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One Way to Stay Focused on Growth: Outsource Accounting

Although it’s a $75 million business with complex client contracts and revenue recognition, outsourcing accounting and finance works for Synergis Education.

Meet Scott Wenhold, CFO of Synergis Education, a $75 million company whose entire on-payroll finance team consists of himself and three financial analysts.

GAAP reporting, general-ledger accounting, accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), internal audit and other core finance functions are handled by a controller at headquarters in Mesa, Ariz., and a seven-person group of accountants and auditors in India. They all work for Consero Global, a finance-services outsourcing company based in Austin, Texas.

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Transformation
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  • Clean-up work
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  • CFO / Interim CFO
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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
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  • Business KPIs
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