THE 80/20 RULE
What’s in a name?
The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few or the principle of factor scarcity, states that for many events, roughly 80% of the efforts come from 20% of the inputs.
These ratios ring true in the finance and accounting operations of companies as well. 20% of the members of any finance and accounting department can create 80% of the value and likely execute 80% of the work.
The obverse is also true. So, as an Executive or Business owner, you can’t afford to have average people in your company. We don’t.
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Every C-level executive has some subset of their responsibilities that encompass their highest value contribution to the organization, and another subset that would best be delegated to others or eliminated entirely. They also have a list of pending projects with high positive ROI that are subordinated to the urgency of the day to day deadlines and fires that consume department focus. Our team provides the capacity and ability to accelerate the completion of these projects and the realization of the financial benefits.
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8020 Consulting's team works with clients across California and beyond. Traditionally, our business centered on in-person projects, but the impacts of COVID-19 have shown us the efficiency and effectiveness of virtual deployments. Additionally, a subset of our team loves to travel for engaging financial and accounting work. While we are an industry-agnostic firm, we have deep experience in software, hardware, ecommerce, media, entertainment, emerging growth and technology, real estate, private equity and consumer products.
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Here are some of our free resources for financial and accounting insights.
Get familiar with our unique perspective by downloading any of the resources below, or visit our Insights page for more.
Financial Forecasting Process Guide
Learn financial forecasting process best practices and dive into the three core elements that drive accuracy.
Accounting Department Health Check
Dive into 12 core disciplines of high-functioning accounting departments, with additional context related to behaviors, processes and optimization.
Post-Acquisition Finance Transformation Guide
Learn a framework for navigating the complex post-acquisition finance transformation process and other important considerations.
Subscription-Based Finance Models Whitepaper
Learn best practices for building a model that informs your decision-making and drives accurate forecasts.
Improve Your Month-End Close Tip Sheet
Learn 5 things you can do to close earlier, prepare timely financials, and give management more time to make business decisions.
Real Estate and Construction Finance Whitepaper
Our whitepaper offers insights on diagnosing common finance and accounting pain points in real estate and construction businesses.
Sell-Side Due Diligence Decision Tree
This flow chart offers a process for fielding diligence requests from potential investors and related best practices.
CAPEX Business Case Memo Example
This CAPEX report template offers key sections to include in your reports, as well as a focus on brevity, without compromising on comprehensiveness in answering the main lines of inquiry.
5-Year Financial Planning Timeline
Download our free timeline to get insight into creating a 5-year plan, including recommended timings for critical phases.
Accounting Process Improvement Strategies Guide
Get our comprehensive guide to using the ESOAR methodology to improve accounting processes within your organization.
Financial Planning & Analysis
Risks in a Rising Rate Environment
In today’s economic environment, macroeconomic rates – inflation, Fed Funds, interest rates, Prime and LIBOR, for example – are increasing across the board, pushing production costs higher and straining the wallets of consumers. For companies, one of the most obvious consequences is the higher interest that they will need to pay to service their debt…. View Article
July 6, 2022Danny Lee
M&A Due Diligence & Transactions
M&A Sell Side Transaction Support: Keys to Success
I was recently deployed into the sell side of an M&A transaction involving a high-growth company in the entertainment sector. This role, like other transaction support roles I have performed, involved a lot of granular-level data analysis and modeling. But the function of an M&A sell-side transaction support professional is always consistent: Collaborate with various… View Article
June 22, 2022Chris Routhe
Financial Planning & Analysis
Five Signs You Need to Update Your Headcount Management
For most companies, headcount is one of the most important assets, and more often than not, it is also the single largest expense. Proper management of headcount is essential to achieving a company’s growth objectives or cost savings targets. Given the vital importance of headcount to the success of any business, one would expect that the… View Article
June 8, 2022Chris Kirk
