Despite common perception, receiving private equity funding is actually the start of the race and not the end. While there's always room for popping a few corks on some bubbly, you need to quickly come up with a strategy once your champagne haze...

Tagged: accounting tips, private equity

Do you remember being afraid of things that went bump in the night as a kid? Maybe of that creaking noise that echoed in the hallway at 2 am or of tree limbs brushing against your bedroom window on windy nights?

Tagged: acquisition, accounting tips, mergers

Robots get a bad rap. Turn on the TV and you’re bound to see something about them trying to take over the world and weed out us silly humans, all while pontificating on the shortsightedness of humanity, and blah blah blah. Reality provides a much...

Tagged: Robotic Process Automation, digital finance

Remember that time you moved into a new apartment, realized you needed a new kitchen table to replace your old one made in antiquity, and immediately headed to that smartly-priced Swedish furniture megastore? You were so proud of yourself and...

Tagged: revenue recognition, ASC 606

Mergers and acquisitions don't just fall out of the sky fully assembled. They require countless hours of meticulous effort throughout their different phases, placing demands on team members from across an entire organization. Although your...

Tagged: acquisition, accounting tips, mergers

As testament to the power of intelligent disruption in financial advisory consulting, Embark is thrilled to announce the opening of our new Denver office – the first step in an ambitious expansion across the lower 48. Along with an executive...

Tagged: financial consulting, denver

The people have spoken and we, your friendly dispensers of financial wisdom, have listened. Yes, real estate industry, your long and painful wait is finally over as Embark is lending our sage insights to the intricacies of the new revenue...

Tagged: revenue recognition, ASC 606, real estate

Your friends here at Embark thought we would begin this latest salvo by stating the obvious – finance and accounting are meticulous endeavors where organization and attention to detail are rewarded. Also, the sky is blue and ocean is vast.

Tagged: oil & gas, accounting systems, accounting software

Accountants, believe it or not, can learn a lot from nature. Just look at the seasons of the year, how the frigid days of winter give way to new sprigs of grass, leaves on an oak, and bluebonnets dotting the Texan landscapes. Likewise, when a...

Tagged: auditors, financial audit, audit partner

Despite outside appearances, Audit Partners and Senior Managers don’t have it easy. As new Partners and Managers quickly realize, all isn't quite as it seems. Often times, their once seemingly endless Midas touch is a distant memory as future...

Tagged: audit partner, business development