Jim Davidson has been featured in the L.A. Times B2B Publishing - Banking and Finance Trends, Updates and 2024 Visionaries. Avant Advisory Group is a premier, operationally focused-financial advisory and management consulting firm. With a focus on middle-market companies, we combine our financial and operating skills with senior level management experience to help clients identify value opportunities and implement improvements in cash flow, EBITDA, and profitability to secure and increase value for our clients. Securing Value • Mergers & Acquisitions – Quality of Earnings / Sell Side Preparation • Avant-Edge™ Profitability / EBITDA Improvement / Value Enhancement • Post-Acquisition Working Capital / Earnout Disputes Resolution • Corporate Governance, Interim C-Suite, CRO & CFO Services • Distressed – Operational Turnarounds & Financial Restructuring Visit our website: www.AvantAdvisory.com View the official publication: https://lnkd.in/eqgDNjEc #avantadvisorygroup #securingvalue #mergersandacquisitions #postacquisition #corporategovernance #interimmanagement #distressed #turnaroundmanagement #financialrestructuring #profitabilityimprovement
Avant Advisory Group
Business Consulting and Services
Newport Beach, California 350 followers
Operationally focused financial advisory & management consulting firm
About us
Avant Advisory Group is a premier operationally focused financial advisory and management consulting firm providing exceptional service to middle-market companies and investors — finding opportunities for improvement, assessing and mitigating risk, and securing value. Founded and led by James F. Davidson, Avant's consultants are highly credentialed with extensive experience as CFOs, CEOs, and as other former executives and senior professionals at Big Four and national accounting firms. Each member of our specialized team has 20+ years’ experience, with a stellar reputation of client satisfaction, cost-effectiveness, and value creation. We conduct comprehensive evaluations to identify financial and operational issues — with a deep commitment to quality and ROI. Representative Clients include: • Five Crowns Capital; Falcon Investments; Balmoral Funds • Wells Fargo; PNC Bank; Opus Bank; Pacific Meridian • Crystal Financial; Victory Park Capital • Foley & Lardner; Hueston Hennigan Specialties: • Mergers & Acquisitions • Forensic, Fraud & Corporate Investigations • Performance Improvement | Turnarounds & Restructuring • CFO Services | Distressed & Special Situations • Expert Witness | Dispute Resolution Avant Advisory Group brings deep expertise in such areas as M&A due diligence, quality of earnings and operations, forensic accounting, and fraud examinations. We provide advice and counsel that is comprehensive, thoughtful, and value-driven. With decades of experience in providing clients superior financial and operational management services in the middle-market, we offer a client focused approach through value creating solutions.
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https://www.avantadvisory.com/
External link for Avant Advisory Group
- Industry
- Business Consulting and Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Newport Beach, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1997
- Specialties
- Mergers & Acquisitions Diligence; Accounting/Quality of Earnings & Operations, Forensic, Fraud & Investigations, Distressed Turnaround & Financial Restructuring, Dispute Resolution & Expert Witness, CFO & C-Suite; Corporate Governance, and Performance Improvement
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4000 MacArthur Blvd
East Tower, Suite 600
Newport Beach, California 92660, US
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355 S. Grand Ave
Suite 2450
Los Angeles, CA 90071, CA 90071, US
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Employees at Avant Advisory Group
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Jim Davidson
President ►M&A | Due Diligence | Forensics | Turnarounds | Expert Witness
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Janet Cutsinger
Director of Operations @ CareATC | Healthcare Operations Expert
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Terry Mercer
Providing Manufacturing Firms with Shop Floor Performance Improvement
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Rod Burris, CPA, CGMA
CFO with extensive executive level financial and operational experience in various industries
Updates
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Avant Advisory Group is a proud sponsor of For The Children its 2024 National Gala: Making Moments Matter As it has done over several years, Avant continues its sponsorship of For The Children and its Annual Gala which celebrates the work of For The Children staff and volunteers as they continue to mobilize local Churches to serve the world's most vulnerable children. Join Avant in supporting For The Children and in sponsoring the 2024 gala. Click below for more details on Sponsorship Opportunities. https://lnkd.in/gfKUifhK #avantadvisorygroup #securingvalue #forthechildren #annualgala #hopeforeverychild #fundraiserevent #sponsorship
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Centurion 7 Business Advisors Merges with Avant Advisory Group Avant Advisory Group announces that Centurion 7 Business Advisors has merged its practice into Avant. Rhett Kniep, Centurion 7’s founder and principal, has joined Avant Advisory Group to continue to expand the firm’s merger & acquisition, exit planning, valuation, and transaction advisory practice and to integrate them with Avant’s existing services that include M&A – financial due diligence/quality of earnings and in helping companies increase profitability, cash flows, EBITDA, and valuations. “I am very happy to join Avant Advisory Group and its highly seasoned, certified M&A, turnaround & restructuring, forensic CPA and former C-Suite executives,” Rhett Kniep said in joining forces with Avant Advisory Group. “I’m pleased to bring further resources and expertise to our clients,” added Rhett. Being an Avant Managing Director and M&A Practice Leader is a great way to accomplish this." Jim Davidson, Founder and President of Avant Advisory Group, said: “I’m proud, humbled, and honored that Rhett Kniep, a highly credentialed M&A professional, real estate, and business broker with such considerable transaction advisory experience has joined Avant. Besides our shared values, Rhett brings Centurion 7’s impressive capabilities, clients, and credentialed expertise to combine with Avant’s. Together, we are driven to bring value that is beyond exceptional to our clients.” See the official press release here: https://lnkd.in/gYKXbZVc Visit the Avant website: www.AvantAdvisory.com #avantadvisorygroup #securingvalue #mergersandacquisitions #profitabilityimprovement #postacquisition #corporategovernance #distressed #valuation #transactionadvisory
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