$300,000

CFO Candidate #5

St. Louis, MO

Executive Search, Finance

22 years

12/1/2023


Profile

CFO candidate in her prime displaying intelligence, grit, and determination. Very technical, strong relationship builder, and polished professional with executive presence. 25 years of steady and progressive corporate finance leadership experience at midsize public and private equity owned consumer packaged goods and retail companies. Has led multiple successful global finance transformation projects.

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words):

Strengths: (1) building the right team for the function, (2) hands-on leader (“if there’s a piece of trash on the floor, I’ll pick it up”), (3) takes on tough challenges and sees it through, (4) addresses challenges hands-on

Career Highlight 1: Systems experience: Led implementation of Hyperion Planning. Sytems lead for large public company spin-off/systems split.

Career Highlight 2: Hired as VP of Finance and also assumed Controller role. Led both Fin and Accounting teams for 15 months. Completed systems disengagement from parent company and took out $2m in operating costs though attrition and small reduction in force.

Education: BS Accounting, MBA

Industry Experience: Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail

Company Fit: Great for midsize and large private equity owned and publicly traded companies.

Management Experience: 20 years, multiple teams with up to 170 direct and indirect reports

Systems Experience: Oracle, AS400, Hyperion Planning, SAP

Open To: Hybrid, In-office

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