Long Beach CFO/Controller Services
The John Ellis Company provides Interim and part-time CFO/Controller services for small to lower middle market companies. Our business model is built around a flexible work force with an extensive network of professionals.
We understand your business challenges, the need for affordable executive-level expertise on a flexible budget. We are dynamic professionals who look at the big picture and influence every aspect of your organization.
You might be a company in the early stages of growth and ready to go to the next level. We can help by providing clarity and understanding how each process and department relates to the whole. We will add a business and professional perspective resulting in bringing credibility to your organization, enabling you to effectively define and accomplish your business objectives.
You might be a troubled enterprise with vendors showing up daily at your office for payment of past due invoices, we can help. By standing in the gap between you and vendors or taxing authorities, we can bring sanity out of chaos.
We enjoy mentoring business owners by simply and clearly explaining complex tax, accounting and financial principles without the CPA vernacular. What is also important, there is no judgment here. No matter where you are, a beginner in the journey of establishing your business or you have made some mistakes [perhaps big ones], what is important is understanding how you got to where you are and how to get to where you want to be
The Deliverables
The John Ellis Company acts as your silent financial partner providing financial leadership and support on-site day-to-day. The following functions should be occurring at your company now and are the deliverables you can expect from us.
Financial Reporting
- Accurate and timely monthly financial reporting that is "bank ready"
- Accurate and timely regulatory reporting
- Highlighting performance metrics
Planning & Analysis
- Rigorous financial modeling and planning
- Detailed budgets and forecasts
- Performance analysis and benchmarking
- Development of strategic plans with deep understanding of underlying economics.
Finance/Accounting Oversight
- Cash management, e.g. 3 month forward cash flow forecast
- Oversight and training of existing and new Company accounting personnel
- Management of customer credit, payment history, and risk profile
- Oversight of administrative areas such as purchasing, invoicing, and personnel
- Re-financings, capital raises, and mergers/acquisitions.
- Finding new banking relationships
Systems & Processes
- Implementing stronger internal controls and systems
- Disciplined monthly closing cycles
- Transitioning to new accounting software
- Oversight and management of information systems.
Trusted Financial Advisors
- Strategic knowledge and insight
- Compensation planning and management option plans
- Review of financially important contracts and terms
- Key senior management team member, yet independent and unbiased
- Transition planning.
Lenders & Investors
- Preparing and negotiating loan packages
- Serving as Company CFO for investor relations and external marketing.
Project Management
- Conducting financial due diligence
- Fast clean up of problem situations.
