Every so often, you come across an organisation that possesses an innate ability to make you stop, think and greatly admire what they do and what they stand for. Although health professionals generally foster kindness through their simple mantra of wanting to help, this organisation goes further, approaching every aspect of their operation with values and principles that have, and will continue to, stand them in excellent stead for sustained success.
Kern Allied Health, is a forward-thinking allied health provider, highly motivated and driven to set new standards in their delivery of occupational therapy, speech pathology, physiotherapy, psychology and specialised services. It’s not just the service delivery that sets the tone for the business, it’s their profound desire to make a positive impact across every aspect of their day to day business. The company currently provides allied health services across three areas: Hospitals, Aged Care and Community Services.
Their Story
Established in 2006 by Managing Director, Mark Kerns, Kern Allied Health started life with a clearly defined mission; to make a genuine difference in people’s lives.
In order to make this difference, Mark set about defining what remains as the central operating mantra for the business today; being client-centric, values-driven, service-focused and committed to developing more effective means of delivering therapy.
By remaining steadfast to this mission and mantra, Kern Allied Health has built its systems, processes and recruitment strategy to reflect a business that holds these principles close. As the business has grown, the corresponding supervisory and management teams have been carefully selected to further embed the nurturing of the mission and mantra amongst the wider health service delivery team. Staff were, and are still, recruited very much on the basis of being ‘Kern People’, which has strengthened the brand and reputation of the organisation over the years.
Nexia’s Role
Nexia Perth have utilised their blend of business advisory and compliance skills to rapidly become a key ‘partner’ for Kern Allied Health, on their growth journey. Nexia Perth’s role helps them to stay on course and arrive at target destinations.
Advisory support is very much at the core of how Nexia interact with Kern Allied Health on a consistent basis. This includes being on hand as a soundboard and advising on a variety of day to day and medium to long term aspects of the business growth and financial management. They trust us to play our part in supporting them through their business journey.
More specifically, Nexia Perth delivers monthly management reports, budgeting, data analysis and financial insights (helping with business process improvement), company secretarial services, tax planning and ad hoc project work.
“From our introductory meeting to being our trusted and valued Finance partner, Nexia have been consistent in delivering quality services whilst being genuinely interested and enthusiastic about our vision and growth strategy.
In addition to providing monthly management reports, we have relied heavily on advisory hours for analysis and trends in data to further test our strategy. The expertise and professionalism provided by Nexia has further strengthened our financial pillar, providing an assuredness that comes with accuracy and attention to detail.
We could not speak about Nexia without a notable mention of just how much we feel valued as their customer. There is a consistent theme of responsiveness and an authentic interest in our success. This authenticity is what makes it a partnership.”
Mark Kerns
Managing Director, Kern Allied Health
