RoseRyan videos deliver the big picture on IPOs, equity comp, and valuation

We know that making time to attend a seminar is tough in our over-scheduled lives. And reading presentation slides is rarely an ideal way to connect the dots of complex subjects. Maybe you’d like to expand your knowledge while wearing your sweats and eating popcorn? Well, now you can.

We’ve made getting guidance easy—with our videos, you can take in valuable information while propping your feet up on your desk or walking your way to fitness at your mobile workstation, if you insist on multitasking.

Check out videos of our three most recent seminars:

IPO Bound? New Strategies, New Ideas and Tips for Success

IPO ahead? Learn the dos and don’ts at key stages and get legal, finance and auditor perspectives on how to get your house in order, tell your business story, nail your S-1 and hit your runway. (This program provides great business advice, even if an IPO’s not in your future.)

Equity Compensation: End-to-End Strategies for Private Companies

Whether your plans are for growth or a lucrative exit, don’t let thorny equity compensation design and execution issues ground them. Get legal, HR, accounting and industry perspectives on setting yourself up for success, avoiding common pitfalls and planning for an M&A deal or IPO.

Valuation Metrics and Drivers in Today’s Economy

Whatever your goals, a high valuation is a top priority. Demystify the valuation equation and understand market variables, business model economics, and analyst and investor perspectives; develop a valuation strategy; and avoid mistakes and deal breakers.

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How to rise to the rev rec challenge

Accounting for revenue is no piece of cake, and it’s especially true for a lot of Silicon Valley firms. If your rev rec won’t stand up in an audit, you’ve got your work cut out for you.

RoseRyan guru Miranda Chook has seen her share of rev rec fiascos. “Firms with complicated multiple-element agreements can really get tripped up,” she says. “They don’t have or haven’t consistently applied the proper accounting treatment for their various revenue streams. After awhile, they’re really in the weeds. They’ve closed a lot of deals, but they’ve documented them in incorrect ways. Now the audit needs to happen. Panic!

“What companies need is an auditor-approved treatment that covers all revenue types. Then they need to go back and apply industry-specific GAAP literature to deals. Once the accounts are clean, they need a template going forward so they don’t get in the weeds again.”

If rev rec is the bane of your existence (or just a nagging worry), rest easy—it’s one of the things we live for. Find out how we helped one high tech firm rectify its revenue accounting and come through an audit with clean books and a user-friendly rev rec template.

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New report: Summit your audit mountain with peak-performance audit prep

We’ve seen audit delays wreak havoc on implementation of business plans and make financing a costly affair. Why? Companies failed to undertake a pre-audit review to pinpoint problems and make recommendations for solving them, as well as improve efficiency and implement best practices. Once they initiated audits, they failed to collaborate with their auditor to make the process efficient and keep its costs in check.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Our new report, Audit Time? Don’t Sweat It by RoseRyan guru Julie Gilson, will help you speed up your audit summit and plant a clean flag. Its audit preparedness tips will help you work with your in-house audit team and audit firm to address technical accounting issues and missing or messy documentation that could waylay your audit.

Tip #1: Find out how knowledgeable you are about your company’s accounting. Our report asks three questions that will help you figure out whether you need to start talking with your audit firm to vet issues that could cause audit adjustments.

A pre-audit review, followed by audit prep, is key to a timely and cost-effective audit. Check out our report and breathe easy knowing that your audit is no obstacle to your business plans.

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TAG consultant: Are you it?

Intrigued by the more arcane matters of technical accounting? Love to unravel the complexities of new rules and guidance? RoseRyan’s TAG team wants you!

Members of our Technical Accounting Group (TAG)—senior-level consultants with extensive experience in technical accounting and SEC reporting—are assigned to client projects and are also a resource for RoseRyan consultants and clients on an as-needed basis.

Our ideal TAG team member will have the accounting and finance chops plus industry experience to:

  • Research complex technical accounting issues, navigate the gray areas and collaborate with technical resources
  • Help clients understand and implement new accounting standards
  • Assist clients and RoseRyan consultants with financial reporting and disclosure compliance for private and public companies
  • Keep abreast of new accounting and reporting developments, and prepare and present technical accounting updates to RoseRyan, clients and prospects

Sound like the perfect gig? Find out if your expertise and professional aspirations dovetail with our TAG consultant requirements. Or cut straight to the chase and email your resume to Michelle Hickam.

And remember, as a RoseRyan guru, you’ll be a salaried consultant. Translation: you’ll have the independence of consulting PLUS the trusty paycheck, benefits package and professional support that come with working for an established firm.

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