Services for private equity firms
Time is money, especially for managing directors
As an investor whose life revolves around ROI, your time is one of your most valuable commodities. Your focus must be on finding and evaluating potential investments and managing investments to maximize your firm’s value -- not dealing with payroll, capital calls, audits, limited partners’ questions on tax matters; and keeping current on the latest accounting pronouncements and tax legislation.
More than 90 private equity firms have found that our back-end financial and administrative services save them time and money, and that we are a dependable, value-added service provider.
Increasing the value of your portfolio companies. Once a private equity firm gets to know us, they recommend us to their portfolio companies. We're an independent financial consultancy company who takes seriously our fiduciary responsibility to protect your investments. We consider ourselves part of the management team, and support the operations of your funds, general partner entities and management company. If we feel that the value of your fund is at risk, we will not hesitate to react, notify the related parties and take swift action as appropriate. With our extensive startup experience, we pride ourselves on anticipating adversity and thus avoid many of the common errors made by entrepreneurial teams. We build value by assuming responsibility for smooth business operations in rapid change environments, so that managing directors can focus on accomplishing their business goals.
Greenough Consulting Group enjoys a longstanding relationship with the private equity community, serving 90+ private equity firms over the past 10 years. The majority of Greenough Consulting Group executives are former private equity professionals with extensive experience in multinational investment partnerships.
Financial consulting and services
- Accounting, limited partner and portfolio tracking systems
- Compensation plans for managing directors, associates and other personnel
- Quarterly and annual limited partner reports
- Capital calls and distributions
- Auditable valuation documentation
- Internal rate of return calculations and related analyses
- Budgets for the management company and portfolio reserves
- Financial modeling/forecasts
- Fundraising, due diligence materials, and Private Placement Memorandum support
- First-line interface with limited partners, attorneys, accountants, and portfolio companies
- Merger and acquisition support
Due diligence
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Forensic accounting
- Internal controls
- Selection and management of vendors: tax, audit, etc.
Full-service accounting and controls: interim and part-time
- CFO
- Controller
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Accounting manager
- Staff accounting/daily bookkeeping
Human Resources
- Management counseling
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Payroll and benefits set up and maintenance
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Employment practices for compliance
- Training and development
- Employee relations
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