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Full-service Startup Support

Business Development, Fundraising & Investor Relations, Legal Advice, Operations & Finance, Marketing

How this service can help you

  1. Transaction Advisory - M&A Lifecycle, Buy/Sell Side Due Diligence, Pro-Forma Reporting & Modeling, Quality of Earnings & Earn Out Analysis, Working Capital Management, Legal Review, Divestitures & Carveouts and Integration Planning & Management Office 

  2. Fractional Executive Support - Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Risk Officer (CRO), Chief Growth Officer (CGO), Chief Information Security (CISO), Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

  3. Legal & Risk Advisory - Board Advisory, Code of Conduct, Conflicts & Whistleblower, Corporate Ethics & Governance, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Internal Audit, SOX Internal Controls, Litigation & Forensic Support & Regulatory Compliance 

  4. CFO & COO Advisory - Accounting & Financial Operations, Audit Readiness & Remediation, Business Process Improvement, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Policies & Procedures, Strategic Planning, Training & Communications and Treasury & Capital Management

  5. Growth Advisory - Outsourced Business Developer, Sales, marketing & resource planning, Best practices planning and review, Proposal support, Incentive compensation structuring, Training, mentoring and growth services and Revenue generation support

Qualifications

  • Strategic Executive Leadership with over 30 years’ experience, Seamless M&A Execution, Elevated Performance, Targeted Compliance

  • Professionals from Big Four, national consulting, and legal enterprises advising commercial and government organizations

  • Transactional, legal, and operational problem solving

  • Immediate impact with elevating performance 

  • Trusted strategic advisors for growth and development 

  • Proactive strategic partnerships with clients

  • Commitment to exceeding expectations Bios: https://www.acumen-x.com/leadership

About the Consultant

Bill Hughes

Partner & Co-Founder

AcumenX

Full-service Startup Support

Bill Hughes is a former Big 4 Partner with more than 30 years of experience in Assurance and Advisory services, specializing in government Financial Statement Audit, Audit Readiness & Remediation, Accounting, Financial Transformation, Internal Audit, Internal Control, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Regulatory Compliance, and M&A Buy/Sell Due Diligence. His core strengths lie in Operations and Corporate Leadership, encompassing Financial Reporting, Go-to-Market Strategy, Business Development and Growth, Operations, Legal and Contract Management, Marketing, Risk and Compliance, and C-Suite/Board Advisory across various industries. AcumenX delivers a wide array of financial, transactional, legal, operational and compliance solutions that exceed senior leadership expectations with efficiency and responsiveness. Our dedicated and time-tested approach is designed to diagnose and deliver immediate impact, elevate performance and eliminate business obstacles. Our success is grounded upon prioritizing communication beginning with a clear identification of the challenge, reaching corroboration on the path to resolution and executing with timely progress reporting. Whether the challenge is introducing new business concepts, enhancing existing protocols or eliminating obsolete activities, our focus is timely action appropriate to the significance and value of the challenge. In every situation, we evaluate, in conjunction with management, the quantitative and qualitative aspects of our recommended solutions and change.

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