DLA is a unique Firm that was founded with only one purpose in mind: Serving the CFOs. In recent years, given the dramatic upheavals in business, the game has changed – and it’s fair to say that as a result, the CFO's role has also changed rapidly and dramatically.
Business, and indeed government and society, have looked increasingly to the CFO to help companies work through the complex legal requirements of reporting and record keeping, and the expectations of the public for integrity and transparency – at the same time, meeting the demands of shareholders for double digit ROIs.
Undoubtedly, the CFO's role is a complex one - and more recently, changing, challenging, and demanding. We can help. Our Team of former Big 4 partners, former CFOs and a Team of experts in Technology, Strategy & Operations, Internal Audit and SOX Compliance, Forensics, and Transaction Services, are at your service to work with you as you assume these new, evolving and demanding roles.
Financial Advisory Services
The Financial Advisory Services group offers solutions that speak directly to several of the key roles that today’s CFO plays in our modern business environment. This group provides services that independent audit firms can no longer offer, in addition to providing support to CFOs on matters of forensics, litigation, due diligence and valuation.
Our service offerings include:
◊ Forensics
◊ Litigation Support
◊ Workouts/Restructurings
◊ Due Diligence
◊ Modeling, Budgeting & Forecasting
◊ Valuation
Internal Audit & Accounting Advisory Services
The Internal Audit & Accounting Advisory Services Group is comprised of a Team of highly skilled professionals possessing the breadth and depth of experience in process optimization, risk assessment and consulting. As a Firm, DLA has performed over 400,000 hours of Sarbanes-Oxley documentation, testing, remediation and currently serves as the outsourced Internal Audit department for numerous SEC and private registrants. In addition, this group can be a resource for outsourced CFO support, regulatory guidance, practice policies e.g., financial accounting standards and GAAP.
Our service offerings include:
◊ Outsourced or Co-sourced Internal Audit
◊ Section 404 Compliance/SOX as a Sustainable Process
◊ Financial/Operational Policies & Procedures
◊ Financial Statement Close Consulting & Support
◊ Accounting & SEC Advisory
◊ CFO Outsourcing
Real Estate and Construction Services
The Real Estate and Construction Services Team serves industry CFOs and other C-Level executives. To assist our real estate Clients, the Real Estate Services Team offers a broad spectrum of services including accounting, internal audit, operations, process optimization, leases, forensics, and construction. DLA is nationally recognized as a leading provider of specialized services to the Real Estate community, and prides itself in serving some of the largest names in the industry. We speak Real Estate.
Our service offerings include:
◊ Cost Segregation/Cost Reduction
◊ Construction Audit
◊ Lease Administration and Abstracting
◊ Due Diligence/Underwriting
◊ Debt/Equity Restructuring
◊ Asset Management
Technology Consulting Services
DLA’s Technology Consulting Services Team is a group of professionals with finance, technology, and process expertise. All of our Team members have both business management and consulting backgrounds. This expertise enables our Team to offer value-added solutions which are supportive of the changing and evolving importance of technology in the office of the CFO.
Our service offerings include:
◊ System Selection, Evaluation & Implementation
◊ IT Strategy, Planning, and Project Assessment
◊ Computer Audit Control and Security
◊ System Selection and Implementation
◊ Outsourced Project Management (PMO)
◊ Contingency Planning (Business and IT)
Strategy & Operations
DLA’s Strategy & Operations practice has a particular focus on servicing the office of the CFO. We are uniquely positioned to assist financial services companies, private equity firms, insurance, real estate, manufacturing and distribution firms. Our services are focused on driving organizational and process optimization, consistent with management’s objectives of strategically managing costs consistent with desired stakeholder service levels.
Our service offerings include:
◊ Organization & Process Optimization
◊ Revenue & Strategic Cost Management
◊ IT Strategy & Transformation
◊ Corporate Strategic Planning
