Featured Talent

Profile

Finance executive and corporate controller with deep experience building high-performing accounting and finance functions in complex organizations. Specialize in process improvement, internal controls, and providing strategic financial insight. Ove the past five years, have driven finance modernization, improved reporting and decision support, and played a key role in company-wide planning and performance management at multi-site manufacturers. Have led teams through complex accounting challenges at public and PE-backed companies, applying structured, logical problem-solving to drive clarity, alignment, and better business decisions. Targeting finance leadership roles that emphasize strategic planning, analytical problem-solving, and close partnership with executive teams to drive business performance.

Career Highlight 1: Led finance transformation efforts that improved reporting quality, forecasting accuracy, and management decision support. Built and developed high-performing finance teams across multi-site organizations. Streamlined financial processes, reducing close timeliness from 15 days to 4, and improved data reliability. Partnered with executive leadership on budgeting, strategic planning, and performance management.

Career Highlight 2: Uncovered procurement fraud that involved multiple employees and vendors. Led enterprise-wide improvements to the internal control environment, resolving significant audit issues and implementing standardized policies, documentation and review procedures. Built and led high-performing teams to transform fragmented accounting and control processes into a disciplined, well-documented, and scalable finance function.

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): Can quickly assess complex financial and operational environments, identify what matters, and turn that into clear, actionable insights. Able to think logically through problems, lead teams through change, and improve both processes and decision support. Focus on creating real business impact, not just producing reports.

Strengths: (1) Attention to detail, (2) strong communicator, (3) logical reasoning/ability to think analytically and strategically, and (4) strong accounting and reporting fundamentals.

Hobbies & Personal Interests: Tennis, reading, travel, music

Education: MAcc, JD

Credentials: CPA (Missouri), Juris Doctor (Law License in Illinois)

Industry Experience: Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Equipment Leasing, Industrials, Logistics & Transport, Manufacturing, Media, Paper & Packaging, Private Equity, Public Accounting

Company Fit: Great for growing small companies or midsize / large corporations.

Management Experience: Has managed up to 7 direct reports, total team of 13.

Software Experience: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, BNL Odyssey

Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote