CONSULTING.

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL ADVICE

Introducing accounting standards (Swiss GAAP FER, IFRS)
Organizing financial and accounting systems (IKS)
Liquidity planning and budgeting
Support in drawing up business plans
Founding, restructuring and liquidating companies

IMPLEMENTATION OF ERP SYSTEMS

Analysis of management criteria and user requirements, including support in developing a catalog of requirements
Support in evaluating ERP suppliers and assessing software solutions and providers
Project management in ERP solution implementation

INDEPENDENT EXPERTISE AND VALUATION SERVICES

Business appraisals
Expert / Consultant before courts and arbitration tribunals
Financial due diligence audits
Forensic investigations in white-collar crime cases

ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION

Advice on legal, fiscal and personal aspects of estate distribution
Preparation and management of negotiations with and between heirs
Estate administration
Drafting of estate settlement agreements
Execution of wills and testaments

ACCOUNTING.

ACCOUNTING AND VAT

Financial accounting with interim and year-end financial statement
Accounts receivable and payable
Fixed assets management
Operational and cost accounting
VAT returns

FINANCIAL REPORTING AND TAX ADVICE

Consolidation and preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with Swiss Code of Obligations, Swiss GAAP FER, or IFRS
Financial reporting and tax advice
Preparation of tax returns and auditing of tax assessments
Representation before tax authorities and tribunals
Negotiations with tax authorities

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION

Payroll accounting and administration
Settlement of unemployment, disability, and social security contributions

TEMPORARY DEPUTIZATION, INTERIM MANAGEMENT

Providing short-term substitutes for financial and accounting positions
Interim management to bridge managerial positions in finance

OUTSOURCING (EXTERNAL CFO/CONTROLLER)

Providing CFO or controller know-how on a temporary basis

PORTRAIT.

Patrick WeissOwner & General Manager

Patrick Weiss studied business management at the HWV business school in Olten (now Northwestern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences) and graduated as a certified public accountant from the Academy of the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountant and Tax Consultants.
From 1997 to 2004 he worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young in Zurich, where he performed various management functions on Swiss and international audits and consultancy mandates.
From 2004 to 2012 he was head of the Zurich office of the Provida Group, where he focused on consultancy in the fields of consolidated financial statements, the organization of finance and accounting systems (ICS), including the introduction of ERP solutions, and the provision of expertise and consulting in numerous corporate transactions as well as for various courts and arbitration tribunals.

In June 2012 Patrick Weiss founded pmw consulting gmbh.

My business relationships are built on loyalty, objectivity, and trust. My core competencies are finance processes and accounting and financial reporting. My working method is solution oriented and customer focused. I attach great importance to cultivating a balanced network of relationships with colleagues, specialists in neighboring fields of expertise, organizations and friends.