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Case Studies

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Emerging Business Accounting Support Case Studies

$800 million private telecommunications company - provided outsourced assistance related to US-GAAP compliance, acquisition accounting, internal financial reporting, external financial statement preparation, audit preparation and internal controls evaluation.
$150 million private business outsourcing company - provided outsourced assistance for the accounting of numerous business combinations, monthly consolidations, audit preparation, US-GAAP compliance and external financial statement preparation.
$60 million private, global chemical company - provided bankruptcy turnaround assistance and ongoing outsourced assistance for accounting operations.
Start-up, private technology company located in New York City - provided outsourced assistance for the development of financial reporting and accounting systems, and ongoing accounting and financial reporting assistance.
Private, early stage technology company located in the Princeton, N.J. - provided staff augmentation services ranging from senior accountant to Controller level, as well as audit preparation support.
Start-up, early stage and private retail company - provided outsourced accounting and development of accounting system; financial reporting and integration of point-of-sale with general ledger.

Combination/Transaction Support Case Studies

Multi-million dollar venture capital investment in the for-profit education industry - developed financial models and forecasts to quantify expansion versus sell options.
Venture capital firm located in New York City - performed financial due diligence for proposed investments in portfolio companies in the data content, publishing and technology industries.
Private publishing/data content company - conducted financial due diligence for a proposed acquisition and provided integration assistance with the acquired company.
Private technology start-up - created and revised the company’s chart of accounts, accounting processes and general ledger systems.
Private technology start-up - provided outsourced financial reporting and accounting systems development support.
Private, start-up retail company - provided financial leadership and direction, including directing and hands on finance and accounting assistance to successful closing of $6 million first round funding.

Internal Controls/Sarbanes Oxley Case Studies

$250 million public manufacturing company - provided outsourced assistance in year one of SOX reporting with the planning, testing, evaluation and documentation of company internal controls pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley act. In subsequent years planned and tested all Company internal controls, including site visits to subsidiaries throughout the world.
Fortune 500 public investment services company - provided outsourced assistance with the planning, and testing of company controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act. In year three of SOX reporting assisted the Company in the re-evaluation and documentation of all Company controls.
$500 million public manufacturing company - evaluated, tested and provided improvement recommendations to specific Company internal controls and processes.
$800 million private telecommunications company - evaluated and documented the internal controls at one of their subsidiaries.

Financial Reporting Case Studies

$250 million public manufacturer - provided outsourced Controller support including preparation of 10K, 10Q and 8K filings, SEC and US-GAAP compliance, supervision of monthly close process, forecasting, bank covenant compliance and preparation of income tax provisions.
$400 million public manufacturing company - provided outsource financial reporting assistance for preparation of their annual 10K filing including the drafting of financial statements, footnotes and management discussion and analysis ("MD&A") as well as ensuring compliance with US-GAAP and SEC requirements.
$5 billion public energy company - provided outsourced Controller support focusing on the preparation of 10K and 10Q filings, and SEC and US-GAAP compliance including the drafting of statements, footnotes, business overview and MD&A.
$150 million private business outsourcing company - provided outsourced financial reporting assistance for the preparation of annual financial statements in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
$400 million public technology and services company - provided outsourced financial reporting support including review and/or preparation of special omnibus filing with SEC including three years of 10K filings including financial statements, footnotes and MD&A.

Financial Systems Case Studies

$800 million private telecommunications company - acted as project manger in the implementation of Great Plains accounting software at their largest subsidiary. Managed the implementation project line, coordinated and managed the VAR’s implementation and training of employees, developed the revised chart of accounts and created the system generated financial statements.
$5 billion public energy company - provided outsourced project management services for the selection of a new financial application system. Assisted in the selection of software packages, vendors to implement the packages, identification of key existing and new financial processes, identification of integration points and a member of overall Company project team.
$30 million private records management company – provided outsourced project management of the installation of a new financial system, including planning, overseeing implementation vendors and project status ensuring its successful completion within the allotted time. The company had completed 15 acquisitions in the last 2 years which added to the complexity of the project.