As we all know, the entities are required by law, since 1995, to have a qualified professional in supporting accounting and fiscal organization, usually called the Accountant.

About 20 years ago, this professional was seen only as a "bookkeeper" that simply put on paper all relevant information to state interests and other entities. However, over the years, it importance for societies was growing, particularly for companies and individuals and in their relations with the state and other institutions. More recently, we have witnessed the increasing added value that this professional has proved within each company or business structure which he collaborates. It is required of him a perfect command of heterogeneity of skills to fulfill the functions entrusted to him and which are of public interest.

In the current economic environment is absolutely necessary increasing grow in a consistent and cost effective manner. To this end, it is essential to meet market challenges with strategic clarity and operational efficiency. For all of this to become reality, it is imperative to have support from an external professional, with extensive knowledge of the market and fair view of the business. In other words, companies today, not only can develop using the "know-how", but have to perfectly master another crucial method, the "know-know."

As previously mentioned, a Chartered Accountant plays an increasingly important role in society. However, due to limitations of its college’s rules, as well as technical and operational aspects, this professional does not acquire a broad vision to assist companies in their sustained growth. In this context, it is imperative to contact a professional with wider views, the so-called management consultant. This has a decisive role in the accounting and tax development (which the entities are obliged to perform), but more importantly in the active decision-making on the direction of the company; to participate, for example, in human resources management, financial restructuring, in sustained growth, in entrepreneurship and internationalization.

This aid proves to be extremely important in startups, in the development and testing of ideas and in the creation of systems and in the creation of active support structures and subsequently, in the control of costs and fundraising on financial resources. In the case of consolidated companies, it is crucial to focus on national and international growth, in which this professional, will have an active role in implementation plans, processes, and, perhaps, access to finance.

In this context, it becomes imperative having a consultant with the capacity to create innovative, fast and functional solutions to get in the competitive world of business in which they are surrounded by an increasingly aggressive competition in a constantly evolving market.