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ArticleOutsourcing

How Does BPO Financial Accounting Work For Private Equity Firms

Business process outsourcing (BPO) has seen a considerable increase in market demand during the last few years. According to research, the BPO industry is expected ...
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How Private Equity Firms Maximize Portfolio Value by Outsourcing Finance Accounting
ArticlePrivate Equity Solutions

How Private Equity Firms Maximize Portfolio Value by Outsourcing Finance & Accounting

To strengthen and continuously improve their private equity portfolio, private equity firms need to go beyond the traditional role of being a mere provider of ...
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ArticlePrivate Equity Solutions

How Could Outsourcing Finance & Accounting Help Your Private Equity Firm?

To achieve the level of productivity and efficiency that allows a private equity firm to maintain financial stability and ability to scale, many PE firms ...
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ArticleOutsourcing

The Guide To Outsourcing Finance & Accounting For Investor-Backed Businesses

If you want to grow your business as a private equity firm, lowering operational costs and maximizing ROI across all portfolio companies should be your ...
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Fail safe finance for roll ups
ArticleMergers and Acquisitions

Fail-safe finance for roll-ups

Private equity firms embarking on buy and build strategies should have a plan to effectively scale the finance function, says Consero Global’s President, Bill Klein. ...
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ArticleOutsourcing

What are the services provided by an outsourced finance & accounting firm?

When the CFO and finance department spend all their time trying to keep their financial statements and records straight, there is little time left to ...
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How is Machine Learning Used in Finance
ArticleArtificial Intelligence

How is machine learning used in finance?

With artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA) and smart analytics powering the future of finance and accounting, manual bookkeeping and spreadsheet-based solutions will soon ...
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ArticleArtificial Intelligence

What is digital transformation and why is it important?

The term “digital transformation” has been thrown around a lot, particularly in the past decade. But what is it? Is it a trend or the ...
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What is the Future of Finance and Accounting
ArticleArtificial Intelligence

What is the future of finance and accounting?

To survive in today’s highly competitive business environment, you need to increase efficiency and agility, particularly if your business goals include driving growth, introducing new ...
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ArticleArtificial Intelligence

The ultimate guide to modernizing your finance department

Today’s highly competitive, data-driven business environment demands that organizations let go of traditional finance activities and embrace the digital revolution. Because modernizing your finance operations ...
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How does finance and accounting affect the valuation of your company
ArticleFinance & Accounting

How does finance and accounting affect the valuation of your company?

Your company’s investors will want to know where their money will go, while creditors will want to ensure you can repay your debt. This makes ...
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ArticleOutsourcing

How do I find a great outsourced finance as a service provider

Outsourcing finance and accounting to a third-party service provider is advisable for any company that has gaps in their in-house finance and accounting department. An ...
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ArticleCFO Support

How Outsourcing Finance & Accounting Helps CFOs

More CFOs look to F&A partners to quickly build scalable finance teams, upgrade systems, and for major transactional support.
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ArticlePrivate Equity Solutions

Carveouts: Enhancing the culture of the finance & accounting group

When PE firms carve out a business unit to create a standalone entity, they shouldn’t neglect the culture surrounding the finance group, according to Mike ...
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ArticleOutsourcing

Why Do Companies Outsource Accounting & Finance? 9 Top Reasons to Consider

Outsourcing helps growing businesses realize cost-savings, gain operational efficiency, and maintain a competitive edge.
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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