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Technical Accounting Advisory

Technical accounting is hard. The volume of guidance and interpretations is massive. With US GAAP, IFRS, local GAAPs, and SEC regulations, you need a partner that gets accurate outcomes—aligned with your business goals.

Our team of expert preparers and former Big 4 auditors articulates issues, researches guidance, and collaborates with your team to get to the best technical answer. Then we roll up our sleeves to implement the practical policies that address nuanced standards—maximizing business value while minimizing your manual effort. Leveraging deep experience with both public and private companies, we tackle all your technical accounting needs to ensure regulatory compliance, financial statement accuracy, and stakeholder confidence.
PAIN POINT

Struggling to keep up with frequently and constantly evolving accounting standards.

What Accordion brings:
Know the nuances.
Understand the nuances of the latest accounting standards.
Train your team.
Ensure they understand and are equipped to adapt the latest accounting standards.
Reduce manual effort.
Implement software to automate and ensure compliance with accounting standards (such as ASC 842).
PAIN POINT

Difficulty recognizing revenue under various accounting standards.

What Accordion brings:
Implement technology.
Deploy revenue management software to track performance obligations, accurately allocate revenue, and ensure compliance with standards (such as ASC 606).
Develop revenue recognition policies.
Create policies that align with applicable accounting standards.
Apply policies.
Apply policies consistently across revenue streams.
PAIN POINT

Need help tackling accounting for planning for complex transactions or integrating a new acquisition.

What Accordion brings:
Evaluate transaction accounting.
Analyze accounting treatments for new/modified debt, derivatives, investments, bankruptcy/ restructuring, carve-outs and dispositions, sale/leaseback transactions, and changes in accounting principles.
Review acquisition accounting.
Review purchase agreements, perform necessary GAAP conversions for opening balance sheet, analyze technical accounting treatment, and record purchase accounting entries.
Prepare documentation.
Prepare audit workpapers, detailed technical memos, and financial statement disclosures.
Map chart of accounts.
Consider the most efficient and effective way to align accounting policies and integrate financial results into the consolidation.
We consistently create value for the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms and their portfolio companies.
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We consistently create value for the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms and their portfolio companies.
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Meet a few
of our experts.

Shauna Watson
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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Pamela Stern
Pamela Stern
Senior Managing Director, Head of Commercial Excellence

Pamela is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Commercial Excellence at Accordion. She has two decades of experience stemming from roles at the Big 4, private equity, public and privately held companies. A certified public accountant, Pamela provides execution leadership and project execution for merger integration, business process improvement, financial close acceleration, and visibility reporting.

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Björn Knittel
Björn Knittel
Managing Director

Björn is a Managing Director with nearly two decades of experience in supporting public and private companies with financial accounting and reporting matters across various industries including technology, telecommunication, media, industrial manufacturing, and retail and consumer. Throughout his career, Björn has worked with global teams in multiple countries and is a subject matter expert in US-GAAP, IFRS, Sox, and SEC reporting. He...

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