IPO Readiness

Ideally, 12 to 18 months before your target public date. Going public requires significant lead time to upgrade financial systems, formalize accounting policies, implement internal controls, and draft complex disclosures. Starting early allows you to address technical accounting issues before they delay your filing timeline or increase external audit fees. That said, if your IPO or SPAC transaction is time sensitive, we are happy to allocate resources to the project to complete in an accelerated timeline. 

We perform a thorough gap analysis of your entire finance function. We review your historical financial statements for complex accounting issues, evaluate your current close timeline, assess your internal controls, and identify gaps in your financial reporting systems. From there, we deliver a clear, actionable roadmap to get your company compliant with SEC and PCAOB standards.

We write the technical disclosures and draft the financial sections of your registration statement. This includes compiling the required historical financial tables, drafting complex footnotes, ensuring compliance with Regulation S-X, and structuring the Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) section so your business performance and financial condition are clearly stated.

Yes. Public companies face heavy scrutiny regarding equity, stock options, and compensation. We review your historical cap table, handle the accounting for complex equity instruments (such as warrants and preferred tranches) (ASC 480 and 815), calculate earnings per share (EPS), and ensure your stock-based compensation accounting complies with ASC 718.

Yes. Public market investors and analysts expect rigorous, predictable forecasting. We work with your team to strengthen your financial planning and forecasting models, refine your budgeting processes, and define the key performance indicators (KPIs) that you will report to the market.

While full SOX 404(b) compliance (external auditor attestation) often has a grace period for newly public companies, you must establish a reliable control environment from day one. We design and document internal control frameworks that fit your current stage, ensuring you can confidently certify your financial reports without creating unnecessary administrative bottlenecks.

We do not sell or implement software, but we help you evaluate, select, and prepare your processes for a scalable ERP and reporting system. We ensure that your data structures, chart of accounts, and sub-ledgers are designed to support a fast public closing cadence and automated financial reporting.

We bridge the gap between your management team and the external auditors. We prepare the audit-ready workpapers, schedules, and technical memos that your auditors require to test your historical financial periods. We also manage the auditor request list and directly address their technical inquiries to keep the audit moving forward.

No. The transition to a public company brings a continuous compliance cadence. We provide post-IPO support to help your team manage the acceleration of your quarterly and annual close processes, draft your ongoing SEC filings (Forms 10-Q and 10-K), and handle subsequent technical accounting events.

Yes. We regularly work with Foreign Private Issuers (FPIs) entering the US capital markets. We handle the unique financial reporting requirements of cross-border listings, including preparing financial statements under IFRS, managing complex IFRS-to-US GAAP reconciliations if required, and drafting Form F-1 or Form F-4 registration statements to SEC and PCAOB standards.

Our IPO readiness capabilities span many industries. We have significant experience in working with a variety of companies, including those in the following spaces: technology & SaaS, digital assets (including cryptocurrencies), life sciences & healthcare, fintech, manufacturing, cross-border entities, and many others. See our Industries page for more detail. 

We follow a direct, four-step onboarding process:

1. Discovery & Scoping: We review your target filing timeline, current financial setup, and technical needs.

2. Statement of Work: We provide a clear proposal outlining specific deliverables, timelines, and fee structures.

3. Secure Access Setup: We establish an encrypted data room to protect your data and secure read-only access to your general ledger and historical files.

4. Kickoff: We hold a brief alignment meeting, introduce your dedicated team, and immediately take ownership of the project timeline.

In most cases, we can mobilize and begin work within a few business days of finalizing our agreement, scaling our timeline to match your target filing dates and urgency.