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BDO

BDO was named in 5 of the 22 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms and NetSuite and ERP implementation partners questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 224 of the 893 AI responses sampled across those questions (25.1%).

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BDO is strongest on “What are the best fractional CFO firms?”, where it was named in 82 of 211 responses (38.9%), placing it in tier 4 of that report.

Where BDO was named

What BDO gets named for

Across the 22 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms and NetSuite and ERP implementation partners questions measured, BDO is named most often on “What are the best fractional CFO firms?” — it appears in 82 of the 211 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 38.9% of them. Its next strongest question is “Who supports an ERP after go-live?”, where it appears in 46 of 175 responses (26.3%).

BDO clears the reporting threshold on 5 of the 22 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.

What BDO’s tier placings mean

On “What are the best fractional CFO firms?”, BDO sits in tier 4 of 6, named in 82 of 211 responses (38.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 95.3% of responses against BDO’s 38.9%. It shares tier 4 with RSM and Graphite, which the sample cannot separate from it. 6 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate BDO from them.

On “Who supports an ERP after go-live?”, BDO sits in tier 1 of 2, named in 46 of 175 responses (26.3%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 175 responses, the gap between BDO and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. BDO shares tier 1 with RSM and EPIQ, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate BDO from them.

On “Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance?”, BDO sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 37 of 175 responses (21.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 30.3% of responses against BDO’s 21.1%. It shares tier 2 with Deloitte, EY and RSM, which the sample cannot separate from it. 4 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate BDO from them.

On “Which ERP partners fit our company size?”, BDO sits in tier 4 of 4, named in 33 of 175 responses (18.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 42.3% of responses against BDO’s 18.9%. It shares tier 4 with EY, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On “Who provides interim finance leadership at short notice?”, BDO sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 26 of 157 responses (16.6%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 26.1% of responses against BDO’s 16.6%. It shares tier 2 with RSM US, 8020 Consulting, ZRG Partners and Alvarez & Marsal, which the sample cannot separate from it.

Firms named alongside BDO

When ChatGPT names BDO, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Deloitte (5 shared questions), RSM (5 shared questions), KPMG (4 shared questions), PwC (4 shared questions), EY (3 shared questions), Accenture (2 shared questions), Capgemini (2 shared questions) and Grant Thornton (2 shared questions).

That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside BDO. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

Deloitte · RSM · KPMG · PwC · EY · Accenture · Capgemini · Grant Thornton

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