IPO Readiness

The groundwork for IPO success is built-in readiness. We provide a clear, disciplined path to IPO, preparing you to meet public-market expectations and operate as a credible, high-performing public company from Day 1.

Value creation is everything.

IPO timelines completed

1–2 weeks ahead of schedule on average

Financial statement close accelerated

from ~15 days to ~5 days to meet public-company standards

Up to 2 years

of historical financials uplifted to PCAOB and Regulation S-X standards

Public company-ready FP&A capabilities

including 5-year forecast models, built in as little as 16 weeks

How it works

Our approach carries you through the IPO and into life as a public company.

IPO Readiness Assessment. Pinpoint the gaps in financial reporting, governance, and controls, then build a realistic roadmap and timeline to close them before the window opens
IPO Launch. Run the IPO PMO, coordinating auditors, bankers, and counsel while drafting the S-1 and uplifting financials to PCAOB standards
Post-IPO Support. Stand up the reporting cadence, FP&A discipline, and controls a public company needs to perform quarter after quarter

All with our team’s judgement and expertise guiding every step.

Our solutions are built with AI at the core, not bolted onto existing workflows. Intelligence is embedded in how the work gets done to ensure you capture AI’s full transformational value.

That Means:

Deeper insights
A wider lens on where value is trapped
More quick wins
Faster time-to-value

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From the front lines

CLIENT STORY

Ensuring a growing insurance company's successful IPO

A growing property and casualty insurer preparing for an IPO needed experienced hands to drive project management, S-1 filing, process automation, and public company requirements.

We consistently create value for the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

We consistently create value for the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

Meet the Solution leader.

Shauna Watson

Managing Director, Head of IPO Readiness

Shauna, CPA, is a Managing Director and the Head of Accordion’s IPO Readiness Practice, with nearly three decades of experience spanning a variety of sectors including consulting, energy & aerospace, and defense. She is a subject matter expert in US GAAP, IFRS, SOX, and SEC Regulations. Shauna has helped companies implement new accounting standards like leases and revenue recognition, and has also worked on complicated deal and...

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