Ashley Clark

About Ashley Clark

I love to dig into the nitty gritty details of challenges and bring meaningful solutions forward. I focus on the issues that matter most to allow organizations to solve, scale, and optimize operations. To accomplish this, I focus on future-oriented results, connect critical team players, and quickly adapt to an everchanging environment. I have enjoyed many years in the audit and compliance space in the areas of finance, environmental, transportation, and regulated utilities. My personal and professional experiences have reinforced the following traits about myself: I am skilled in operational advancements to help grow & streamline organizations- I enjoy strategic planning and connecting goals to action to achieve a specific purpose- I excel at managing projects by staying on task and on budget- I enjoy making relevant process improvements that have a meaningful impact to stakeholders. I am experienced in leading audits, consulting reviews, and risk management strategy- I identify operational risks and implement solutions to effectively mitigate challenges- I geek out over the minutia and love finding the issues others glaze over- I break down complex topics into bite-sized pieces to facilitate understanding. I am passionate about helping others achieve their goals- I am competitive and love to win, but seeing others win brings me the greatest joy and satisfaction- I focus on connecting people to their purpose and seeing the big picture- I love using my passions to make a difference, not just a paycheck. I really enjoy connecting with new people from all over the world and gaining new insights and perspectives. Please connect with me if you are interested in discussing emerging issues in operations, compliance, audit – or whatever else you are passionate about!

Experience

1. Chief Operations Officer

   Allegiant Strategies Group

   Aug 2021 — Present · FL, US

   Manage operations and productivity by promoting a highly inclusive culture among the firm and clients to ensure organizational outcomes are met.• Plan and drive the organization\'s vision, operations, and investment strategy to develop the future needs of the firm.• Directly oversee operations, accounting, compliance, marketing, and investment strategy to budget for sufficient investment capital to achieve growth targets.• Develop actionable business strategies and plans that ensure alignment with short-term and long-term objectives developed in collaboration with the Managing Partner.• Translate strategic objectives into actionable goals for performance and growth to implement organization-wide goal setting, performance management, and annual operations planning.• Manage capital investment and expenses to ensure the firm achieves targets relative to growth and profitability.• Maintain and build trusted relationships with key customers, clients, partners, and stakeholders.• Build out effective recruiting, onboarding, professional development, performance management, and retention plan.• Ensure legal compliance requirements are met by taking the necessary steps to implement internal controls.• Continuously analyze internal operations and identify areas for process enhancement.• Develop and maintain focused marketing initiatives, customer, and social media engagement.• Monitor performance metrics, establish, and implement corrective measures as needed, and prepare detailed current and forecasting reports.

Education

• Lively Techincal Center

  Florida Real-Estate Sales Associate License, Real Estate

  2004 — 2004

• Flagler College-Tallahassee

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business Administration

  2006 — 2008

• Liberty University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), GPA: 4.0

  2013 — 2014

• Flagler College-Tallahassee

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Accounting

  2006 — 2008