Sparksight

When finance & accounting is not your core competency: outsource. Kelly Shores, CEO of Sparksight, leverages Consero’s Finance as a Service model to offload critical …
Updated: October 26, 2021
When finance & accounting is not your core competency: outsource. Kelly Shores, CEO of Sparksight, leverages Consero’s Finance as a Service model to offload critical tasks that are outside of his expertise. Consero frees his time so he can focus on his business.

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Transformation
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  • Interim oversight & support
  • Accounting software Implementation

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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
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