Camber Newsletter June 2018
Camber Consulting LLC is a Seattle-based professional services firm providing accounting, finance, IT and SAP® consulting services. Camber's professionals have the talent and experience typical of the larger consulting and accounting firms with the cost advantages of a smaller firm. Our recent successes at Microsoft, SAP Concur, USAFacts, Funko, Donuts Inc, and others include projects in the following areas:
- SAP: provided functional analysts and business analysts to assist with the implementation of the RAR module, SAP's solution for the new revenue recognition (ASC606) standard;
- Reporting and technical accounting: assisted with two IPOs preparing disclosures, performing quality control and preparing XBRL;
Compliance: performed project management roles for compliance programs including PCI, disaster recovery and business continuity, Department of Defense, SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits;
- Operational accounting: provided business expertise and accounting operational consultation for various accounting organizations;
- Project management: delivered a key go-live strategy for a large client's implementation of the new rev rec (ASC606) and leasing (ASC842) standards.
Camber Helps Steve Ballmer Create a 10K for the United States Governments
Have you ever wanted to know where the US federal, state and local governments get their money, how they spend it and how effective they are against what the Founding Fathers intended? Steve Ballmer did. He wanted the same “10K” report to investors that he relied upon as the CEO of Microsoft that gives a presentation to the public of the company’s results. Ballmer realized that a comprehensive view didn’t exist for the combined US governments, so he decided to create it himself - with help from Camber Consulting. (Continued)
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Digital transformation for finance professionals
Are you tired of CPE about the new lease and revenue standards? Do you want to know what's behind the techno-buzzwords like IoT, machine learning and block chain?
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- Robotic process automation (RPA) - accounting functions are always being automated, is RPA really revolutionary?
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- Artificial Intelligence and machine learning: What do the most sci-fi sounding of the techno-buzzwords mean to us now and in the future?
- Internet of things (IoT) - we'll explore what IOT means to us professionally as accountants and finance IT professionals.
- Security compliance - FISMA, SOC 1 & 2, PCI, Sox requirements all change with new technologies. Learn about the fundamentals and recent developments.
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Available Resources
Our consultants are people that we trust. With varying levels and types of experience, we'll find you the right resource or team of resources.
SAP architects, functional and business analysts:
- SAP Architect: 25+ years of experience managing large scale SAP implementations. A former Platinum Financials consultant with SAP in Germany and a Chartered Accountant in India.
- SAP senior program manager/business analyst: Architect and functional analyst in areas of managerial accounting, costing, financial reporting, project management, capital management and revenue recognition.
- P2P, FICO, Nakisa Consultant: 10+ years of FICO/P2P consulting and PMO experience with an emphasis on the SAP/Nakisa leasing solution.
- Functional analysts: FICO, SAP treasury analysts.
- SAP Certified FICO Functional Analyst/Business Analyst: 15 years in finance and accounting, including 10 years with SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) implementations. Former accountant.
Finance, accounting and internal controls:
- Business analyst: RAR testing experience, plus 20 years of finance/accounting experience.
- HR program/project manager: 20+ years project manager focused on SAP HR projects
- SEC reporting professionals: CPAs with varying levels of experience with small, medium and Fortune 50 companies.
- Senior accounting manager: 25+ years of technical and operational accounting experience with small and large entities.
- Controller: experienced controller with career emphasis on Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
Project managers:
- Accountants/CPAs: many operational and technical accountants with varying levels of experience.
- Transfer pricing expert: Transfer pricing experience with large technology company transfer pricing considerations.
- Solution delivery and business process management: IT and finance/accounting liaison, able to interpret requirements and project manage requirements delivery.
- Accounting and controls: 20+ years of accounting and compliance experience at large local public/private companies. Emphasis on IT security compliance, financial compliance, revenue recognition, business intelligence and project management.
- M&A project manager: Experienced engineering and business liaison with mastery of common project management frameworks, emphasis on M&A integration projects.
- Policy & controls: Technical project management, policy and controls documentation experience.
We'll find the right resource for you
Our list of available resources is always being updated. Please contact me directly if you have any project needs and we’ll find you the right resources.
Thank you,
Steve Markley
Manager/Owner
Camber Consulting LLC
206-335-2711
