Christopher Whitaker

About Christopher Whitaker

What Drives MeA “financial athlete” serving as a trusted advisor and coach to the C-Suite and Board of Directors, I excel at building and establishing cohesive teams who cross-functionally and collaboratively formulate methodical business strategies that drive change and growth. A good advisor and coach creates a vision and purpose to guide the execution by establishing short/long-term goals top achieve the desired growth. With an innate ability to obtain key financial and operational insights, I create plans and play books contributing acceleration to achieve objectives efficiently and effectively. I can look at the big picture and assess challenges with underperforming and dysfunctional business units to define and address roadblocks. Upon developing a definitive course of action, creating transformational financial/operating models along with implementing processes, systems, and programs, I elevate organizations. Areas I Excel InA career dedicated to strategy and assessment, my FP & A experience spans across strategic planning, annual budgeting, capital forecasting, expense management, corporate governance, treasury/tax/risk management and reporting within small/private to multi-billion-dollar global publicly traded organizations. I provide financial expertise with corporate/entity consolidation, transaction accounting, US GAAP/IFRS public company SEC financial/regulatory filings, financial statements, internal controls, treasury structures, equity/debt valuation, project financing, HR, and IT infrastructure.Some of My Proudest Accomplishments Completed an uplist of Company stock from OTC to NASDAQ markets while completing financial capital transactions totaling $40M over a three-year for a public, start-up, including Public, Private, Convertible Debt, Warrant Inducement amongst other vehicles. Directed global treasury resources for ~$400M across four continents/seven countries. Executed targeted $750M metal sales strategy across four international production sites increasing profitability. Minimized corporate tax liability ~7-10% by recovering offshore reserves through strategic/coordinated tax structures. Procured ~$25M/$50M in debt/equity portfolios for public/private corporations. Managed $200M in syndicated debt portfolios for two organizations. Condensed ~$15M -$250M general/administrative annual budgets by 10%+. Pioneered Board/Executive Management financial/operational reporting packages for three private/publicly held organizations.

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer EVP of Business Operations and Marketing

   Sobrsafe

   Jan 2024 — Present · Denver, CO, US

Education

• Metropolitan State University of Denver

  Bachelor's degree, Accounting

  1996 — 1999

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Consolidation
• Sec Filings
• Cash Management
• U.s. Sec Filings
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• Human Resources
• Financial Accounting
• Forecasting
• Cost Accounting
• Ifrs
• Budgeting
• Auditing
• Due Diligence
• Change Management
• Erp Implementations
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Accounting
• Budgets
• Finance
• Precious Metals
• Internal Controls
• Cash Flow
• Variance Analysis
• Financial Reporting
• Corporate Finance