SIB Fixed Cost Reduction

SIB operates on a pure contingent-fee basis with no upfront retainers, no hourly billing, and no project fees. The firm collects a negotiated percentage of the actual savings or refunds it recovers on behalf of the client. If the audit produces no documented savings, the client pays nothing. This gain-share structure is the core of the firm's client-acquisition model and risk-alignment promise.

SIB focuses on recurring, high-volume vendor payables where billing complexity creates predictable error rates: electricity, natural gas, water, sewer, solid-waste hauling, recycling, and telecommunications. The firm does not typically engage on one-off capital expenditures or non-recurring vendor contracts. Its forensic methodology targets tariff misclassifications, tax-code errors on exempt services, incorrect meter-read multipliers, and unclaimed rebate credits.

No. SIB is a professional-services firm that performs cost-recovery audits. It does not manage investment capital, does not take equity positions in client companies, and does not function as an asset manager, family office, or private equity fund. Its client relationships are transactional audit engagements, not investment partnerships.

SIB's audits typically span a multi-year historical window, often covering the full statute-of-limitations period that utility and telecom carriers are required to honor for billing corrections. This lookback period varies by jurisdiction and vendor type but frequently extends to 36 months or longer. Capturing these historical refunds is a material component of the total savings yield on an engagement.

The firm is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, and its historical footprint is concentrated in the southeastern United States. However, because utility and telecom tariff analysis is jurisdictionally portable, the firm can accept engagements in any US state where its forensic audit methodology applies to the local regulatory and tax framework.