• The first hundred days set the tone for your entire CFO tenure. Missteps here are costly — in credibility, in execution, and in board confidence. I help new CFOs chart a deliberate course, avoid common pitfalls, and establish momentum from day one.

    • Rapid assessment of finance team capabilities, gaps, and risks.

    • Prioritization of critical deliverables for board, CEO, and investors.

    • Development of a 30-60-90 day action plan with clear milestones.

    • Independent perspective on transformation, ERP, or reporting issues inherited on day one.

    • Establishing trusted communication rhythms with leadership and the board.

    • Identifying quick wins that build confidence while keeping eyes on long-term priorities

  • When capital, leadership, and execution collide, finance has to lead with clarity.

    • Align transformation portfolios to strategy, avoiding duplicated effort or wasted investment

    • Sequence priorities with leadership so momentum isn’t lost in competing agendas

    • Translate board-level ambitions into executable agendas

  • ERP and system transformations succeed or fail on the strength of CFO oversight.

    • Keep vendors and integrators honest- free from scope creep and optimism bias.

    • Pressure test design choices against reality.

    • Safeguard go-live readiness where failure is visible and expensive.

  • Finance must be built to scale, integrate, and operate without friction.

    • Guide shared services design, outsourcing, and COE strategies.

    • Rebuild spans, layers, and workflows to balance efficiency with control.

    • Ensure integrations and reorganizations stick instead of unraveling.

  • The value of finance is measured in the quality of its insight, not the volume of its reports.

    • Refocus KPIs and management packs on the decisions they’re meant to drive.

    • Simplify dashboards and reporting cycles to reduce noise and increase speed.

    • Elevate board prep to protect CFO credibility in high-stakes moments.

  • Sometimes what’s most valuable isn’t building — it’s saving.

    • Stabilize troubled initiatives before they spiral into failure.

    • Reset governance, escalation paths, and decision rights.

    • Deliver 30-60-90 day recovery plans that restore momentum and confidence