CFO Candidate #1
St. Louis, MO
Executive Search, Finance
21 years
11/1/2023
Profile
Successful, driven, and meticulous CFO in his prime with executive presence. 20 years of progressive corporate finance and accounting experience, including public accounting manager and Controller and CFO experience at lower middle market companies. Demonstrable success revolutionizing and systematizing companies’ entire back-office finance and accounting functions, as well as streamlined and enhanced reporting for sales, operations and purchasing. Positively impacting the bottom line.
Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words):
Strengths: (1) leadership and management (can see big picture and hold people accountable), (2) problem solving, (3) can take a broken accounting department and can turn it into a well-oiled machine
Career Highlight 1: Systematized the back-office for an $85m/year company. Created dashboards for Sales and POs, created effective customer reporting, and created robust financial forecasts for 16-months out.
Career Highlight 2: Cleaned up messy general ledger, instilled discipline in accounting staff, and shortened month-end close time.
Education: BS Accounting, MAcc
Credentials: (1) CPA, (2) Multiple Ironman Competition Finisher, and (3) Former NCAA D1 Athlete
Industry Experience: Business Services, Wholesale & Distribution
Company Fit: Great for small companies.
Management Experience: 17 years managing teams of up to 8 people.
Systems Experience: SysPro, Quickbooks
Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote
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