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EY

EY was named in 7 of the 22 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms and NetSuite and ERP implementation partners questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 281 of the 1277 AI responses sampled across those questions (22.0%).

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7 / 22Questions named in
281Responses naming it
22%Of 1277 sampled
1Best tier reached

EY is strongest on What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?, where it was named in 94 of 175 responses (53.7%), placing it in tier 5 of that report.

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

Based on the measured answers, EY is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance?”, “Who provides interim finance leadership at short notice?” and “Which fractional CFOs help prepare a company for fundraising?”.

How the answers describe the firmProvides finance transformation, accounting operations, and full-cycle consolidation with multi-GAAP reporting for larger companies and complex structures.

In this sample, EY was named on 5 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.

What EY is surfaced for in NetSuite and ERP implementation partners

Based on the measured answers, EY is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?” and “Which ERP partners fit our company size?”.

How the answers describe the firmImplements SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft ERPs for global organizations; provides transformation advisory and managed services.

In this sample, EY was named on 2 of the 8 NetSuite and ERP implementation partners 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

EY was named on 5 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.

Every question in NetSuite and ERP implementation partners

EY was named on 2 of these 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where EY placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderEY
What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?175 answersDeloitte94%54% · tier 5
Who helps choose between ERP systems?175 answersPanorama Consulting Group58%
Who migrates a company off QuickBooks onto a real ERP?175 answersScaleNorth17%
Which partners implement ERP for inventory-heavy businesses?175 answersAnchor Group30%
Who builds ERP integrations and customisations?175 answersAccenture34%
Who supports an ERP after go-live?175 answersRSM33%
Our ERP project failed. Who can rescue it?175 answersUltra Consultants17%
Which ERP partners fit our company size?175 answersDeloitte42%22% · tier 4
How much does a NetSuite implementation cost?pricing · 175 answerswhat firms charge

Who leads NetSuite and ERP implementation partners overall: Deloitte tops 2 of 8 · Accenture tops 1 of 8 · Anchor Group tops 1 of 8 · Panorama Consulting Group tops 1 of 8 · RSM tops 1 of 8 · ScaleNorth tops 1 of 8. See all reports.

Where EY was named

One row per report in which EY 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
What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?594 of 17553.7%
Which ERP partners fit our company size?438 of 17521.7%
Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance?237 of 17521.1%
Who provides interim finance leadership at short notice?130 of 15719.1%
Which fractional CFOs help prepare a company for fundraising?229 of 21013.8%
Who can implement NetSuite or a real ERP for a growing company?229 of 21013.8%
Who manages cap tables, equity administration and 409A valuations?124 of 17513.7%

What EY gets named for

Across the 22 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms and NetSuite and ERP implementation partners questions measured, EY is named most often on What are the best NetSuite implementation partners? — it appears in 94 of the 175 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 53.7% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which ERP partners fit our company size?”, where it appears in 38 of 175 responses (21.7%).

EY clears the reporting threshold on 7 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 EY’s tier placings mean

On What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?, EY sits in tier 5 of 7, named in 94 of 175 responses (53.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 93.7% of responses against EY’s 53.7%. It shares tier 5 with Sikich, which the sample cannot separate from it. 5 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate EY from them.

On Which ERP partners fit our company size?, EY sits in tier 4 of 4, named in 38 of 175 responses (21.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 42.3% of responses against EY’s 21.7%. It shares tier 4 with BDO, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance?, EY 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 EY’s 21.1%. It shares tier 2 with Deloitte, BDO 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 EY from them.

On Who provides interim finance leadership at short notice?, EY sits in tier 1 of 2, named in 30 of 157 responses (19.1%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 157 responses, the gap between EY and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. EY shares tier 1 with InterimCFO, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 5 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate EY from them.

On Which fractional CFOs help prepare a company for fundraising?, EY sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 29 of 210 responses (13.8%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 23.8% of responses against EY’s 13.8%. It shares tier 2 with Into The Next, Ignition Consultants, Alvarez & Marsal and Eide Bailly, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On Who can implement NetSuite or a real ERP for a growing company?, EY sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 29 of 210 responses (13.8%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 27.1% of responses against EY’s 13.8%. It shares tier 2 with ProVise Partners, Rand Group, Commenda, Fourlane, BASG and Tallmont & Co, which the sample cannot separate from it. 2 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate EY from them.

On Who manages cap tables, equity administration and 409A valuations?, EY sits in tier 1 of 1, named in 24 of 175 responses (13.7%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 175 responses, the gap between EY and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. EY shares tier 1 with Armanino, KPMG, Deloitte, Eton, Morgan Stanley, PwC, Aranca, Kroll and Stout, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary.

Firms named alongside EY

When ChatGPT names EY, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Deloitte (6 shared questions), KPMG (5 shared questions), PwC (5 shared questions), RSM (5 shared questions), BDO (3 shared questions), Accenture (2 shared questions), Alvarez & Marsal (2 shared questions) and Capgemini (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 EY. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

Deloitte · KPMG · PwC · RSM · BDO · Accenture · Alvarez & Marsal · Capgemini

EY compared

Where EY was measured against another firm on the same questions, over the same responses.

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