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For CPAs, Attorneys & Advisors

A CBEC®-certified partner for your business-owner clients' exit
Business exit planning touches accounting, legal, valuation, and investment disciplines at once - which is exactly why it tends to fall through the cracks between advisors who each own one piece of it. asa a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®), Brett Cicinelli's role is to be the coordinating financial planning voice on your client's exit team, working alongside you rather than in place of you.
Depending on when you're brought in, we can support your client's transaction as:
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Valuation & Readiness Advisor - helping the owner understand current business value and what would increase it before going to market
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Exit Strategist - running the client through the Six-Step Exit Planning process to clarify goals, timeline, and the right exit path
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Deal Structuring Support - modeling the after-tax and after-fee outcome of different transaction structures, in coordination with your tax and legal work
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Post-Close Wealth Manager - once the transaction closes, managing the resulting liquidity as a fiduciary RIA, so your client's outcome doesn't end a the closing table
We're happy to join client meetings as a value-add resource, or work quietly behind the scenes - whatever best fits how you serve the clients. If you have a client approaching a transition, we'd welcome the conversation.
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Why Choose Confluence
We Inspire Long-Term Financial Success
When you're preparing to sell a business — or if you know an owner who's contemplating one — two of the largest determinants of a successful outcome are the terms of the sale itself and the follow-through of your wealth plan after closing.
Our Certified Business Exit Consultant®, Brett Cicinelli is a visionary developer of optimal exit strategies, taking factual details, client goals, and needs into account, leading a charge toward a positive change in how business owners prepare for and navigate the sale of their company.
Brett brings over two decades of financial and analytical experience to work for clients. He teaches a post-graduate course on Alternative Investing Strategies. Brett also earned the designations of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®), Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®), Master Analyst in Financial Forensics® (MAFF®), and Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®).
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