CFO and Controller Services

At Rickert CPA, our service packages are customized to meet the specific needs of our clients. Choose any of the following services for your business:

 

CFO Services
Overall financial management
-Strategic planning activities
-Financial statement analysis
-Budgets and projections
-Establish and maintain financing
-Manage risk
-Merger, acquisition, and divestiture services
-Corporate workout
-Turn-around consulting
-Crisis management

Controller Services
Timely & accurate financial information
-Produce timely/accurate financial statements and management reports
-Establish and maintain the accounting system
-Manage cash
-Manage costs
-Establish and maintain internal controls
-Hire, train, and evaluate the accounting staff
-External auditor representation

Corporate Recovery Services

Our corporate recovery services focus on three areas:
-Revenue enhancement
-Cost reduction
-Cash flow improvement

Turn-Around Consulting
-Turnaround & reorganization plans
-Bank negotiation
-Secured and unsecured creditor management
-Critical supplier management
-Delinquent tax assistance and resolution
-Bankruptcy reorganizations
-Troubled company refinancing

Financing
-Troubled company refinancing
-Debt and equity restructuring
-Bank negotiation
-Acquisition financing

Crisis Management
-Troubled company refinancing
-Bank negotiation
-Critical supplier management
-Turnaround consulting
-Cash management
-Cost reduction studies
-Delinquent tax assistance and resolution
-Interim financial management

Viability Analysis
-13 week cash projections
-Revenue analysis
-Vendor prioritization
-Collateral analysis
-Cost reduction studies
-Overall viability opinion

Interim Financial Management
-CFO and controller services
-Lender interface and negotiations
-Cash management
-Financial statement and management reporting
-Legal and taxation compliance

Crisis Management

-Troubled company refinancing
-Bank negotiation
-Critical supplier management
-Turnaround consulting
-Cash management
-Cost reduction studies
-Delinquent tax assistance and resolution
-Interim financial management

Acquisitions & Buying A Business

Through precise planning and diligent execution of a carefully prepared strategy, Rickert CPA professionals provide the services necessary to make acquisition goals reality. Our services include:
-Analyze and evaluate buyer objectives
-Determine buyer investment
-Establish criteria of the business
-Perform targeted acquisition search
-Assess acquisition targets
-Provide valuation of likely target
-Assist in drafting of purchase agreement
-Present offer to the seller
-Negotiate price, terms, and conditions
-Finalize purchase contract
-Close transaction
-Overall buyer assistance, including CFO and Controller Services

Divestitures & Selling A Business

Rickert CPA’s Professional Services helps clients maximize their selling price through careful planning and execution. Every selling engagement is customized to meet the specific needs of each client. Whether existing management wants to walk a way entirely, or continue to help the business grow, Rickert can help achieve the goals of the stakeholders. Engagements typically include the following services:
-Analyze and evaluate seller objectives
-Assess market conditions
-Perform preliminary due diligence
-Determine initial range of value
-Identify and qualify potential buyers
-Develop comprehensive, compelling marketing documents
-Confidentially enter the market
-Solicit proposals
-Evaluate initial indicators of interest
-Present management to potential buyers
-Assess letters of intent
-Select qualified buyer
-Execute detailed buyer due diligence
-Review sale documents
-Complete negotiation
-Close transaction
-Overall seller assistance

Individual Services

Do your individual taxes require professional attention? Rickert CPA is equipped to handle your personal taxation and trustee needs, ensuring that you are not paying more than your fair share of taxes. Specific services include:
-Tax return preparation
-Strategic tax planning
-Trustee services
-Tax dispute assistance and resolution

Tax Dispute Assistance

Whether you owe taxes, are being audited, or have been assessed taxes that you are not sure about, Rickert CPA can help. We defend you against improper taxation and collection activity:

-Tax dispute: Analyze the facts and eliminate inaccurate taxes, penalties, and interest.
-Reduction of liability: Negotiate a reasonable settlement amount.
-Payment plan: When you are not eligible for a reduction of taxes, we negotiate a fair payment plan.