How we create value
With all due respect to our deal-making colleagues, we think the work after a business is acquired is the most challenging—and the most satisfying.
Quaestor Strategic Advisors
Ideally, the QSA team begins working with the deal and operating teams shortly before an acquisition is made, because that’s how to prepare for the quickest progress after the close. But whether we begin partnering before or after the close, we know that investment firms need to create value quickly, strategically, and efficiently.
And that’s what we help investment firms do. QSA provides analysis, advice and ready access, on a flexible basis, to the hands-on skills that middle-market companies are often challenged to access.
Our operating team, simply put, can act as your operating team, and the scale of our involvement is highly flexible. Ramp up...ramp down...refocus when there’s a new initiative—all without having to onboard new consultants or increase your in-house operating-team spend.
QSA has a deeply experienced internal team and a broad external network of specialists who can be efficiently deployed when needed.
QSA Services Across the Typical Investment Time Horizon
10% of our work
80% of our work
10% of our work
Focused operational and strategic diligence
Development and validation of first-100-days plan
Rapid onboarding and execution of first-100-days plan
- Realization of quick-hits identified in diligence
- Establishment of robust financial reporting capability and cadence
- Complete talent assessment and address talent gaps/upgrades
Conduct “state-of-the-firm” assessment and build comprehensive value creation plan
- Sales and marketing effectiveness
- Pricing
- Business development (M&A, JVs, partners, etc.)
- Digital and technical infrastructure
- Operational efficiency and cost reduction
- Working capital optimization
1-2 years before desired exit
Create the story for the next buyer
Data/analytical proof points
Accounting/finance readiness
QSA Services Across the Typical Investment Time Horizon
10% of our work
Focused operational and strategic diligence
Development and validation of first-100-days plan
80% of our work
Rapid onboarding and execution of first-100-days plan
- Realization of quick-hits identified in diligence
- Establishment of robust financial reporting capability and cadence
- Complete talent assessment and address talent gaps/upgrades
Conduct “state-of-the-firm” assessment and build comprehensive value creation plan
- Sales and marketing effectiveness
- Pricing
- Business development (M&A, JVs, partners, etc.)
- Digital and technical infrastructure
- Operational efficiency and cost reduction
- Working capital optimization
10% of our work
1-2 years before desired exit
Create the story for the next buyer
Data/analytical proof points
Accounting/finance readiness