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Armanino
Armanino was named in 1 of the 14 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 42 of the 235 AI responses sampled across those questions (17.9%).
Armanino is strongest on “Who manages cap tables, equity administration and 409A valuations?”, where it was named in 42 of 235 responses (17.9%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.
What Armanino is surfaced for in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms
Based on the measured answers, Armanino is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Who manages cap tables, equity administration and 409A valuations?”.
How the answers describe the firmOutsourced accounting, controller, CFO, FP&A, and ERP services for mid-market and growth companies.
In this sample, Armanino was named on 1 of the 13 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Cap table and valuation advisors — named in 42 of 235 responses (17.9%), tier 1.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms
Armanino was named on 1 of these 13 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms overall: Pilot tops 3 of 13 · Armanino tops 1 of 13 · BPM tops 1 of 13 · Burkland Associates tops 1 of 13 · InterimCFO tops 1 of 13 · Koen Advisors tops 1 of 13. See all reports.
Where Armanino was named
| Question | Tier | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who manages cap tables, equity administration and 409A valuations? | 1 | 42 of 235 | 17.9% |
What Armanino gets named for
Across the 14 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured, Armanino is named most often on “Who manages cap tables, equity administration and 409A valuations?” — it appears in 42 of the 235 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 17.9% of them.
That is the only question in this set where Armanino cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.
What Armanino’s tier placings mean
On “Who manages cap tables, equity administration and 409A valuations?”, Armanino sits in tier 1 of 1, named in 42 of 235 responses (17.9%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 235 responses, the gap between Armanino and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Armanino shares tier 1 with KPMG, Deloitte, PwC, Eton, EY, Kroll, Morgan Stanley, Aranca and Stout, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary.
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named Armanino when asked buyer questions about fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- Armanino did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
- A firm named in few responses may still be excellent. Share follows what has been published about a firm online, which is what an AI assistant reads.
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