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3 Moves That Don’t Work in Fixing Finance and 1 New Approach That Does

The noted American writer H.L. Mencken famously remarked that for every complex problem there is a solution that’s clear, simple … and wrong. If Mencken ...
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CEO / CFO

What are 4 signs that finance is not providing me value?

If ever there was a time for finance to step up and demonstrate its value to the organization at large, this has got to be ...
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CFOs Becoming More Strategic

As the head of a finance organization there is a perpetual battle for your time between tactical issues and strategic initiatives. Tactical  Production of Financials ...
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Frustrated with the financial information you receive to support your decision making?

“I have been around long enough to be sure that you don’t know what you think you know regarding product or client profitability until you ...
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6 Quick Ways to Reduce the Risk of Fraud using QuickBooks

A small business owner typically can’t afford to hire enough people to have proper separation of duties to gain the internal controls needed to prevent ...
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Slouching Toward Recovery

CFOs see several positive economic signs, but employment isn’t one of them. At last, some good news. For the first time in more than a ...
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Consero FaaS: Disrupting the Outdated Traditional F&A Model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