Accounting for searchers.
From acquisition vehicle to operating company.
Buying the business is one project. Running it starts the day after closing. We help searchers build the accounting and reporting setup they need as owners and operators.
You are not just the buyer.
In a searcher-led acquisition, the buyer often becomes CEO shortly after closing. That changes what you need from finance. During the transaction, numbers are analysed to decide whether to buy the company. After closing, you need numbers to decide how to run it.
Before closing.
We can help prepare the future finance setup while the acquisition is still in progress: acquisition vehicle accounting · financing structure · transition planning · review of existing accounting processes · reporting requirements · coordination with existing advisers.
Searcher Advisory
Legal and tax support across sourcing, structuring, due diligence, signing and closing.
Acquisition Vehicles
HoldCo and AcquisitionCo accounting, shareholder financing and intercompany positions.
After closing.
Take Over the Books
Establish a clear accounting process for the acquired business and relevant holding entities.
Build the Monthly Close
Move from seller-era routines to a defined monthly reporting cycle.
Understand Cash
Create visibility over liquidity, receivables, payables and financing obligations.
Report to Investors and Banks
Build recurring reporting around the requirements created by the acquisition.
Keep the Structure Together
Coordinate ongoing accounting with shareholder financing, acquisition debt, tax and corporate matters.
Built for the first 100 days — and afterwards.
The first months after closing expose operational issues quickly. Accounting should not be one of them. Our aim is a finance process simple enough to work in the SME you acquired, but structured enough to support growth · financing · add-on acquisitions · investor reporting · eventual exit.
One adviser across the lifecycle.
CLIQ advises searchers from acquisition structuring and due diligence through signing and closing. Our ongoing Legal, Tax and Accounting services continue after ownership transfers — which means fewer handoffs between advisers who each only see one part of the structure.
Found a target?
Tell us where you are in the process. We can discuss both the acquisition and what the finance setup should look like after closing.