Private equity firm leverages Finance as a Service to quickly build strategic finance teams and get streamlined reporting

Investment Partners is a middle-market private equity firm that invests in tech-enabled and services companies. When they bring an investment into their portfolio…
Updated: October 26, 2021
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BV Investment Partners is a middle-market private equity firm that invests in tech-enabled and services companies. When they bring an investment into their portfolio, the biggest pain that they see:

  1. Under-developed finance teams
  2. Lack of timely, accurate and up-to-date reporting
  3. CFO’s strategy sidelined for time-consuming daily financial operations

The Traditional Solution:

Building a finance team with a recruiter was a prolonged process and there was no guarantee that hires would be a success. Updating the unsophisticated finance & accounting systems was a time-consuming implementation taking 9-10 months without confidently knowing if they would get a fully optimized finance function.

The Consero Solution:

Consero Finance as a Service (FaaS) provides:

  1. Efficient and scalable finance & accounting software and workflows
  2. Experienced and on-demand finance team (to address fluctuating needs)
  3. Accurate, timely audit-ready financial reporting
  4. Consistent and reliable back-office services including, transaction processing, closing and reporting, to scale as needed

The Client’s Results:

  1. New Systems: Updated with best-in-breed systems and processes mapped to the business within 30-90 days. This improved the quality, efficiency, and cost structure of financial operations.
  2. Quick & Accurate Reporting: SIMPL’s standardized and accurate financial reporting enables a clear finance picture and sharp decision making.
  3. Scalable Team: Resources can scale as quickly as the portfolio can grow.
  4. Repeatable Results: Consero has seamlessly supported 6 BV portfolio companies

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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

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Founder Owned Company Accounting:
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  • 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:
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