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    Sapling Financial Consultants Unveils Recent Hires and Promotions
    • January 26, 2024

    Financial consulting firm reports 45% YOY growth amid ongoing industry layoffs Toronto, ON, January 24, 2024 — Sapling Financial Consultants Inc., a pioneering FP&A, data analytics and due diligence firm, announced today the appointment of Morné Viljoen as senior engagement manager. Amidst industry-wide layoffs,...

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    Challenges of Financing a Microgrid Project
    • December 21, 2022

    A Microgrid is like a traditional power grid in that it is a group of interconnected sources and uses of energy, however, it differs in that it could operate completely independently of external connections. According to research conducted by Guidehouse in 2021, renewable microgrids...

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    Quality of Earnings (Part 2)
    • November 22, 2022

    We got an idea of what is a Quality of Earnings (“QoE”) analysis, the procedures performed for such analysis, and the purposes & types of adjustments, in our Quality of Earnings Part 1 blog (Quality of Earnings – Part 1). With these basic concepts...

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    Quality of Earnings (Part 1)
    • October 27, 2022

    Often small businesses have ample of accounting anomalies such as personal expenses recorded in the books, cash basis of accounting, multiple one-time expenses, inaccurate assumptions, and so on. Quality of Earnings (“QoE”) reports help break down the components of financial statements and gives a...

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    Cumulative EBITDA to Cumulative Operating Cash Flow Analysis
    • October 14, 2022

    A key procedure in our work preparing Quality of Earnings (“QoE”) reports is to chart cumulative EBITDA against cumulative operating cash flows. The aim of this procedure is to provide quick insight into the accrual’s ratio of a business, which is a measurement of...

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    Q4 North American M&A Market Outlook
    • September 19, 2022

    At the start of 2022, dealmakers expected the M&A market to thrive after overcoming the economic issues created by COVID during 2020 and 2021. In fact, 2022 has been affected by various geopolitical issues such as the Russia-Ukraine war, supply chain challenges and rising...

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    All Companies Benefit From Externally-Built Models
    • March 29, 2019

    Many companies falsely believe that having a CFO, or a robust financial department, means that they shouldn’t look into an externally built model.

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    A Company’s Finance Department: 8 Key Functions
    • March 14, 2019

    What does “Finance” do? While it may sound like a simple question, it’s actually a very legitimate one, because the answers will be wide-ranging across CFO's.

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    Small Business Growth and Job Creation Depend Upon Solving the Climate Issues
    • December 18, 2018

    It is no secret that climate issues have a direct impact on small business performance.

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    Hidden Costs Of Not Using Experts
    • November 26, 2018

    We have all heard sayings like ‘you get what you pay for’ or ‘cheap things end up being expensive’ and professional services are no exception!