Ira Berk, CPA, formed Premiere Financial Consultants, Inc. in October 1984 to support the financial consulting and accounting needs of closely-held business. Prior to forming Premiere, Ira spent seven years of the audit staff of Touche Ross & Co. (currently Deloitte). During his tenure at Touche Ross, he worked with both entrepreneurial ventures and divisions of Fortune 500 companies, leaving as a manager and member of the Chicago Office Real Estate Services Group.
As your business scales, it’s only natural to wonder when you should bring a CFO into the picture. However there’s no single best time or best practice for getting one’s “financial house” in order, and therefore each company has unique needs from their CFO. Get in touch to learn more about how we can free up more of your time to focus on your core business.
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At Premiere Financial Consultants, we take a “Financial Statement +” view of reporting in order to provide management with the most complete view of your company’s financial health, allowing for better decision-making and more accurate financial planning. An accurate glimpse into your books is a key part of remaining sustainable, and ultimately profitable. Every business…
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Since most small businesses lack the capacity for a full internal payroll department, the task often falls to just one person – sometimes even in addition to their usual responsibilities. Each paycheck requires the right federal and state tax withholdings to be accounted for, which will vary person-to-person and state-to-state. There’s also quarterly and annual…
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We recently dove into how you can outsource your Accounts Payable without losing spending control, but does it make sense outsource Receivables too? Your business simply wouldn’t exist without its customers, and many worry their customer relationships will suffer without this crucial touch point. Surprisingly you can actually improve them by having someone else handle…
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Adequate spending controls are important for every business during all phases of its life, but this is especially true during start up and initial growth phases. One key part of scaling a business is outsourcing non-revenue generating tasks to trusted professionals. This frees up time for our clients to focus on their core business, which…
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No matter what industry you’re in or size of your business, your company will benefit from preparing and adhering to a balanced budget. This not only provides a yardstick against which to measure progress, but also requires you to be acutely aware of both the costs and potential rewards of implementing your ideas. Start with…
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Timely, accurate financial reporting is always an important part of making sound business decisions and plans for the future, but this is never been more true than during challenging times such as these. Business needs, and therefore budgets, are being adjusted on the fly, so real-time forecasting and reporting tools become even more critical. Proper…
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I’ve been working with entrepreneurs for a long time – over 30 years. Regardless of the details related to the person/business, I’ve have noticed two traits shared by each and every one of them: entrepreneurs never have a shortage of ideas and they are emotionally invested in the business. As an outsourced CFO, I help…
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