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Scott Ackerman Consulting

Fractional CFO | Finance and Strategy

CFO Packages

Choose a package that makes sense for your business and budget

Ad hoc work or additional hours are billed at $200.00/hour

Strategy

  • I can be a sounding board to discuss strategic alternatives.
  • I can assess your organization and its shortcomings.
  • I can review your accounting and financials and provide analysis and recommendations
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Accounting and Internal Controls

  • I can implement and administer NetSuite.
  • I can implement and administer QuickBooks.
  • I can develop a chart of accounts for your business.
  • I can write accounting policies and procedures.
  • I am an expert in Microsoft Excel. I can simplify your Excel workbooks.
  • I can write macros to automate tasks.
  • I can close your books at the end of the month.
  • I can provide insightful management commentary on your business and financial results.
  • I can develop credit and collection procedures and dunning practices.
  • I can develop internal controls and procedures to minimize risk. Purchase to Pay (PTP), Order to Cash (OTC), Expense Reimbursement, Bank Reconciliation
  • I can oversee cash flow planning and ensure availability of funds as needed.
  • I can help with working capital management to reduce accounts receivable and inventory and make sure you are taking advantage of vendor payment and discount terms.

Financial Planning and Analysis

  • I can do budgeting and forecasting. Zero-based budgeting, update last year’s budget, rolling forecasts.
  • I can calculate price/volume/mix variance
  • I can make product mix, channel, and pricing recommendations.
  • I can optimize your supply chain and sales and operations planning S&OP.
  • I can provide a sourcing analysis and recommendation.
  • I can optimize your value chain.
  • I can develop dashboards with key managerial insights

Operations

  • I can review your ecommerce website and make recommendations to improve user experience (I’m not a programmer). Customer credit (Affirm, Bread, QuadPay, AfterPay), Fraud protection (Signifyd), Payment methods (Credit Card, PayPal).
  • I can help you find a warehouse and review third party logistics (3PL) partners.
  • I can negotiate a licensing agreement.
  • I can review your packaging materials (boxes, bags, tissue, inserts) and make recommendations to improve efficiency.
  • I can review your office computer setup and make cybersecurity recommendations.
  • I can help you set up a data privacy plan
  • I can make suggestions about gaps in insurance coverage for you to talk to your broker about.
  • I can make suggestions about your company’s legal setup for you to talk to your lawyer about.
  • I can set up a business continuity plan.
  • I can help you set up and run a customer service team.
    I can design a recruitment plan to support the growth of the business.
  • I can write job descriptions.
  • I can write your travel policy.
  • I can write your disaster recovery plan.
  • I can help negotiate a lease.
  • I can manage a buildout.
  • I can lay cables and connect a router and firewall.

Business Models

  • I can create a financial business model for your business.
  • I can build a revenue model.
  • I can build a cost model.
  • I can calculate WACC for your company. (Note, I’m not a certified valuation expert)
  • I can calculate the value of your business using discounted cash flow. (Note, I’m not a certified valuation expert)
  • I can do real options analysis.
  • I can do Monte Carlo simulations.
  • I can show you a realistic TAM SAM SOM.
  • I can do due diligence on an acquisition or sale.
  • I can review your cap table (shareholder ownership matrix).

Sales Tax

  • I can make sure you are collecting sales tax in the right jurisdictions.
  • I can register for you to collect sales tax in each required state.
  • I can set you up to file and pay sales tax on the state tax websites.
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QuickBooks Online Advanced Certification