VP of Finance/CFO Candidate #061625
St. Louis, MO
Executive Search, Finance
15 years
6/16/2025
Profile
Strategic and results driven finance executive with over 15 years of international leadership experience across North America and Europe. Proven track record in driving financial transformation, forecasting ownership, and margin optimization for complex, multi entity organizations exceeding $450M in revenue. A trusted business partner to executive teams, with deep expertise in FP&A, compliance under IFRS & US GAAP, and operational KPI alignment. Recognized for building high performing finance teams and delivering enterprise wide value in dynamic, matrixed environments.
Career Highlight 1: Led Financial Operations for $450M+ portfolio across 750+ sites in North America, delivering the best cash flow performance across 30+ countries
Career Highlight 2: Delivered 20% margin improvement by spearheading a financial transformation project by optimizing profitability by account and SG&A optimization. This ultimately lead to the divesture of the entity assisting the Company in obtaining it’s $300M target.
Career Highlight 3: Global Risk, Audit and Compliance expertise, conducting external and internal audits across five continents and ensuring compliance with IFRS, US GAAP and Local regulations together with implementing IFRS 16 (Lease) and IFRS 5 (non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations)
Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): I bring a unique combination of strategic finance leadership, international experience, and proven ability to drive measurable business impact. I’ve led high performing teams across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, successfully delivering margin improvement, financial transformation, and top line growth initiatives for complex, multi billion dollar organizations. My ability to translate financial data into actionable insights, partner with executives across
Strengths: functions, and lead through change ensures alignment between operational performance and strategic goals.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Interest in domestic and international travel, culinary exploration and horticulture
Education: Master’s in Business
Industry Experience: Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Business Services, Capital Markets, Construction/Engineering, Consumer Packaged Goods, Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Life Sciences and Biotech, Logistics & Transport, Manufacturing, Non-Profit, Pharmaceuticals, Private Equity, Public Accounting, Retail, Software, Technology, Wholesale & Distribution
Company Fit: Extensive experience managing financial operations across a wide range of business scales from supporting clients $100K revenue to $60B during my time at KPMG and as finance leader experience with large group of $13B and direct managed finances of $450M+
Management Experience: Over 10 years of management experience from leading audit teams of 1-10+ staff to VP of Finance managing a total team oversight of 25 finance professionals
Software Experience: JD Edwards Enterprise (Oracle Product), Oracle Hyperion, OneStream, Hubble Analytics, PowerBI & Tableau and QuickBooks
Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote
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