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Private Equity Reporting Accelerated

Increase Transparency & Reduce Time Spent on Your Firm’s Financial Reporting Processes

A CFO’s value to a private equity firm lies in their ability, and capacity, to deliver analytical and performance insights related to deal making and fund performance. However, rigorous daily demands often leave them little time to do so. Leveraging the right technology alongside expert support enables CFOs to reprioritize their capacity and unlock a competitive advantage.

Cohen & Company’s private equity reporting solution combines the industry leading technology of the Workiva® platform with Cohen & Company’s expertise in private equity and finance transformation. The result is a connected reporting solution that delivers insights from portfolio company data, all the way to investor statements.

Using Cohen & Company’s solution, your firm can have more accurate and accessible data to:

  • Improve visibility into portfolio company and fund performance,
  • Standardize and document the methods for portfolio company valuations,
  • Implement portfolio company operational analytics,
  • Streamline disparate data sources,
  • Reduce risk across the financial reporting workstream,
  • Automate the creation and maintenance of investor capital and fund financial reports, and 
  • Archive portfolio and fund financial data in one place, including supporting documentation.

How Cohen & Company Can Make a Difference in Your Private Equity Firm Reporting

  • Specialized expertise and industry experience
    • Dedicated team of CPA-led private equity fund accounting specialists experienced in working with portfolio companies and funds 
    • Skilled in “future state” process reengineering to help create a vision and a plan to get there 
    • Years of project management and change management experience 
    • Dedicated investment industry services team offers insights from servicing registered and non-registered funds, RIAs, fund accountants, digital asset funds and others specific to the investment industry 
    • 5th largest auditor of registered funds in the country based on number of issuer clients (Audit Analytics) 
    • Audit, tax and consulting services provider to approximately 1,200 registered funds
  • Big 4-level expertise and hands-on partner involvement
    • National-level knowledge and expertise
    • Personal attention and flexibility generally experienced only with boutique firms

Meet Our Leadership

Jim Boland, MBA

Partner in Charge, Advisory
jboland@cohenconsulting.com
216.774.1211

Phil Ryan, CPA, MBA

Partner, Assurance
pryan@cohencpa.com
216.774.1120

Additional Information

  • In addition to contacting our team, visit the Workiva Marketplace to find helpful templates for your firm.
  • Please visit our FAQ for more information.

Solution Components

Cohen & Company’s solution can be tailored to fit individual clients’ needs and desires in an integrated reporting platform focused on three key areas:

  • Performance reporting built on the Workiva platform.
  • Operational analytics powered by solutions such as Tableau and PowerBI.
  • Secure investor portal hosted via CohenWorks and Suralink.

Technology Features

Our solution allows you to:

  • Connect: Single data set drives all downstream reports. Change tracking, version history and blacklines provide a detailed audit package.
  • Collaborate: Cloud-based solution enables online reviews of financial performance and valuations, with enhanced collaboration tools for communication and tasks.
  • Comply: Increase agility to support increasing LP reporting requirements and SEC regulatory rules.
  • Control: Permissions and user roles ensure secure information that is only visible to those who are intended access.

Data Sources

Integrate directly with data sources using prebuilt connectors that can feed your reporting platform, including select Workiva Core and Premium Connectors, such as:

  • ERP & Systems of Record: QuickBooks Online, Workday, NetSuite, SAP, Sage, Yardi, etc.
  • Budget & Forecasting Systems: Anaplan, Planful, Trintech, etc.
  • Close Management Software: FloQast, Blackline, etc.
  • BI & Data Apps: PowerBI, Tableau, Snowflake, Google Cloud, etc.
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Preconfigured Reports

Accelerate the deployment of your reporting platform using Cohen & Company’s prebuilt reporting templates:

  • Financial & Valuations: Report and track portfolio company and fund performance metrics to shareholders and LPs.
  • Performance Reporting: Aggregate and analyze portfolio company financial statements and connected valuation models.
  • Investor Reporting: Generate detailed statements to investors on capital activity and account balances.

The Cohen + Workiva Difference

  • Combination of best-in-class technologies with a team experienced in delivering and implementing them
  • Certified Workiva partner, collaborating on the design and delivery of private equity reporting solutions
  • Proprietary preconfigured PE Reporting Package using CPA-led valuation and accounting teams
  • Premier provider of private fund audit, tax and valuation services
  • Leaders in finance transformation
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