Ascension provides complete solutions across SAP, cloud and AI, audit, tax, accounting, M&A, and hedge fund support. Explore each area below.
SAP
Ascension provides complete solutions for SAP implementation, including S/4HANA On-Premise, S/4HANA Cloud, and SAP ECC, plus staffing and training. This covers new implementations and support for existing ones, with industry solutions for consumer goods, retail, life sciences, financial services and public sector.
Cloud & AI
Ascension helps organizations evaluate, migrate to, and get real value from cloud and AI platforms across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and Oracle Cloud, covering SaaS, PaaS and IaaS models. We help clients identify practical, high-ROI use cases for AI, from embedded analytics and intelligent automation within SAP, to broader adoption of AI copilots and agents for finance, audit, and operations teams.
Audit
Ascension provides value-added suggestions throughout the audit process across three areas: External Audit (compliance with GAAP, business process improvement, review of accounting policies), Internal Audit (risk identification, internal control assessment, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 evaluation), and IT Audit (IT general controls, information security strategy, technology stack modernization).
Tax
Ascension supports Federal Tax compliance and planning, State and Local Tax compliance across all 50 states, and International Tax planning for cross-border transactions, including global tax compliance, foreign tax credits, VAT, M&A tax, and transfer pricing.
Accounting
Ascension consults on improving accounting processes, chart of accounts structure, and reporting for external parties and internal management. We set up accounting systems for newly started businesses across hedge funds, retail, life sciences, professional services, public sector and manufacturing, provide valuation services, and support shared services capabilities including vendor payments and customer collections.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Ascension assists on transactions across all stages, from initial client pitches to closings. We analyze financial statements as they pertain to a transaction, manage post-acquisition integration (AP, AR, purchasing, materials management, sales, accounting, finance, HR, IT), advise on divestiture tasks, and support IFRS reporting including reconciliation with US GAAP.
Hedge Funds
Ascension supports hedge funds and investment managers with the accounting, valuation, and reporting infrastructure they need to operate and scale, including setting up accounting systems for newly started funds, valuation services, defining processes to generate financial statements compliant with applicable accounting standards, and responding to reporting requirements from investors, auditors, and regulators.