Other Services



Management Consulting



CFS focuses on providing a value-driven service. In addition to delivering timely and accurate accounting services, CFS can act as a virtual Chief Financial Officer with the knowledge and expertise to be a priceless resource. These management-consulting services are exclusively offered to new and existing clients.

CFS’s audit experience stems from top-tier CPA firms, buy-side experience from multi-billion dollar complex hedge funds, and sell-side experience that offers the necessary management insight to handle multiple issues. Simply put, CFS clients can have more than 17 years of industry experience at their fingertips.

Management-consulting services include:

  • Assist portfolio manager through the entire process of launching new funds and/or additional funds.
  • Work in conjunction with legal counsel on funds offering documents, fund structure, fee structure, administrative terms, and marketing considerations
  • Help identify and select other service providers that meet the fund's need and best fit for a particular fund
  • CFO-level advice and insight for accounting, operational, investor, and marketing issues
  • Internal control evaluation and implementation
  • Audit Assistance. CFS’s audit assistance directly impacts how quickly clients receive audited financial statements and K-1s. CFS aims to provide auditors financial information on a thorough and easy-to-process “silver platter” that efficiently expedites audits.


Management Company Bookkeeping



CFS now offers exclusive management company bookkeeping for new and existing clients that provides monthly reports such as:

  • Trial balance
  • Profit/loss statement
  • Balance sheet
  • Cash flow


Financial Statement Preparation Service



Constant accounting standard changes make financial statement preparation and footnote disclosure a highly technical and time-consuming process. CFS can draft audited financial statements (including footnote disclosure) that meet auditors’ requirements.

IT Support



CFS’s strategic relationship with IT support teams specializing in alternative investment companies means that every client can now utilize comprehensive IT services.

IT support services include:

  • Fund startup and relocation
  • Project planning, design, and management
  • Computer room design (HVAC, power)
  • Network installation
  • Voice solutions
  • On-site Installation
  • Cabling
  • Infrastructure management service
  • Managed backup
  • Managed firewall
  • IM / email compliance archiving
  • Outsourced anti-virus / anti-spam email solutions
  • Disaster-recovery planning