David Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

DMO provides interim, project, and fractional CFO and finance services for businesses from $1M-$100M. We help businesses succeed by supporting the leaders in establishing and executing strategic direction and in running their business through insightful financial information and by providing the requisite financial reporting.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Lead the global finance operations across U.S., Canada, and U.K., including quarterly and annual reporting. 17 US Based employees; 10 supporting non-US based operations.
• Amended and extended credit facility to a $750M, five-year facility during Silicon Valley Bank crisis
• Acquired two servicing entities (£15M and £5M) in the U.K. to support debt collection
• Automated accounts payable process and improved workflow tools with minimal investment
• Reduced operating cash by 55%

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Executed strategy for overhauling capital structure.
• Within first six months, changed capital structure from shorter term secured capital to longer term unsecured capital issuing an inaugural $300M unsecured bond, providing capacity for deployments
• Amended and extended credit facility to a $500M, three-year facility

Wayzata, MN

Provides shared services to diversified business interests from industrial products to consumer goods.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Served as Interim Chief Financial Officer for this company selling superior-quality grooming products through retail and direct to consumer; worked with CEO to successfully execute sale of majority stake to a private equity buyer. Utilized EOS to focus growth initiatives.

Memphis Metropolitan Area

As Interim Chief Financial Officer and Controller led finance function during transition period for affiliated bar and liquid soap manufacturer.

Eagan, MN

• Led North America finance shared services organization with $20M total budget and 250 personnel across four locations, including outsourcing partner in India.
• Drove due diligence and integration of acquisitions and consolidations achieving 20% savings
• Implemented targeted collection plans for high dollar balances
• Revised order-to-cash processes leveraging SAP implementation to prioritize collection activity
• Implemented workflow tool to automate invoice approval, improving… Show more Led North America finance shared services organization with $20M total budget and 250 personnel across four locations, including outsourcing.
• Implemented workflow tool to automate invoice approval, improving control environment Show less

St. Paul, MN

• Directed hedging of foreign exchange exposures, set strategy for capital structure, including share repurchases and dividends, and managed global liquidity through cash forecasting, commercial paper issuance, internal.
• Reduced FX exposures and implemented hedging strategies saving $8.5M in hedging costs while… Show more Directed hedging of foreign exchange exposures, set strategy for capital structure, including share repurchases and.
• Reduced FX exposures and implemented hedging strategies saving $8.5M in hedging costs while reducing FX transaction volatility 60% to $200K per month
• Implemented European banking, liquidity, and cash pooling structure, reducing global cash balances by 70% to $100M, equating to less than 1% of global sales
• Implemented entity-level cash flow forecasts and worked with Tax to increase dividends 20% Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Ensured financial and fiscal management of $600M operating unit, Ceridian’s largest. Staff of 75. Reported to President, Ceridian U.S.
• Drove restructuring of finance organization to fully integrate Commercial and Shared Services

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Oversaw fiscal management of $250M customer service, implementation, and technology infrastructure operations. Managed trust operations, which processed $165B in client funds annually. Staff of 50.
• Implemented activity-based time tracking and capacity planning models reducing costs 4%

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Steered financial and fiscal management of $300M operating unit. Directed financial and operational performance analysis, pricing, strategic planning and forecasting, and reporting activities. Staff of 12.
• Increased profitability by 20% via enhanced pricing, billing, and reduced infrastructure costs
• Overhauled pricing platforms, reducing maximum number of unique items from 485 to 44
• Outsourced receivables and payables functions to offshore provider, reducing costs by 33%

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managed pricing that maximized business strategies with focus on revenue, volume, and market share for the Correspondent Channel that acquired $100B in mortgage loans in 2006. Led staff of 3.
• Engineered $58M turnaround for product platforms through keen analysis and adjustment of pricing.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Ensured reliability of financial and accounting practices of business unit with $70B in assets and $390M in net income. Implemented and maintained processes to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. Led staff of 50.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Established an asset-backed conduit facility, from inception to $15B in commercial paper, extendable notes, and medium-term notes within 1.5 years, reducing cost of funds by 20 bps.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Developed core financing strategies for U.S. and Latin American operations; managed bank and rating agency relationships, short-term liquidity, including $1.6B credit facility and $1B cash portfolio, treasury operations, and foreign exchange exposures. Led staff of 6.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Devised financial analysis and acquisition strategy of SAAB for equity and debt buyout. Drafted and negotiated legal agreements with banks in Germany, Spain, and England for global disbursements system. Managed $7B foreign exchange portfolio and $3B cash portfolio. Guided treasury operations to “Strong” internal audit rating, one of only three units within.

New York, NY

Implemented benchmark portfolio to drive hedging strategy for $4.5B commodities portfolio.

Boston, MA

Planned and managed audits in the manufacturing, healthcare, retail/distribution, and construction industries.

Mba, Finance, Marketing

Jd, Business Concentration

Ba, Economics, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Varsity Football