Kimberly Nooney
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer @Black Hills Energy
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Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer @Black Hills Energy
Responsible for directing enterprise-wide initiatives of a publicly traded utility company, operating across eight states with 1.3M customers, employees, and a $4.6B market capitalization. Restructured CFO function to foster a financial focus across the company. Implement critical tools and systems such as Power BI to improve data analytics, enhance financial planning and analysis, and drive accountability. Collaborate extensively with the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee, providing expert guidance and insights to support informed decision-making and governance. Cultivate and maintain essential relationships that underpin the success of the investor-owned utility business model, acting as a key architect in securing and nurturing these partnerships.* Spearheaded company-wide strategic and financial transformation including navigating significant inflation, interest rate & commodity price volatility, state- and federal-level ESG regulations, and industry headwinds such as wildfire risk and climate change. Led organization through critical financial changes including employee realignment efforts, regulatory recovery strategies, cost restructuring, and metrics-focused culture shift to ensure financial targets are consistently met.* Championed a comprehensive review and implementation of financial objectives and key results to develop and execute upon an actionable five-year strategic plan focused on maintaining balance sheet strength, managing costs for customers, and growing the company for shareholders.* Serve as a key liaison to critical stakeholders (investors, banks, rating agencies, board of directors) delivering important strategic and financial messages directly, and respectfully, to influence decisions and outcomes focused on securing funding for significant capital investments and delivering earnings growth.
EDUCATION
University of South Dakota
Accounting
SKILLS
ABOUT KIMBERLY NOONEY
Executive Summary:* Results-driven, innovative executive with extensive experience leading financial operations, managing multi-million-dollar budgets, and implementing cost-saving initiatives. Leader who excels in collaborative cross-functional team management and fostering a culture of financial accountability.* Experienced in developing effective strategies and long-range action plans to manage all functions across the CFO organization. Well-versed in delivering comprehensive financial insights to stakeholders to drive informed decision-making and support sustainable long-term growth.* Insightful, critical thinker with demonstrated success in developing and aligning teams with corporate strategy and objectives, managing business operations, and driving critical initiatives to successful completion. Strong understanding of the regulated utility model, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and spearheading the development and execution of long-term financial plans to drive profitability.* Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, regularly engaging with board committee members to obtain approval for financial objectives. Remarkable acumen to perform within a fast-paced environment, work effectively under pressure, and meet tight deadlines.Areas of Expertise: Financial Planning and Analysis Collaborative Leadership Strategic Vision, Planning & Execution Financial Stewardship & Accountability Financing & Accounting Conflict ResolutionSelected Career Achievements:* Shaped the enterprise\'s strategic vision to grow as a pure-play utility focused on owning fuel-resources to deliver cost-effective energy to our customers; provided market and industry expertise to determine where we should (and should not) invest capital to be a long-term dominant energy provider.* Successfully led many acquisition integration efforts that delivered synergies, standardized processes, and positioned the business for future growth opportunities.* Restructured the CFO team and led implementation of key financial metrics used to foster an enhanced data, metrics-driven culture across the enterprise; revamped and transformed a 65+ person accounting department, shifting consistent focus from transactional mindsets to analytical thinking and results-driven performance.
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