The Company
Industry: Manufacturing
Entity Type: Privately Equity-Backed
Operating Region: Western U.S.
Size: $40M
The PROBLEM
The company acquired five new entities within the past year. They had not reconciled their accounts, which led to an inaccurate cash balance and lack of reporting. The client also wanted to migrate the acquired entities to Microsoft AX and needed to clean up the accounts on their current system before making the transition.
The Solution
McDermott + Bull brought in an accomplished corporate Controller with a CPA and Big 4 industry background. The consultant leveraged their strong process improvement background and expertise with the acquired entities’ ERP system to pull data and report accurate information to corporate leadership.
The RESULT
The interim leader successfully reconciled accounts, identified discrepancies, implemented efficient processes and procedures, and cleaned up reporting, allowing for the entities to migrate systems.
$4.5M
The consultant reduced the client’s cash balance discrepancy by $4.5M during their leadership.
112
Reconciled over 112 accounts that had been overlooked since the acquisitions.
$65K
Identified $65k of cash fraudulently taken from one of the entities.
James Hickey
Senior Managing Director, McDermott + Bull Interim Leaders
hickey@mbexec.com
James Hickey serves as a Senior Managing Director for McDermott + Bull Interim Leaders, helping companies with mission-critical needs for talented executives during key points in their life cycle. He also works closely with Private Equity Groups to help their portfolio companies when there are gaps in leadership or to provide additional support to the team during critical transactions.