Sean Arends Email & Phone Number

Plano, Texas, Us

San Jose, California, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

About Riveron Consulting |Riveron is a unique financial consulting firm committed to helping you obtain the most value from every business transaction.Whether it’s assistance performing due diligence for a new acquisition, support in post-transaction integration, process improvement in financial operations, or planning and executing divestitures, our team with significant industry, and financial and accounting consulting experience will deliver results toward your next deal.We serve private equity firms, portfolio companies, public and private businesses, and lenders across a wide range of industries.Headquartered in Dallas, Riveron also operates offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Minneapolis, and Washington DC.

Plano, Tx, Us

Performing contract review and consulting with the business on potential contacts to determine appropriate revenue recognition including multiple element arrangements.Researching and documenting conclusions for technical accounting issues including goodwill and intangible impairment analyses, gross versus net, payments to a customer, hedge accounting, divestitures, and common control transactions.Documentation of company accounting policiesManaging financial reporting and preparing footnote disclosures in annual audited financial statements and quarterly GAAP lender reporting.Purchase price accounting documentation and allocations including intangible valuation for acquisitions.

San Jose, California, Us

Performing financial due diligence and subsequent business combination accounting, including intangible valuation issues, for acquisitions ranging from $10M to $400M.Leading accounting integration team for acquisitions including developing an interim financial reporting process Researching and documenting conclusions for technical accounting issues including gross versus net reporting, consolidation and variable interest entity questions, foreign currency and timing of revenue and expense recognitionManaging team performing North America financial close activities as well as the worldwide consolidation function for over 100 legal entitiesCompleting quarterly impairment review on all significant intangibles including goodwill Led training for mergers and acquisitions for accounting teams both domestic and international including diligence, U.S. GAAP accounting for transactions and integration issuesAssisting the revenue accounting group with contract review for appropriate revenue accountingReviewing McAfee consolidated cash flow statement for submission to Intel

Dallas, Tx, Us

Multiple acquisition transactions of $50 million to $500 million at a large, multi-national corporation from financial due diligence through integration, including identification of potential transaction issues such as subsequent revenue recognition issues, coordination of external valuation, purchase accounting and writing footnote disclosures for 10-K and 10-Q, integrating post-acquisition activities, and transition of accounts to permanent accounting staffAdvising and assisting integration clients with accounting integration issues such as consolidation, interim financial reporting, and foreign currency accountingCompletion of multiple buy-side due diligence projects for private equity clients including discussing business and industry with target staff, examining accounting records, reviewing findings with and creating reports of results to client Providing technical accounting guidance and memos to clients on areas such as purchase accounting, debt versus equity, embedded derivatives, and capital versus expense issuesAccounting for multiple stock-based compensation issues, and performing sensitivity analysis, financial reporting, and forensic accounting/research and documentation in a twelve-month project for a ten year restatement of SEC filings for a large public software companyIncreasing firm-wide technical skills by developing and leading training on topics such as Excel and transaction integration and accounting

Houston, Texas, Us

Examining and researching accounting treatment for transactions including multi-million dollar sale-leaseback of multiple office properties and revenue contract reviewWriting and supporting required disclosures for 10-K and 10-QReview and approval of the consolidated monthly statement of cash flows

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Supervising staff of three Financial Analysts performing monthly close process and variance analysis for a portfolio of real estate investment properties.Performing high level variance analysis for executive reportingResearching technical accounting issues surrounding lease accounting including lease concession accountingAnalytically reviewing budget and projection model revenues and expenses for portfolio of investment properties Due diligence reviews and subsequent purchase accounting for purchases of multiple investment office properties

New York, Ny, Us

Planning and coordinating audit field work including managing team and reviewing audit workpapersResearching technical accounting issues that impact clients and documenting the conclusions thoroughlyAnalytically examining balance sheets and income statements using ratio analysis to determine if balances are reasonably stated and to locate areas of focus for the auditServing as primary point of contact to clients