We frequently begin our newsletters with financial buzz on the street - what we hear from Los Angeles and Southern California CEOs and CFOs about their current challenges and approaches for addressing them.

This time we're sharing a different perspective in the form of comments from fellow professionals - especially commercial bankers and attorneys - who have business relationships with clients who need help in making their accounting/finance departments run better.

These professionals are noting they have clients they can't help because their financials are stale, incomplete or not trustworthy. They need someone to come in, help organize the financial area, upgrade processes, and then train current staff in best practices.

In virtually all cases, these businesses do not have and cannot afford a full-time CFO, yet they could benefit greatly from time-specific CFO expertise in areas like the following: accounting system design; AR and AP management; cash flow forecasting; chart of accounts; financial reporting; internal controls; and compliance.

At CFO Edge, we work with our clients to solve these problems. Our backgrounds cover many different industries and allow us to bring in that experience to develop the best custom solutions for our clients.

A positive by-product of getting these foundational accounting areas in order is solid positioning for subsequent focus on long-range financial strategy, growth, performance gains and profitability improvement.

If you are an executive or owner interested in improving your financial operations - or if you are a professional with a client who needs our help - please contact me by replying to this email or call me at 800.276.1750 Ext. 101.

I also hope you enjoy the final four articles in the nine-part series on outsourced CFO services - summaries and links are provided below.

Sincerely,

Arthur F. Rothberg

Mangaging Director