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BPM was named in 2 of the 13 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 78 of the 420 AI responses sampled across those questions (18.6%).

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2 / 13Questions named in
78Responses naming it
19%Of 420 sampled
1Best tier reached

BPM is strongest on Which firms provide outsourced controller services?, where it was named in 58 of 210 responses (27.6%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.

What BPM is surfaced for in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms

Based on the measured answers, BPM is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which firms provide outsourced controller services?” and “Who can implement NetSuite or a real ERP for a growing company?”.

How the answers describe the firmProvides fractional and interim controller services and broader outsourced accounting for mid-market companies with complex needs.

In this sample, BPM was named on 2 of the 12 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

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

BPM was named on 2 of these 12 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 12 · Armanino tops 1 of 12 · BPM tops 1 of 12 · Burkland Associates tops 1 of 12 · InterimCFO tops 1 of 12 · PwC tops 1 of 12. See all reports.

Where BPM was named

One row per report in which BPM cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
Which firms provide outsourced controller services?158 of 21027.6%
Who can implement NetSuite or a real ERP for a growing company?320 of 2109.5%

What BPM gets named for

Across the 13 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured, BPM is named most often on Which firms provide outsourced controller services? — it appears in 58 of the 210 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 27.6% of them. Its next strongest question is “Who can implement NetSuite or a real ERP for a growing company?”, where it appears in 20 of 210 responses (9.5%).

BPM clears the reporting threshold on 2 of the 13 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 BPM’s tier placings mean

On Which firms provide outsourced controller services?, BPM sits in tier 1 of 2, named in 58 of 210 responses (27.6%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 210 responses, the gap between BPM and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. BPM shares tier 1 with Etisson and AccountingDepartment.com, 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 BPM from them.

On Who can implement NetSuite or a real ERP for a growing company?, BPM sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 20 of 210 responses (9.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 27.1% of responses against BPM’s 9.5%. It shares tier 3 with Delvane, which the sample cannot separate from it.

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