Transaction Management and Consulting Accountant Specialist
- Corporate structuring and establishment
- Business acquisitions
- Capital raises
- Debt management
- Corporate accounting
- CFO services
For inquiries reach out to connect@conacco.com
About Conacco
Expertise
Conacco specializes in consulting to local and international companies on group expansion, restructures, M&A and capital raising transactions, including debt and equity management.
With over 25 years of experience, Conacco collaborates closely with multinational capital providers, arrangers, business owners and senior executives to ensure successful transaction outcomes and enhanced post-investment and financing performance.
Full suite pre and post-transaction support services:
Three-way financial forecast modeling is integral to effective transacting. This service is offered along with business valuations, and comprehensive due-diligence investigations. Specialising in financial structuring and capital raising dependent transactions, including road-shows to attract potential investors. Expertise in corporate accounting ensures accurate transaction accounting and group tax considerations. Transaction strategic reviews, company readiness assessments, and thorough risk assessments are offered, alongside governance and oversight design to support your end-to-end transaction management consulting needs.
Commercial transaction advice and being the confidante to the owner, board and executive management :
Transaction and group structures play a crucial role in capital raising transactions, ensuring operational integration and fit for purpose seamless business financing. Effective negotiations and tactics mitigate risk and design appropriate governance structures for owners. Additionally, transaction accounting must align with jurisdictional regulations and group tax considerations to maximize efficiency. Ultimately, the goal is to deliver investment returns to capital providers and owners through a close and confidential relationship with clients.
Trusted corporate advisory to senior group leadership:
As a confidante to owners and leaders in capital raising and corporate transactions, owners and business leadership are supported along with strength development while ensuring effective stakeholder relationship management. Additionally, conflict mitigation and resolution interventions are provided when necessary.
Special Projects, Group Accounting and Corporate Advice to the CFO and Executive Directors:
Fractional CFO support encompasses consolidated general purpose financial accounting, ensuring audit readiness and effective audit management. Systems optimisation and management accounting is core, providing comprehensive performance reporting and financial forecast modelling. Expertise extends to capital planning and structuring as well as group treasury management facilitating full systems and procedures integration along with offering full or part-time board participation roles.
Jurisdiction Experience
Australia
Australia
Australia
Managed a significant equity investment in a multinational infrastructure contracting group. This included an offshore credit raise, supported by comprehensive corporate accounting practices and M&A support services. Additionally, arranging asset and contract finance banking facilities played a crucial role in facilitating these investments.
Singapore
Australia
Australia
Established operating a branch, joint venture and wholly owned subsidiary in conjunction with the creation of a group credit facility and supporting various corporate accounting needs. Arranged local asset and contract finance banking facilities.
Qatar
Australia
Canada
Expansion of a foreign-controlled infrastructure contracting group through strategic value chain acquisitions, supported by the arranging of asset and contract finance banking facilities.
Executed several private office mandated transactions in the real estate and hospitality sectors.
Canada
Hong Kong
Canada
Transaction managed the acquisition of a Canadian infrastructure contracting company, along with an evaluation of potential capital raising transactions, including an IPO on the TSX.
USA
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Transaction managed equity investments in two Florida-based hotels and worked in an Australasian focused deal origination role for a US credit arranger with special emphasis on energy and resources.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary and evaluation of capital raising alternatives including a possible IPO on HKEX, while also considering the implications for corporate accounting and international tax management.
UAE
Ireland
Oman
Acquisition of Dubai real estate packages and establishment of operating subsidiaries in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, along with a focus on corporate accounting practices, tax and regulatory compliance and management. Arrangement of corporate and contract banking facilities.
Oman
Ireland
Oman
Establishment of an operating subsidiary with the necessary contract finance banking facilities in place.
Ireland
Ireland
South Africa/ Ghana
Establishment of an investment holding subsidiary and consideration of international tax treaties.
South Africa/ Ghana
South Africa/ Ghana
South Africa/ Ghana
Private equity and development finance fund management, including capital raising transactions to support growth initiatives. Establishment of an operating subsidiary in parallel to the acquisition of an infrastructure contracting company with international contract finance facilities.
England
South Africa/ Ghana
England
Establishment of an investment holding ownership structure in parallel to an attempted equity raise and the roll-up of an Africa-based group of media and communications agencies.
Separately undertook AIM IPO and debt refinance assessments for an infrastructure contracting group.
Spain
South Africa/ Ghana
England
Transaction managed the acquisition of a Spanish multinational construction contracting group in addition to post investment management support and arranging banking contract finance facilities.
Founder
Andrew Wright
Andrew is an FCPA (Australia), CA ANZ, FCCA, and chartered governance professional. He has spent his entire career in investment banking, private equity, and fund management before transitioning to a private office head of M&A role in Qatar in 2012.
In 2015, he joined an Australian infrastructure contracting group, which was one of the ke
Andrew is an FCPA (Australia), CA ANZ, FCCA, and chartered governance professional. He has spent his entire career in investment banking, private equity, and fund management before transitioning to a private office head of M&A role in Qatar in 2012.
In 2015, he joined an Australian infrastructure contracting group, which was one of the key transactions he had previously led.
Currently, Andrew is a licensed public practice CPA and a specialist consultant offering accounting consulting services to business owners, board members, and senior executives. His expertise includes the evaluation, execution, and group integration of transaction activities and capital raises. Additionally, he provides corporate accounting services and solutions to corporations, undertakes special projects for CFOs, and offers fractional CFO solutions, alongside his role as a credit specialist. As a volunteer, until recently, he served as the treasurer director of a humanitarian assistance and relief institute.
Contact
Conacco Accounting and Advisory is a CPA Practice
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