NOW CFO reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(222 total reviews)
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Randy Christensen

88% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

NOW CFO has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 222 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NOW CFO employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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222 reviews
5.0
Sep 25, 2019
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Pros

The team is awesome and everyone at the corporate office is super friendly. I got a laptop and phone which both work really well and were already set up for me. The work is interesting with lots of different clients and projects without being overwhelming. The company is fast growing with lots of career advancement potential.

Cons

The benefits are okay and the health benefits suck.

1.0
Aug 28, 2019
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Pros

Flexibility and ok pay with benefits

Cons

This firm presents itself as a go to solution for accounting and finance needs. The website lists a number of services that NowCFO in theory performs. In reality, it is a bunch of low level accountants that only know how to do basic accounting tasks. Anything above a controller level for a small private company (read: anything outside of basic accounting tasks) and they do not have ANYONE with experience and knowledge. Typical consultants are someone who takes a job for a year or so until they find someone else; turnover is incredible. This is a company of 200 consultants with a turnover over 50% is my guess. Customer service is nonexistent. The only focus is on billing hours; if quality of work is not what is expected, they will never accept responsibility. Partners are a joke - same low level accountants; hard to understand why they would be viewed by anyone in the business community as credible sources of knowledge and expertise. Business Development Representatives in many cases are embarrassing - a bunch of women who know nothing about the industry or applicable requirements. They utter nonsense most of the time; it is simply embarrassing when that happens in front of a client or business contacts. All that matters is sales and screw the clients.

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NOW CFO Response
6y
Thank you for your review. NOW CFO is a full-service consulting firm with a focus on outsourced CFO, Controller, and accounting needs. With a presence in 30 markets and growing, our services align with the demands of the market. Sometimes that translates into doing a lot of industry-specific work (like construction business-related accounting support) or simply aligning our staff to meet the local needs of each market.
1.0
Aug 19, 2019
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f l e x i b i l i t y

Cons

The only thing that matters is how many billable hours a consultant bills out. The training provided is basic and is a waste of time. You will not learn anything to further your professional career. You will be dragged into the training calls every week to listen to how to sell - that's the only thing that matters. Mangement around CEO is a bunch of yes men. There is no baseline understanding of professional communications or consultants recognition. NowCFO brings on and off people as another temp firm only with more unprofessional behavior and insane CEO.

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NOW CFO Response
6y
Thank you for your review. As we are a full-service consulting firm, it’s true that consultants are responsible for their billable hours. This is a standard model/expectation in consulting related firms. Our extensive training program is designed to give consultants the best tools possible to be successful in their roles. This is also why we have senior consultants join and lead calls in a mentorship capacity. Working as a consultant isn’t for everybody, but we’ve found that those who embrace the program and have the aptitude can have great financial and professional success in our model.
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