SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT
We offer a wide-range of services for provincial governments, municipal governments and government agencies (including agencies boards and commissions). We also provide services that specifically support elected officials and their respective councils.
Governance and Oversight
We offer a comprehensive suite of services that enhance governance and oversight functions. These include:
- Council orientation and training
- Strategic planning facilitation
- Coaching for Elected Officials and Senior Leadership
- Organizational structure and governance reviews
- Leadership coaching
- Public engagement and communication
- Research
Fractional CFO Services
Looking for a senior finance executive but don’t need a full-time employee?
We can provide you with a highly experienced financial professional on a basis that provides flexibility for your organization. All of our Fractional CFOs have a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation and a minimum of 15 years of experience as a senior finance leader in complex organizations. Services our Fractional CFOs can provide include:
- Strategic Partner to leaders (financial insights for key decisions)
- Financial Strategy (long-term strategies, financial modelling)
- Financial Planning (preparing budgets and forecasts)
- Cash Flow Management (monitor, project and optimize cash flows)
- Government Grant Applications
- Financial Processes & Policies
Strategy & Risk Management
We ensure your organization has robust Strategic Planning and Enterprise Risk Management practices. Specific activities we can perform to benefit your business include:
- Establishing or renewing your Vision, Mission, Values and Objectives
- Strategic Plan Development – facilitated workshops to establish a roadmap to achieve goals
- Long-term growth planning and analysis
- Performance monitoring by developing and tracking metrics (KPI’s / KOI’s)
- Implementing or maturing your Enterprise Risk Management Program, including risk identification, assessment and treatment.
Executive Decision Support
Our team members have supported municipalities to multi-billion dollar government business enterprises in making key decisions. Examples of executive decision support services we offer include:
- Strategic advisory services that leverage our expertise
- Business case development and review
- Developing analytical models to support what-if analysis
- Assessing scenarios and developing recommendations for executives
- SWOT and decision matrix analysis
Coaching
Our coaching services enhance collaboration, performance and development. Whether your emphasis is on building team cohesion, managing performance or maximizing career growth can support you with this. Our tailored approach can be individual or team focused and be one-time or recurring sessions, depending on your organization’s needs. Examples of individuals or groups we offer coaching to include:
- Elected Officials
- Executives
- Employees
- Operational teams
- Project teams
Portfolio and Project Management (PPM)
In government there are numerous priorities and finite resources. Therefore, choosing to do the right things and doing them well is paramount. We provide services to support you in achieving this through:
- PPM framework development, including governance structure
- Portfolio analysis and prioritization
- Business case development
- Optimizing resource allocation and capacity planning
- Project scheduling and timeline management
- Portfolio and project risk management
- Contracted project delivery resources
Additional Services
In addition to our Core Services listed above, we also provide the following services:
- Contracted Professional Resources
- Process Review and Optimization
- Real Estate and Construction Services
- Digital Marketing and Web

Proudly Serving Western Canada
Head Office: Edmonton, Alberta
info@paragonadvisory.ca
