Practice Area • Finance

Technical Accounting, Audit Readiness & Fractional CFO

Technical accounting workstreams, PCAOB and AICPA audit preparation, sell-side QoE defense, and senior Fractional CFO leadership.

Technical Accounting & Financial Leadership Built for Institutional Scrutiny

The most common point of failure in a lower middle-market transaction is the gap between internal operational accounting and the technical reporting standards demanded by public markets, PCAOB/AICPA auditors, and institutional investment committees. Internal finance teams built to manage day-to-day bookkeeping rarely have the bandwidth or specialized regulatory experience to simultaneously execute a US GAAP conversion, defend a Quality of Earnings (QoE) scrub, and draft SEC-compliant disclosures under deal-clock pressure.

DiedrichCo.’s Finance practice steps directly into the Office of the CFO to bridge this divide. Led by seasoned financial principals, we deliver audit-ready workpapers, complex technical accounting memorandums, defensible EBITDA and working capital analyses, and senior Fractional CFO stewardship.

Specialized Mandates

Finance Capabilities

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Sell-side EBITDA defense and buy-side earnings quality scrubs that protect enterprise value during due diligence.

Key Deliverables & Focus Areas

  • Sell-Side QoE Preparation & Defense Books
  • Buy-Side QoE Scrub & Pro Forma Adjustments
  • Revenue & Margin Sustainability Proof
  • Net Working Capital Target Peg Defense

SEC-compliant Management Discussion and Analysis and footnote disclosures for registration statements and periodic filings.

Key Deliverables & Focus Areas

  • S-1, F-1, Form 10, 10-K & 10-Q MD&A Drafting
  • Non-GAAP Reconciliation & KPI Disclosures
  • Liquidity & Capital Resources Narratives
  • SEC Comment Letter Response Support

Turnkey US GAAP conversions, ASC technical accounting memos, and reconciled PBC workpaper binders for PCAOB and AICPA audits.

Key Deliverables & Focus Areas

  • Cash-to-Accrual & US GAAP Conversions
  • Technical Accounting Memos (ASC 606, 842, 805)
  • Complete Audit PBC Workpaper Binders
  • Regulation S-X Pro Forma & Carve-Out Schedules

Pragmatic internal control frameworks (SOX / ICFR) and corporate accounting policy manuals that remediate material weaknesses.

Key Deliverables & Focus Areas

  • SOX 404 Scoping, Narratives & Risk Control Matrices
  • Material Weakness & Deficiency Remediation
  • Corporate Accounting Policy Manuals
  • Segregation of Duties & ERP Controls

Senior financial leadership to manage banking relationships, audit execution, capital raises, and ongoing treasury operations.

Key Deliverables & Focus Areas

  • Ongoing C-Suite Financial Stewardship
  • Auditor, Lender & Underwriter Management
  • Treasury, Cash Flow & Covenant Optimization
  • Internal Finance Team Oversight & Up-Skilling