Dave Susalla

About Dave Susalla

Currently a Principal with Tatum, a financial and technology consulting and advisory firm. Functional Expertise: Hands-on leadership in roles of CFO, Corporate Controller, Chief Audit Executive. Specializing strengthening financial reporting; creating and documenting processes and internal controls; budgeting and forecasting; Sarbanes-Oxley compliance; leveraging productivity-enhancing technology; treasury and cash management; collaborative inside/outside of Accounting. Hands-on experience in the manufacturing, distribution, hospitality, transportation, healthcare, education, not-for-profit and service industries.

Experience

1. Principal

   Tatum by Randstad

   Mar 2014 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Hands-on CFO/Controller/CAE level roles. Proven interim professional for 10+ years at PE and Privately owned $50m-$2b manufacturers, distributors, not-for-profit and service organizations. Extensive experience documenting/evaluating/testing internal controls, preparing financials, transaction processing, dissecting/describing trends, audit prep, financial modeling, budgeting, cash flow forecasting, collaborating with leadership/owners, debt covenant scenario analysis, and executing business plans. Skilled in strengthening internal controls, leveraging productivity-enhancing technology with accounting and ERP software and strong in Excel (self-evaluation 9 on a 1-10 scale using Excel’s advanced functionality).• Interim Controller at $200m Privately owned screen printing inks manufacturer/distributor Thrall Enterprises handling financial reporting, treasury, intercompany and accounting for smaller family holding companies • Interim CFO at $20m PE-owned medical products manufacturer Catheter & Medical Designs handling post-acquisition activities with 1 person pursuant to June 2020 acquisition• Interim Controller-level projects at $800m, PE-owned medical consumables distributor, Vyaire Medical. Responsible for day-to-day recording and reconciliation of cash, improvements in processes and controls, year-end audit support, staff evaluation, and balance sheet reconciliation. • Interim CFO at $75m not-for-profit Shedd Aquarium – responsible for financial reporting, FP & A, strengthening cross-functional collaboration and strengthening processes including contract review• Interim Corporate Controller at $500m PE-owned Motus Integrated Technologies; led financial analysis, reporting, complex global consolidation of 20 entities and accounting research projects pursuant to carve out from $30b publicly-owned SAP user Johnson Controls

Education

• Kellogg Graduate School of Management

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• University of Michigan

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)