Financial Due Diligence For M&A Transactions

A structured, value-driven approach to assessing your current AI landscape, identifying high-impact opportunities, and establishing a governance framework that ensures measurable productivity gains and long-term strategic alignment.

Financial Due Diligence Approach and Methodology

Phase 1: Preparation & Information Gathering

Phase 2: Analysis

Phase 3: Reporting & Close Support

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AI Audit & Governance Engagement Timeline

Preparation & Information Gathering

Purpose: The preparation & Information gathering phase sets the foundation for a successful engagement and comprehensive date collection.

Analysis

Purpose: Deep financial analysis of quality of earnings, working capital, net debt, revenue concentration and margin in an effort to uncover hidden risks, identify non-recurring items and sustainability of reported earnings.

Reporting & Close Support

Purpose: Clear documentation and transaction support maximize deal value through, draft report review, final report package, findings presentation and SPA support.

Financial Due Diligence Case Study

The Scattered AI Problem

AI Audit & Governance: Chemical Company Portfolio Refocus

The Transaction: A financial acquirer engaged our firm to conduct financial due diligence on a mid-market medical coding and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) company with significant offshore operations. The target company, “CodeRight Inc.”, was a $50 million revenue business with a reported EBITDA of $10 million (a 20% margin).

The Challenge: The acquirer needed to validate CodeRight’s quality of earnings, assess the sustainability of its high margins driven by offshore labor, and uncover any hidden compliance or operational risks inherent in the complex medical coding industry.

 

The Outcome: A Successful Transaction at the Right Price

The insights from our financial due diligence were a game-changer for our client. Armed with a data-driven understanding of the business’s true financial health and risk profile, the acquirer was able to:

  • Renegotiate the Purchase Price: The $1.5 million EBITDA adjustment directly led to a $15 million reduction in the valuation.
  • Secure a $3 million special indemnity was negotiated to cover potential liabilities from the coding compliance issues.
  • Develop a 100-Day Plan: The operational findings provided a clear roadmap for post-acquisition improvements, including a plan to improve coding accuracy, reduce denial rates, and renegotiate the key customer contract.

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