OakStern

Quality of EarningsFractional CFOPost-Merger Integration

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Who we serve

Business Owners
Business
Owners
Investment Bankers
Investment
Bankers
Private Equity & Acquirers
Private Equity &
Acquirers
CPAs & Accountants
CPAs &
Accountants
Transaction Attorneys
Transaction
Attorneys
Wealth Advisors
Wealth
Advisors

Quality of Earnings

An independent look at what your business really earns, so buyers, sellers and lenders can agree on the number. Before you go to market, or when you are buying a company.

  • Adjusted EBITDA, rebuilt from the books and tied to cash
  • Net working capital and a supportable peg
  • Debt and debt-like items
  • A clear written report and databook

Fractional CFO

Senior finance leadership, part time, for as long as you need it. Any time. While you grow, before a sale, or between deals.

  • Monthly close and reporting
  • Cash forecasting
  • Budgets and KPIs
  • Board, lender and investor reporting

Post-Merger Integration

Hands-on help after the deal closes, so the numbers settle and the new owner starts on solid footing. From signing through the first year of ownership.

  • Closing balance sheet review
  • Working capital true-up
  • Post-close adjustments and disputes
  • Monthly reporting set up for the new owner

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Who we are

OakStern is a transaction advisory firm grounded in deep deal experience and a practical understanding of business. Our leadership team brings extensive transaction services expertise, shaped by careers at nationally recognized accounting firms and more than a decade of working together.

We work with business owners, investors, and their advisors to navigate complex capital events and important financial decisions. Our expertise spans quality of earnings, post-merger integration, and fractional CFO services, providing transaction support and ongoing financial leadership tailored to each client’s needs.

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Our leadership team

Brock Hansen

Brock Hansen

Managing Partner

Sebastian Vader, CPA

Sebastian Vader, CPA

Partner

Brett Sproul, CPA

Brett Sproul, CPA

Partner

Jeremy A. Broker, CFP®, CMAA

Jeremy A. Broker, CFP®, CMAA

PartnerBusiness Development

Our values

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Excellence

An excellent firm is only ever a collection of excellent individuals. We hire exceptional people, expect the best of each of them, and put a senior practitioner in charge of every engagement.

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Integrity

We do the right thing quietly, whether or not anyone is watching, and we treat everyone at the table with respect. Straight answers, numbers that tie, and diligence that holds up on both sides of a deal.

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Humility

Humility is knowing exactly who we are, neither more nor less. We don’t pretend to be bigger than we are or settle for less than our best, and we let the work speak louder than the pitch.

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Perspective

The numbers are only part of the story. Behind every set of financials is a business someone built, people who depend on it, and years of work behind the outcome. We keep the whole picture in view, not the numbers alone.