With lean accounting and finance departments and an ever-changing regulatory landscape, companies often struggle with the accounting and financial reporting requirements of non-recurring business activities. Such requirements can be complex and time consuming, whether the matter is the result of a merger, acquisition, divestiture, initial public offering (IPO), significant new contract, or adoption of a newly issued accounting standard.

Our professionals’ large-firm and corporate experience, combined with a hands-on approach, uniquely positions Stout to deliver accounting expertise and horsepower around complex accounting and financial reporting topics. We offer a flexible and practical approach and can assist with projects large and small. Because we are not a CPA firm, Stout is not bound by independence restrictions.

Our Services

Technical Accounting Consulting »

Whether providing informal feedback on complex contracts, or preparing accounting memoranda, journal entries, or financial statement disclosures, our professionals provide expertise across a wide range of technical accounting topics, including but not limited to:

• Business combinations
• Complex equity and debt instruments
• Revenue recognition
• Derivatives and hedging
• Stock-based compensation
• Impairment of goodwill, intangible assets, or fixed assets
• Consolidation and variable interest entities
• Leases, including outsourced software optimization
• Adoption of new accounting standards, including current expected credit losses (ASC 326)
• Carve-outs and divestitures

Audit Preparation & Support »

Our professionals also support companies with their annual audit and quarterly reviews, including:

• Cash to accrual conversion
• IFRS / U.S. GAAP conversion
• Financial statement preparation and related disclosures
• Preparation of financial sections for Form 10-K or 10-Q and related support
• Audit support

Special Situation Accounting »

We can help your team navigate the challenging accounting that comes when a company faces an inflection point, including:

• Assets held for sale and discontinued operations presentation
• Reorganization accounting
• Fresh-start accounting
• Restructuring

Who We Serve

• Accounting and finance professionals at public, private, and portfolio companies including:
• Chief Financial Officers
• Chief Accounting Officers
• Corporate Controllers
• Managers/Directors of Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting
• Head of Financial Reporting or Tax
• Private equity sponsors

Client Success Story

Learn how Stout was able to successfully deliver when our client Carisma Therapeutics needed us.