Chris Mcdermott, Cfa Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

As a part-time CFO, I offer customized financial leadership tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities of growing manufacturing and tech companies. My approach involves:Strategic Financial Modeling: Developing long-term financial models that align with your company’s growth initiatives and capital structure requirements. I utilize comprehensive three-statement financial models to ensure a robust planning process.Financial Reporting and Dashboards: Designing and implementing sophisticated financial reporting packages and performance dashboards. These tools are crucial in monitoring the financial health of your organization and ensuring that operational decisions are made based on accurate and timely data.Executive Financial Partnership: Providing expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and cash flow management. My role extends beyond typical CFO duties—I act as a strategic partner, helping you navigate financial complexities and drive sustainable growth.

Lead Corporate Development and FP&A Department for $200M global manufacturing company. Responsible for United Safety’s strategic growth through M&A, including deal sourcing, valuation, investment committee memo preparation, due diligence and post-merger integration. Build financial models for acquisitions with pricing recommendations based on precedent transactions, DCF and LBO valuation.Provide the Executive Management Team business cases and detailed financial models to support strategic initiatives.

Led Finance & Accounting Department for $150M private equity owned manufacturing company. Implemented the company’s first budgeting process, complete with P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement to meet lender and PE sponsor reporting requirements. Reduced month end close and reporting time from weeks to days by fully integrating Epicor functionality to replace numerous manual processes.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Responsible for pricing over $1.2 billion in RFPs across all business lines during three years as Pricing Manager. Pricing Manager for EMCOR's largest three account wins, representing $258 million in annual revenue. Built pricing models for all service lines, which generate financial statements and ROI metrics, such as NPV and IRR to effectively bid and win profitable new business. Finance Manager for EMCOR’s account with the world’s largest retailer. Successfully coordinated client onboarding process, involving billing, reporting and financial controls to manage business.

Danbury, Ct, Us

Executed valuation and post-merger integration for three acquisitions with total purchase price of $80 million. Managed quality of earnings due diligence process and prepared opening balance sheets for acquisitions. Led multi-disciplinary transition teams in successfully onboarding acquisitions.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Developed financial models for joint venture arrangements. Bank of America offered loan protection products for mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and credit cards to joint venture companies customers. Responsible for month end close and the monthly financial reporting for the Debt Cancelation Service Line.Prepared the monthly full-year forecast as well as the annual operating budget.

Mba, Finance

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