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Cost Containment Strategies During an Economic Downturn

January 26, 2023

In the current uncertain economic environment in which some economists are predicting an economic slowdown or even recession, it’s important for CFOs to carefully evaluate ...

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CEO / CFO

Meeting the Digital Transformation Challenge in Today’s Challenging Economic Environment

January 13, 2023

Many CFOs and finance managers are currently facing the most challenging economic environment they’ve ever encountered. Near-record inflation is putting pressure on corporations to cut ...

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CEO / CFOInvestors

Meet the Talent Challenge with Finance as a Service (FaaS)

January 12, 2023

The worker shortage that began during the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to ease up in some industries, but it remains a challenge in accounting and ...

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CEO / CFOPrivate Equity

How to Be Audit and Due Diligence Ready at All Times

November 28, 2022

There’s at least one characteristic shared by most seed companies that achieve a successful exit: an early focus and emphasis on audit and due diligence ...

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CEO / CFO

The Major Challenges Heading Into 2023 — and How CFOs Will Meet Them

November 15, 2022

There’s a long list of challenges facing CFOs heading into 2023. These include, but certainly aren’t limited to, ongoing supply chain issues, rising interest rates ...

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CEO / CFOInvestors

How Outsourcing Can Help Emerging Hedge Fund Managers Stay Focused on Managing Investments

August 15, 2022

There’s both good news and bad news for emerging hedge fund managers in a new report from Hedgeweek. First, the good news: Emerging managers have ...

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Consero FaaS: Disrupting the Outdated Traditional F&A Model

Transformation

Cash to GAAP conversion
Clean-up work
Interim oversight & support
Accounting software Implementation

Build it Yourself Solution

CFO / Interim CFO
Consultants / VARs

Consero FaaS Solution

CFO / Interim CFO
or Consero Interim CFO
Consero Setup/Transformation

Ongoing F&A

Monthly financials
Daily accounting support
Management reporting
Integrate add-on acquisitions

Build it Yourself Solution

CFO
Controllers & Accounting Team
Enterprise Accounting Applications

Consero FaaS Solution

CFO
or Consero Fractional CFO
Consero FaaS Enterprise F&A Software and Services

New PE Platform Investment F&A Challenges

Founder Owned Company Accounting:

Existing accounting done on a cash/hybrid basis
Run on SMB accounting software and other disparate applications
Inability to produce auditable financials
Lack of know-how to develop projections & KPIs
No consistency/structure to customer contracts
Underqualified staff
Non-scalable manual processes

Carve-Out Accounting:

Required to move off parent company accounting applications in a timely fashion
Have to build an entire F&A team
No documented operational policies and procedures

To Optimized Finance & Accounting:

Monthly financials available in 5-10 business days
Audit and diligence ready support details
Integrated enterprise grade accounting software
Budget and forecast reporting
Business KPIs
Efficient & scalable processes for rolling in add-ons