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Digital Transformation

Cutting-edge technology is critical to becoming a next-gen digital finance function. But it’s easy to get overwhelmed in a sea of AI, data, analytics, robotics, platforms, systems, and automation: Should we build, buy, or partner? How can we identify real tools within a haystack of hype? What’s the best way to deliver value to stakeholders?

Our experts meet you where you are on your digital journey. We cut through the noise to bring you real solutions to meet PE-expectations: technologies and analytics for your specific needs. We don't implement tech for tech’s sake. We don't push specific technologies. We don't lay out a strategy and disappear. We get in the trenches with you to build a digital future that supports your growth, creates value, and expands your multiple.
PAIN POINT

Can’t articulate value potential from digital transformation, or don’t know how to get started.

What Accordion brings:
Identify path for digitization.
Assess current digital maturity and future potential with our digital maturity model.
Identify future value.
Revisit your value creation plan to articulate the value proposition.
Create digital transformation plan.
Build a practical roadmap and business case to drive digital transformation.
Bring leadership on board.
Get cross-functional alignment for the digital transformation journey.
PAIN POINT

Disjointed systems/unadopted implementations/non-scalable tools/lack of automated controls/ manual Excel-heavy processes create inefficiencies and make growth and integrating companies difficult.

What Accordion brings:
Create a strategy.
Explore the art of the possible and collaborate cross-functionally to align on future state end-to-end processes and systems.
Make a roadmap for execution.
Implement strategy step-by-step, while bringing business along.
Automate processes.
Build touchless, frictionless, and automated processes. Implement intelligent automation using AI chatbots, RPA, workflows, etc.
Build controls and workflows into your system.
Design user-friendly systems that programmatically enable automated controls and manage end-to-end workflows through automated reporting.
Maximize existing technology.
Deploy best-in-class, integrated solutions to augment foundational systems for growth.
Establish company-wide digital integration.
Integrate digital systems to drive collaboration across functions, business units, and regions, including workflows to drive approvals and coordination across business functions.
PAIN POINT

Lack of business visibility due to unreliable data/reports and inconsistent KPIs.

What Accordion brings:
Bring disparate data together.
Create a single source of truth for all data.
Ensure data-visibility for stakeholders.
Build dynamic dashboards enabled by reliable data.
Use data to make strategic decisions.
Track data in real time for informed business decisions.
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.

Junaid Samnani
Junaid Samnani
President, Finance & Technology Solutions

Junaid is our President of Finance & Technology Solutions with nearly two decades of experience in numerous consulting leadership roles. His specific expertise includes performance improvement, technology transformation, merger integration, and divestitures. Over the course of his career, Junaid has led engagements for public and private organizations and has serviced 40+ private equity firms.​

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Kam Agarwalla
Kam Agarwalla
Managing Director

Kam is a Managing Director with more than two decades of experience in consulting with Private Equity and Fortune 500 companies. His specific areas of focus include leading complex cross-functional business and digital transformation, growth initiatives, EBITDA optimization, global business services setup, intelligent automation, and M&A Integration.

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Kristen Hearon
Kristen Hearon
Managing Director

Kristen is a Managing Director with more than a decade of experience stemming from roles at the Big 4, public, privately held, and non-profit companies. As a senior financial leader, Kristen’s background includes worldwide controllership, SEC financial reporting, business process improvement, and system implementations.

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Howard Goldstein
Howard Goldstein
Managing Director

Howard is a Managing Director with over twenty-five years experience leading Americas Region control teams. His expertise spans accounting, finance, risk, and COO duties. Howard serves as an advisor for the C-suite on CFO driven transformation, cost reduction, and process optimization. He has developed the vision and operating model for several new global control functions.

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Chris Stipe
Chris Stipe
Managing Director, Head of Chicago Office

Chris is a Managing Director with more than 15 years of experience transforming Finance organizations to create clear visibility and accountability for financial performance across the business. He specializes in planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, product costing and finance process automation.

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