TCE Associates Consulting, LLC

Accounting, Consulting, and Advisory Services

Typical Engagements

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Our M&A Services team can help the Investment Committee:

  • Extend Internal Capabilities of CFO and Corporate Finance Teams,
  • Reduce Costs of Typical Diligence Assignments,
  • Ensure Financial and Economic Issues are Identified and Addressed, and
  • Ensure Critical Value-Drivers and Related Risks are Addressed with Urgency.

Typical Engagements:

  • Transaction Due Diligence and Identification of Risks
  • Quality of Earning and Working Capital Analysis
  • Assessment of Internal Control Environment, Key Controls, and a Top-Down Review of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
  • Driving Execution of Post-Merger Integration and Transformation projects
  • Leading Transformation and Rebuilding Initiatives
  • Leading Operational Restructuring and Profit Improvement Initiatives
  • Preparing Portfolio Company for Private Equity exit (i.e. pre-IPO prep)
  • Redesigning the Target’s Monthly Reporting to Meet the Investor’s Needs to Monitor Performance Against Strategy (i.e. integration, transformation, long-term value build, KPIs, etc.)

CFO Services

Our CFO Services team will help the CFO:

  • Extend the Capabilities of CFO and Finance Team,
  • Reduce Costs, and
  • Resolve Critical Matters in an Urgent Manner.

Typical Engagements:

  • Assist CFO and CEO with their Assessment of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR)(SOX 404)
  • Assist CFO teams with periodic filings and compliance with IFRS and GAAP
  • Leading Remediation Programs Regarding Internal Control Weaknesses
  • Review and Improve Management Reporting
  • Ensure Performance Reporting and Incentive Compensation are Aligned with Strategy
  • Optimize CFO Operations via Standardization and/or Implementation of Shared Service Teams
  • Designing Dashboards and Management Reporting Enhanced by KPI Metric Based Data
  • Providing Interim or Crisis-CFO Services
  • Rebuilding CFO Organization

SEC and Financial Reporting Matters

Many transactions and crisis situations present complicated challenges typically requiring the need for outside consultation. We can help bridge the gap between your needs and the limitations, due to auditor independence rules, precluding your public accounting firm from providing in-depth assistance.
Typical Engagements:

  • Assisting CEO and CFO with Resolution of SEC Investigations
  • Assisting CFO Teams with Periodic Filings and Compliance with IFRS and GAAP
  • Facilitating Timely Completion of Filings and Audit of Financial Statements
  • Assisting with Multi-year Restatement of SEC filings
  • Preparing Pro Forma Financial Information (Article 11)
  • Preparing Carve-Out Financial Statements
  • Performing Analysis and Accounting Research on a Transaction Specific Basis
  • Assisting in Evaluation and Implementation of New Accounting Pronouncements
  • Assisting in Allocation of Purchase Price

Forensics, Damage Claims, and Litigation Support

Dispute Resolution projects present complicated challenges typically requiring the need for outside resources. We can help bridge the gap between your needs and your general counsel or law firm by providing in-depth assistance.
TCE’s executives have extensive forensic accounting and claims resolution experience which ensures:

  • Cost-effective Resolution of the Dispute,
  • Timely Delivery Against Court or Contractual Deadlines,
  • Critical Financial and Economic Issues are Addressed with Urgency, and
  • Collaboration and Effective Utilization of Internal Resources, if appropriate.

Typical Engagements:
Forensic and economic damage analysis in support of Dispute Resolution, including:

  • Forensic Accounting and Investigations
  • Damage Claim Analysis
  • Lost Profits Determinations
  • Purchase Price Disputes
  • Expert Witness Testimony
  • Bankruptcy Related Fraudulent Conveyance

Crisis Management, Turnaround, and Board Services

Critical projects often present complicated challenges typically requiring the need for outside resources. We can help bridge the gap between the Board’s responsibilities and the management team’s resources or skills gap.

Typical Engagements:
Providing Advisory services to Board of Directors regarding Resolution of Existence-Threatening Situations, such as:

  • SEC Investigations,
  • Fiscal Default,
  • Technical Default of Covenants, and
  • Other Regulatory and Contractual Disputes.

Providing Independent Consulting Services, when Sponsored by the Board to Supplement Management, such as:

  • Assisting with Independent Investigations on behalf of the Board
  • Assisting with Resolution of SEC Investigations
  • Assisting with Resolution of Material Control Weakness
  • Bridging Executive Team Gap Coverage – Interim and Crisis
  • Fulfilling Board and Special Committee Assignment