responsibility clients place in us.