Craig Shafer

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ABOUT CRAIG SHAFER

I am an experienced Finance executive who develops innovative strategies that move a business forward. I’m recognized as a strong business leader who has successfully partnered with Sales, Supply Chain, Marketing and Manufacturing to achieve results. In addition to my operational finance experiences, I also have had roles in more traditional corporate finance and governance activities, including Treasury and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.I excel at identifying change, quantifying the benefits to the company and mobilizing the organization to deliver truly outstanding results. As the Assistant Treasurer during the worldwide financial crisis, I secured over $5 billion of financing, lowering company market risk while saving significant interest cost. I’ve led multiple wide scale projects that successfully transformed businesses. As a leader of a cross-functional team, I developed incentive profit metrics which revolutionized decision making for the Field Sales personnel and resulted in over $50 million of incremental profit.As a leader, I’m known for successfully bringing together groups with disparate views and objectives and motivating them to achieve a common goal. I strongly value consensus among team members while being committed to timely results and keeping projects moving forward. In the face of challenges, I create an environment in which my team is focused on solutions.Specialties:Finance Director, Controller, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Strategic Financial Analysis, Customer Profitability, Forecasting, Long Range Planning, Capital Structure Strategy, P&L, Budgeting, Process and Margin Improvement, Cost Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sales Incentive Structure Optimization, Monthly and Annual Reporting