We provide advice on or assist with projects in all major business areas, including organizing, planning and monitoring business activities, and implementing data processing and management information systems. In other words, we want to be a co-partner with the management team.

We provide three distinct consulting services, each designed to meet a different need.

• Financial Analysis
• Systems Design and Implementation
• Operational Audits

Financial Analysis
Financial analysis and planning strategies can include economic evaluations, projections and forecasts, long and short-range planning, or the financial feasibility of other proposed business decisions.

We prepare and conduct special studies of inventories, computers, costs, credit, collection and cash flow that produce the kind of specific information business managers must have to solve their problems.

Systems Design and Implementation
We design and assist in the installation of accounting systems to fit the requirements of a particular business. We also analyze existing accounting systems and recommend ways to improve controls and efficiency.

The effective use of computers requires an understanding of data processing technology, business planning processes, the use of management information for planning and control, and the application of accounting and other controls essential to an effective system. This capability is increasingly important as management systems become more complex and critical to overall business success.

Operational Review
Businesses continually face problems such as declining productivity and inadequate cash flow. New ways to improve profitability are a constant concern.

We understand the particular concerns of a given industry and, by performing an operational audit, may be able to identify better ways to get things done. This might involve analyzing an organization's operations and then assisting in a planning and implementation process. The result might be changes in organizational structure, staffing, or compensation programs.

Business Planning
The demand of the marketplace is causing ongoing changes for many businesses. These changes may cause old beliefs about how to conduct business to become obsolete. As such, business owners must pay greater attention to their business. One way to accomplish this is through ongoing business planning. Planning should occur continuously throughout the year, but it must occur at least once a year in the form of a formal business planning session. The purpose of business planning is to review the ongoing internal operations of the current year, ongoing review of financial performance, and prepare for the upcoming year. Without ongoing, sound business planning, the future holds no guarantees.

For more information about our Business Consulting services, call Reed Tinsley at 281-379-5988 or email reedt@rtacpa.com.