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Deloitte

Deloitte was named in 6 of the 14 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms and Salesforce and CRM implementation partners questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 48 of the 150 AI responses sampled across those questions (32.0%).

As described in the answersOffers full finance-function outsourcing, automation, controllership, and transformation for mid-market and enterprise clients.

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6 / 14Questions named in
48Responses naming it
32%Of 150 sampled
1Best tier reached

Deloitte is strongest on Which Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries?, where it was named in 17 of 25 responses (68.0%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.

Where Deloitte was named

One row per report in which Deloitte 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 Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries?117 of 2568.0%
What are the best fractional CFO firms?28 of 2532.0%
Who can migrate us from another CRM to Salesforce?18 of 2532.0%
Which partners integrate Salesforce with other systems?16 of 2524.0%
Which fractional CFOs help prepare a company for fundraising?15 of 2520.0%
Our Salesforce implementation failed. Who can fix it?14 of 2516.0%

What Deloitte gets named for

Across the 14 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms and Salesforce and CRM implementation partners questions measured, Deloitte is named most often on Which Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries? — it appears in 17 of the 25 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 68.0% of them. Its next strongest question is “What are the best fractional CFO firms?”, where it appears in 8 of 25 responses (32.0%).

Deloitte clears the reporting threshold on 6 of the 14 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 Deloitte’s tier placings mean

On Which Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries?, Deloitte sits in tier 1 of 2, named in 17 of 25 responses (68.0%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 25 responses, the gap between Deloitte and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Deloitte shares tier 1 with Accenture, Slalom and PwC, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Deloitte from them.

On What are the best fractional CFO firms?, Deloitte sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 8 of 25 responses (32.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 92.0% of responses against Deloitte’s 32.0%. It shares tier 2 with indinero, Kruze Consulting, Paro, RSM and Graphite, which the sample cannot separate from it. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Deloitte from them.

On Who can migrate us from another CRM to Salesforce?, Deloitte sits in tier 1 of 1, named in 8 of 25 responses (32.0%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 25 responses, the gap between Deloitte and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Deloitte shares tier 1 with Accenture, Slalom, PwC, AppsXpert, Emorphis, Ascendix, Capgemini, Cognizant and Colby's Data Movers, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary.

On Which partners integrate Salesforce with other systems?, Deloitte sits in tier 1 of 1, named in 6 of 25 responses (24.0%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 25 responses, the gap between Deloitte and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Deloitte shares tier 1 with Slalom, Accenture, Workato, Airbyte, Boomi, Celigo, Fivetran, IBM and Informatica, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary.

On Which fractional CFOs help prepare a company for fundraising?, Deloitte sits in tier 1 of 1, named in 5 of 25 responses (20.0%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 25 responses, the gap between Deloitte and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Deloitte shares tier 1 with Alta Ridge Capital Partners, Burkland Associates, Into The Next, Kroll, Local Fractional, RunwayTeam, Traverse, StartupCFO and EY, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary.

On Our Salesforce implementation failed. Who can fix it?, Deloitte sits in tier 1 of 1, named in 4 of 25 responses (16.0%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 25 responses, the gap between Deloitte and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Deloitte shares tier 1 with Accenture, Celumai, Mareeba CRM, Slalom, Capgemini, Cognizant, Blue Engine Salesforce Consulting, Cloud Structures and CrestOps, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary.

Where Deloitte does not appear

Deloitte was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold on 24 of the 14 questions: “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?”, “Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?”, “What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?”, “Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?”, “What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?”, “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?”, “Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?”, “Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?”, “What are the best Amazon agencies?”, “Who can manage our entire Amazon business for us?”, “Which agencies are best at Amazon PPC management?”, “Which agencies do Amazon listing optimization?”, “Which agencies help brands launch on Amazon for the first time?”, “Which Amazon agencies work with large consumer brands?”, “Which Amazon agencies work with small sellers?”, “Our Amazon account was suspended. Who can help reinstate it?”, “Which fractional CFO firms work with venture-backed startups?”, “What is the best outsourced accounting firm for a small business?”, “Which outsourced accounting firms specialize in particular industries?”, “Which firms provide outsourced controller services?”, “Who can implement NetSuite or a real ERP for a growing company?”, “Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?”, “Which Salesforce partners work with small businesses?” and “Which firms provide ongoing Salesforce managed services?”.

An absence here is a fact about visibility, not about capability. It means that when buyers put that question to ChatGPT during the sampling window, Deloitte was not among the firms it reached for — which is worth knowing if that question describes the work you are hiring for, and worth nothing as a judgement of how well the firm does that work.

Firms named alongside Deloitte

When ChatGPT names Deloitte, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Accenture (4 shared questions), Slalom (4 shared questions), Capgemini (3 shared questions), PwC (3 shared questions), Burkland Associates (2 shared questions), Cognizant (2 shared questions) and IBM (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 Deloitte. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

Accenture · Slalom · Capgemini · PwC · Burkland Associates · Cognizant · IBM

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