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D’Four Group CFOs are vetted and target selected to match each situation based on their ability to work within your company to achieve your desired goals and results. Sometimes this is accomplished in just a day or two a week for a few months. Other engagements may require a more intensive amount of time over a longer period. Either way, you have complete flexibility to apply CFO expertise within your management team or within key initiatives, without the obligations of a full-time employee.
Interim CFO, 4 month
Global Distribution Company – $25M
Global distribution company 50 countries Blue-chip customer profile.
- Global distribution company
- 50 countries
- Blue-chip customer profile
- Fast-paced growth has put strain on operational systems and cash management
- Inventory chain management issues
- Systems, reporting and resource capabilities strained
- Robust Inventory management system
- Enhanced reporting, dashboards and metrics
- Restructuring of operational resources and creation of logistics chain management function
- Refinance bank lines and increased capital capabilities
- Enabled risk-managed 100% growth rate
- Achiever best-in-class financial reporting capabilities
Interim CFO, 3 months
Global Consumer Products Company -$15M
Global consumer products company International distribution Blue-chip customer profile.
- Global consumer products company
- International distribution
- Blue-chip customer profile
- Bank covenant issues
- Product margin issues
- Underperforming operational processes and reporting capabilities
- Robust operational process review and remediation
- Enhanced metrics, reporting capabilities and dashboards
- Developed transformational roadmap
- Fixed covenants
- Enabled effective management decision making
- Product margins fixed through effective use of metrics and reporting
- Significant increased operational cash flow
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Interim CFO – 4 months
Global Woman’s Accessory Importer/Exporter – $15M
Successful South American business with established market share Private company with desire to expand in North America.
- Successful South American business with established market share
- Private company with desire to expand in North America
- Determination of appropriate cash management and capital financing strategy
- Determination of most efficient and effective business model for expansion
- Design and develop roadmap for market entry
- Build business case for international expansion to North America
- Arrange capital financing
- Build processes and system for increased cross-border complexity
- Business expansion in North America achieved with first year results exceeding plan by 38%
- Implementation of systems, processes, reporting and regulatory requirements 100% achieved
Interim Executive – 12 months
Post- Graduate Education Institution – $335M
Internationally recognized college
Multiple programs and degree offerings.
- Internationally recognized college
- Multiple programs and degree offerings
- Some content and program gaps in various professional program offerings
- In-house access to expert resources in the field of risk management and corporate governance
- Built risk management & corporate governance program
- Incorporated best-in-class programs assets and tools
- Developed training modules and programs
- Designed and developed 3 ‘credit courses’
- Utilized industry-leading best-in-class, tools, concepts and frameworks being applied by leading-edge companies globally
Part-Time CFO
Mining Company Public Listing – Public Listing
Exploration company with assets in Northern Ontario Significant exploration opportunity.
- Exploration company with assets in Northern Ontario
- Significant exploration opportunity
- Cash management and capital financing issues
- Access to a public listing for continued capital financing and investment liquidity
- Design and develop financial infrastructure to adhere to regulatory and operational requirements
- Lead process of public listing
- Support the equity financing initiative
- Build processes and system for increased regulatory environment
- Listed on public stock exchange
- Capital financing secured
- Systems, processes and controls set-up and operational
Interim Executive – 18 months
International Bank – $2B
Global bank Offers programs and support to industries within multiple sectors and jurisdictions world-wide.
- Global bank
- Offers programs and support to industries within multiple sectors and jurisdictions world-wide
- Governmental agency is lacking in financial capability and know-how
- Built risk management & corporate governance program and training modules
- Designed and developed program to strengthen capabilities and processes
- Implemented project of strengthening capabilities and processes
- Stakeholder’s feedback identified that the governmental agency’s capabilities and performance was increased with far-reaching impact
Interim and part-time – 18 months
International Financial Institution – $4.6B
Global bank Focus on addressing disruptive forces in the marketplace.
- Global bank
- Focus on addressing disruptive forces in the marketplace
- Assist the bank with an efficient and effective means to address environmental and disruptive market threats
- Help build-out a finance transformation initiative with a people, location and data strategy
- Develop a global strategic plan for the global finance group
- Address location, data and people strategy
- Developed roadmap for the global transformation of the finance department – 35% reduction in targeted overhead
- Assisted in the implementation of the offshoring location strategy – 85% reduction in various functional costs
- Enabled an adaptive business model reacting more efficiently to market changes
Part-Time CFO
High-Growth International Start-up – $2M
Global video security company
International distribution
Technological niche in the marketplace
- Global video security company
- International distribution
- Technological niche in the marketplace
- Cash management and capital financing issues
- Innovative product development and commercialization
- Design and develop growth strategy and approach to commercialize innovation
- Robust business and strategic plan developed
- People, technology, partnership and market strategy developed
- Capital financing options and analysis
- $1M capital financing achieved
- CAGR of 135% – cumulative sales growth
- Strategic partnerships consummated
- Strategic plan, and implementation roadmap realized