As an alumni of the Big 4 and the U.S. Navy, my collective experiences provided a strong grasp of the “moving parts” within the Finance and Accounting space as well as the higher level managerial and regulatory challenges that Finance leaders face. This led me into a fortunate decision to move into the Interim Consulting and Advisory space to support client initiatives within Finance and Accounting. I advised clients on large projects including those that resulted from major changes in Revenue Recognition and Lease Accounting standards. Other projects included a large Sarbanes-Oxley implementation as well as various General Accounting and FP&A needs for public as well as private companies in the Chicagoland area. I then transitioned over to Harmer Technology. In this role, I advised companies with retained and contingency permanent searches for technology related positions residing within the CIO and CTO organizations. Functions include Application Development, Infrastructure, Strategy/Governance/PMO, Big Data, Cloud, QA, Security and Product Management. In my current role in Harmer Financial Solutions (HFS) I have returned to advising clients and supporting them in their internal initiatives within the Finance and Accounting space. This includes interim assistance or project based assistance around anything from short term employee gaps to larger Business Transformations or Accounting initiatives. About Harmer Financial SolutionsHarmer Financial Solutions is a project-based professional services firm. We serve clients around the globe from start-up through F-500 in the areas of accounting, finance and audit. Our practice can engage a single consultant to handle an individual role or we can deploy a large team to support a major project. Routinely, we are engaged in assisting clients with projects around financial reporting, restatements, SEC reporting, general accounting activities, financial planning and analysis, M&A integration activities, shared services, and controls remediation or audit initiatives. We are designed to efficiently support business leaders with their internal initiatives. At the end of each engagement, we transfer the knowledge back to our clients, helping build their internal capabilities.