CFO Advisory Service Offerings

Our CFO Advisory Service Offerings are tailored to meet the needs of our clients and supplement the activities of Fund Managers and their Fund Administrators. Following is a list of frequent activities that we provide to our clients. Members of our staff have extensive experience as CFOs and Controllers of private equity and venture capital partnerships and are adept at providing our clients with extensive assistance beyond the services provided by many Fund Administration providers.

Accounting Services

– Preparation and recording of journal entries
– Periodic closing of books and preparation of financial statements
– Prepare periodic preferred return and carried interest calculations, investor waterfall, fund IRRs
– Prepare and/or review of management fee calculations

Interaction with Service Providers

– Assist and coordinate with outside auditors and tax preparers
– Work with Fund Administrators
– Point of contact for transactional data, review workpapers and financial statements
-Calculate capital calls and distributions
– Summarize book/tax differences for tax preparer

Cash Management Services

– Preparation of expense payments via electronic payment
– Monthly bank account reconciliations

Investor communications

– Respond to financial statement questions
– Creation of individual partner capital statements

Software evaluation

Management reporting and budgeting

Fund structuring advice and LPA interpretation

Establishment of banking relationships and implementation of capital call lines of credit

Internal controls and establishment of policies and procedures

Our Team

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Michael Schiavo

CEO & FOUNDER

Prior to founding Spectrum, Mike built a fund administration practice for a New York- based professional services firm from 2017 until its acquisition in early 2022. Mike has 30 years of experience as a Partner and CFO of venture capital and private equity partnerships.

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Jeanne Polinsky

Manager – Fund Administration

Jeanne is a member of Spectrum’s founding team and has extensive experience working with private equity and private equity real estate partnerships.

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Stephanie Baron

Manager – Fund Administration

Stephanie is a member of Spectrum’s founding team and has extensive experience working with private equity firms and their management companies...

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Bonny Jaswal

Manager – Fund Administration

Bonny is a member of Spectrum’s founding team and has extensive experience working with private equity and private equity real estate partnerships...

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Tim Nothnagel

Accounting Associate – Fund Administration

Tim joined Spectrum in July 2023 after graduation from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business in May of 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a dual concentration in Finance and Accounting.

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Jerry Condon

Manager – Tax and Fund Administration

Jerry joined Spectrum in November 2023. He has extensive experience working with private equity partnerships, venture capital partnerships, and mutual funds at PwC’s Asset Wealth Management group and in the venture capital tax group at Fidelity Investments.