Lee Eckert Email & Phone Number

Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US

Wayne, PA, US

• Providing interim CFO services to Fortune 500 companies. Activities include:
• Managing and executing day to day finance and accounting operations.
• Being a catalyst for executing strategic and financial objectives including implementing business transformations.
• Providing financial leadership in determining strategic short-term and long-term priorities.
• Protecting and preserving critical assets of the organization including remediating material weaknesses and improving controls.
• Improving the effectiveness of the Finance organization including designing and implementing a new organization structure to drive enhanced accountability, effectiveness, and engagement.

Irving, Texas, US

• Strategic advisor and business partner to the CEO and senior management team. Responsible for all financial matters for Flowserve Corporation including public financial reporting, treasury, tax, investor relations.
• Provided a leadership role in FLS’s transformation initiative (FLS 2.0). FLS 2.0 is a company-wide initiative to reengineer how FLS conducts business to improve ROIC and drive shareholder value. FLS 2.0 is focused on.
• Significantly improved financial performance (2017 to 2019): EPS +62%, ROIC +70%, Operating Margin % +250 bps, Free Cash Flow Conversion +85% (vs ’18), Effective Tax Rate -17%, Debt to EBITDA -27%.
• Transformed the Finance function; Reduced Finance cost by 8% offsetting merit & benefit increases and improved employee engagement by 16%.
• Upgraded team…90% of direct reports are new to their current role. Moved Internal Audit in-house.
• Team remediated material weakness (inherited), implemented ASC 606 (Revenue Recognition) and ASC 842 (Leasing) on time without issue, reduced required controls by 30% and reduced open audit items by 50%.

Strategic advisor and business partner to the CEO and senior management team. Responsible for all financial matters for CHC Group including public financial reporting, reporting to private equity investors (CD&R, First Reserve), aircraft financing, treasury, tax, investor relations, controllership, compliance, business development and oversight of.

London, London, GB

• Direct report to the UK-based Group Finance Director with a dotted line to the Executive Director of the US. Responsible for all finance and accounting activities for National Grid US ($13B in revenue, $23 B in.
• Played a leadership role in the implementation of a new jurisdictional-based operating model that has enabled National Grid to be more focused on its customers, regulators, and communities while reducing overhead by.
• Provided leadership (Co-Executive Sponsor) in National Grid’s implementation of SAP. New system impacted over 90 operating systems across the US jurisdiction. Implementation was one of the largest in SAP’s history.
• Improved the quality and value of the Finance organization. Established a Finance organization that was “Fit for Purpose”: implemented a new organization structure, added / upgraded talent, and developed financial.
• Responsible for addressing issues identified in an independent audit assessment of National Grid’s processes and controls. Approximately 60 recommendations have been or are in the process of being implemented.
• Led the business through several high impact / high exposure business crises.

Richmond, VA, US

Direct report to the Executive Vice President of Healthcare and Innovation with a dotted line to the President of MWV. Specifically selected for this role by the CEO of MWV. Tasked with integrating several stand-alone entities into a cohesive, high-performing business unit. Responsible for developing and implementing a global operating system that.

Richmond, VA, US

Direct report to the Chief Financial Officer of MWV with dotted line responsibilities to the President of MWV and the President of the Packaging Resources Group. Full P&L finance responsibility (e.g., Operations, Accounting, Strategy, Foreign Exchange, and ERP Implementation) for a $3B revenue industrial manufacturer with 6,600 employees in 18 countries..

Houston, Texas, US

• Reported to the CFO of EDS. Recruited by CFO to turn around EDS’ $2.7B Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) business. Responsible for developing, implementing, and executing a comprehensive business strategy to drive.
• Developed and implemented EDS’ first comprehensive business strategy for BPO. Strategy focused on driving growth in selected markets, exiting underperforming business, and leveraging capabilities across product line.
• Provided financial leadership in $0.6B acquisition of Towers Perrin Administration Solutions (TPAS). Played a critical role in developing both the strategic rational and the transaction structure. Prepared the pro.

Boston, MA, US

Division CFO, GE Components, Plainville, CT (2001 – 2003)Honeywell Integration Finance Leader, GE Industrial Systems, Phoenix, AZ (2001)Corporate Staff Executive, Mergers & Acquisitions, Fairfield, CT (1999 – 2001)Manager of Global FP&A, GE Industrial Systems, Plainville, CT (1998 – 1999)Division CFO, GE Meters, Somersworth, NH (1996 – 1998)Director of.