Most Nigerian businesses are not failing
because of lack of ambition.
They are failing because the foundations were never properly built.
Managed Business Infrastructure, from structure to institutional readiness.
Your bank asked for documents you could not produce.
You could not open a corporate account because your business registration, SCUML certification, or tax compliance status did not meet requirements.
Your accountant sends figures, but too late to act on.
These are not random frustrations.
They are what happens when a growing business is running without the structure it requires.
SME360 builds and manages those foundations, legal structure, compliance, governance, fiscal operations, and financial systems, as an embedded, ongoing partnership.
Not a one-time project.
We stay, and manage it as your business grows.
& Advisory Practice
Service Lines
Credentials
Fintech · VC Ecosystems · Research Analytics · Construction & Manufacturing · MSME Advisory
Led by a practitioner with verified professional credentials across finance, governance, tax, and compliance, and a decade of operational experience across four sectors.
Your Business Is Growing... But The Infrastructure Behind It Is Not.
Ambition exists. Infrastructure does not. And the gap is already costing you, in penalties, lost contracts, missed funding, partnerships that never materialised, and decisions made without reliable data.
SME360 manages the full sequence: legal structure, compliance, governance, fiscal operations, financial systems, and institutional readiness. The detailed methodology lives inside the Enterprise Readiness Ladder™.
"Most SMEs accumulate advisors without ever building infrastructure. They have accounts but no governance. They have strategy but no structure."
Every growing enterprise progresses through predictable stages of institutional maturity. The ERL™ maps six sequential infrastructure layers, each dependent on the last.
Where does your business sit? Take the diagnostic and get a clear gap summary.
Take the Free Diagnostic →SME360 Integrated Solutions Ltd is an integrated SME-focused business support and strategic advisory firm.
Not a bookkeeping firm.
Not a transactional consultant.
Not a registration agent.
A managed business infrastructure partner.
The engagement does not end when the project closes. It deepens as the business grows. Learn how the managed model works and where each service line fits.
| SME360, Managed Model | Traditional Providers |
|---|---|
| Establishes structure, then manages it continuously | Registers your company and exits |
| Implements governance systems, maintains them ongoing | Sets up systems and disengages |
| Runs fiscal operations as an embedded function | Prepares reports only when requested |
| Customises, deploys, trains and manages digital infrastructure | Installs software using generic templates, trains staff, and leaves |
Experience · Four Sectors
Simultaneously · Group Level
SME Infrastructure Lifecycle
Finance · Tax · Consulting · Tech
The Credentials Behind the Practice
Led by a chartered professional, across finance, management accounting, tax, governance, and digital systems.
Two recurring managed functions.
The highest-value work we do.
The Finance Function and Financial Systems Advisory are where most engagements begin and where SME360 delivers continuously. You build the finance function first, then systematise and optimise it with the digital infrastructure that runs it at scale. Everything else below is the proof of depth behind them.
The SME360 Finance Function
A complete managed finance function: management accounts, segment profitability, cash flow intelligence, and the verified record every institutional engagement requires.
Explore the Finance Function → Ladder Layer 05 · Recurring Managed FunctionFinancial Systems Advisory
The infrastructure layer that systematises and optimises the finance function: advanced QuickBooks Online configuration, dashboards, automation, and data rescue.
Explore Systems Advisory →Seven service lines.
One managed partnership.
In priority order, led by the two flagship functions, then the full infrastructure sequence behind them: legal structure, compliance management, governance systems, partnerships, and capacity building, integrated into one managed partnership model. The full service architecture is detailed on the Services page.
01
Managed Fiscal Operations & Business Finance
"Stop guessing. Start knowing."
Monthly management accounts, cash flow visibility, segment profitability, audit readiness and the financial record required for institutional engagement.
Explore the Finance Function →02
Financial & Digital Infrastructure Deployment
"We engineer your financial visibility infrastructure."
Advanced QuickBooks Online configuration, class tracking, dashboards, automation rules, NGO fund accounting and data rescue.
Explore Systems Advisory →03
Structure & Corporate Foundation
"Start right. Register properly. Build on a legal foundation."
Company registration, entity structuring, post-incorporation documentation, CAC annual returns, and the legal base every institutional opportunity requires.
Learn more →04
Statutory Compliance Management
"Compliance is not a checkbox. It's the difference between open and closed."
A managed compliance calendar for CAC, SCUML, TCC, Pension Contributions, NSITF Levy, ITF Levy and other obligations that determine eligibility before merit is assessed.
Learn more →05
Governance, Internal Controls & Policy Development
"Build the systems that make your business governable, auditable, and scalable."
Policies, SOPs, approval matrices, risk registers and internal controls that move the business beyond founder-dependency.
Learn more →06
SME Development & Institutional Partnerships
"End-to-end technical assistance for SME-facing programmes."
Technical assistance for DFIs, NGOs and government agencies that need credible SME enablement from structure through bankability preparation.
Partner with us →07 · ACADEMY
SME360 Academy
"Capability Infrastructure for Institutional Performance."
Capability tracks built from real SME360 engagements across finance, compliance, governance, digital infrastructure and institutional readiness.
Explore Academy →All SME360 engagements are scoped and quoted based on your specific business size, complexity, and requirements.
Book a Free Business Infrastructure Diagnostic →Go deeper where the need is specific.
The homepage introduces the SME360 architecture. Each dedicated page carries the full detail, examples, forms, and next steps.
Startups, growth-stage SMEs, established MSMEs, institutions and DFIs.
View segments →Understand your current infrastructure position and recommended next steps.
Take diagnostic →Practical tools for Nigerian business owners, grounded in the SME360 framework.
Open tools →Learn about the practitioner, credential stack, and SME360 ecosystem.
About SME360 →Thinking from the practice.
SME360 insights are informed by operational engagements and research developed through Stratopedia Advisory, our finance-led management consultancy and research platform.
Book a Business Infrastructure Diagnostic.
A structured review of your registration status, compliance position, governance systems, fiscal infrastructure, digital capability, and institutional readiness. Clear gap summary and recommended next steps. No obligation. Just clarity.