​An invite-only dinner for CFOs at PE-backed companies: what breaks in reporting when a new company comes in on a different ERP — and how the board pack stays credible 10 days after month-end.

​Who this is for

​CFOs and senior finance leaders at:

• ​PE-backed companies managing multiple portfolio companies or subsidiaries

​What we'll get into

​Four add-ons in, you're running four accounting systems

​76% of US buyouts are add-ons. A typical platform four deals in runs four accounting systems, three CRMs, and two payroll platforms — and the CFO spends the first three weeks of every month building the consolidated financials by hand.

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​QoE finds what your data hides

​97% of sponsors expect an always-exit-ready CFO; few operate that way. QoE typically cuts reported EBITDA by 10-20% — and what it finds is almost always data consistency and definition problems, not fraud. Exit readiness is a data property.

​Every EBITDA number in the pack can be questioned

​Sponsors expect the board pack 10 days after month-end — aggressive ones want 7. If you can't defend the methodology behind a number in a 30-minute call, that number gets a haircut. What a defensible pack looks like underneath.

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​Four add-ons in, you're running four accounting systems

​76% of US buyouts are add-ons. A typical platform four deals in runs four accounting systems, three CRMs, and two payroll platforms — and the CFO spends the first three weeks of every month building the consolidated financials by hand.