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What Is a Business Consultant and What Do They Do?

Is your company making the right moves? No matter what your role is at your company—whether you’re an entrepreneur in the second year of running a startup, or a CFO looking for efficiencies in the finance organization—there’s a frequent need to get a fresh, outside perspective. By leaning on the expertise of a business consultant […]

What Are the Types of Corporate Governance?

Companies need order and structure. No one would dispute that—getting to an orderly place, however, often requires constant refinement as a company rapidly grows, hires more employees, builds out its organizations, and takes on bigger challenges, such as pursuing an initial public offering. This is where different types of corporate governance can help the company […]

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How to Complete Your Financial Health Assessment

A financial health assessment is an impactful way to understand where your company stands. Does your company have a solid financial and operational foundation for a positive growth trajectory? Are outdated or inadequate finance and accounting systems and processes preventing you from seeing the complete financial picture of the company? An objective assessment provides a […]

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SOX Compliance: Top Considerations for This Year’s Risk Assessment

This past year, perhaps like no other, has likely brought tremendous changes to your company -and those changes will bring up new considerations in your Sarbanes-Oxley risk assessment. Shifts in strategic plans, impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, and new ways of working by your finance team (completely paper-less, fully remotely) could require some updates in […]

Financial Planning and Analysis: Unleashing Strategic Value Through FP&A

What Does Financial Planning and Analysis Entail? Many FP&A teams are focused on assessing the annual budget, forecasting, and conducting monthly variance analysis. That’s the nuts and bolts behind the typical financial planning and analysis function, but there can be so much more to it, as a  strategically-minded FP&A team brings concrete, strategic value to […]

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What Is an Accounting Consulting Firm?

Depending on the skills breadth of their consultants, accounting consulting firms can offer a wide range of services, to a wide range of companies (across industries and company sizes), or they may have a narrower niche or specialties. Searches for accounting consulting firms can turn up a smaller accounting and consulting firm that is primarily […]

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It’s 10-K Filing Season – Are You Aware of All the New SEC Disclosure Requirements?

Before anyone gets excited and tries to pack away 2020 for good, there’s a bit of looking back left to do for public companies, as 10-K reporting becomes due. The forthcoming filing requirements have a twist this year: The Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted amendments to modernize, simplify and enhance its disclosure requirements. These […]