Despite the recent stock market slump, the broader economic picture for the country remains strong. Revenue growth has been an especially welcome sign of the times. But revenue, of course, is just one side of the financial equation. Costs are the other side and controlling...
A growing number of mid-sized businesses today are merging with and acquiring other businesses in order to grow and expand. In fact, M&A activity set a record during the first half of this year, hitting $2.5 trillion. There is no doubt that merging with or...
When deciding to engage a CFO consulting firm for assistance in meeting financial and operational challenges, mid-sized business owners and CEOs usually have a certain expectation in terms of what defines a successful engagement. Or in other words, they usually expect to receive clear business...
Owners and executives working at mid-sized firms face a broad spectrum of financial and operational challenges. While every company’s goals and objectives will be different, all firms share the need for access to high-level expertise needed to meet these challenges and increase stakeholder value. Often,...
How important do you think that cultivating trust in business is to the big-picture success of a firm? It’s probably more important than you think, based on the results of a new study that was recently conducted by Accenture Strategy. This is true not just...
Growing mid-sized businesses today face myriad financial and operational challenges that often exceed the capabilities of their finance staff. One solution to meeting these challenges is to hire a contract CFO to provide on-demand CFO services.
Retaining a contract CFO to provide high-level financial leadership and...
Most business owners and CEOs want the right growth strategy to increase the value of their businesses. After all, if a business isn’t growing, it’s either stagnant or declining — neither of which is desirable for shareholders or employees.
But growth doesn’t just happen by accident....
Increasingly mid-sized firms today are bringing in an outsourced CFO to improve financial performance, boost profitability and grow shareholder value. An outsourced CFO provide hands-on support to CEOs and other executives by delivering proven financial leadership and authoritative financial expertise that many mid-sized firms can’t...
With the economy booming, stock valuations on the rise and excess cash in corporate coffers due to last year’s tax cuts, M&A activity is really starting to heat up. There was $2.5 trillion in M&A activity during the first half 2018 alone, which set a...
The preparation of trial balances is a common yet critical accounting practice performed by middle-market companies. Trial balances appear in a report run at the end of the reporting period (e.g., the month, quarter or year) that lists the ending balances in each general ledger...