SMART’s Finance Teams offer an array of services to fulfill our clients’ optimization needs. The optimization process is typically the implementation of the recommendations from an Assessment Phase (see Finance Organization Assessment), with the goal of enabling better executive decision-making through financial transparency.

Whether the need is to address a small subset of reporting challenges or make sweeping organization changes, we can streamline costs and improve efficiency in the Finance Department. The actual optimization effort may include introduction of a new software product or implementation of new policies and procedures.

Specific activities typically taken by our teams include:

• Chart of account design / review
• Cost allocation analysis and design
• Finance policies and procedures development