Kevin Knight
Finance & Accounting Executive - Interim Consulting Roles | Integration and Transformation Specialization | Lean, Six Sigma, Process Optimization Expertise
- Role
- Finance & Accounting Consultant at StevenDouglas
- Location
- Tampa, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kevin Knight
Strategic, operational, and analytically focused finance leader with extensive experience building, leading, and advising corporations in plant, division, corporate, and consulting roles. Hands-on and collaborative leadership style through frequent and effective communication, coaching, and company-wide partnering to facilitate organizational growth and improvement. Expert at leading and delivering real bottom line cost reduction, integration, and synergy savings -$250M+ over the course of my career.CORE COMPETENCIES- Build / Lead High Performing Teams: integrate, staff, and redesign finance leadership teams; communicator of strategy to all levels of organization - Cash Flow: deliver on plans to achieve debt reduction; working capital management - Compliance / Financial Accounting & Reporting / Policies & Controls: lead execution of policies, procedures, controls, and systems to reduce and avoid audit deficiencies; manage audit engagement - Cost Management / Cross-Segment Initiatives: Six Sigma Black Belt; capital budget management; partner to all levels of organization to achieve cost reduction and process improvements; lead company-wide IT projects - Financial Planning & Analysis: implement new processes, systems, and management dashboard reports; improve sales, EBITDA, and free cash flow forecasting; improve accuracy and time of close process; deliver results and forecast to senior executive management - Integration: successful and verifiable completion of synergy projects; TSA management - Strategic Leadership: lead financial transformations of all scope and size - Revenue Management / Business Development: acquisition projects and due diligence; streamlined business intelligence programs, robust sales and pricing forecasting
Experience
Finance & Accounting Consultant
Jul 2024 — Present · Tampa, FL, US
One of the nation’s leading boutique search and project-based firms, has been a recognized leader in identifying and providing access to top talent for corporate clients since 1984. Client base is industry agnostic and ranges from start-ups and emerging middle-market to Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms.
Education
Carthage College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Accounting and Finance
Tiffin University
Busines School - Accounting and Finance
Skills
- Leadership
- Cost Reduction Management
- Budgeting
- Cost Accounting
- Financial Planning
- Cash Flow
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Reporting
- Forecasting
- Managerial Finance
- Accounting
- Six Sigma
- Acquisition Integration
- Executive Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Gaap
- Management
- Manufacturing
- Sap
- Fixed Assets
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Financial Accounting
- Process Improvement
- Private Equity
- Integration
- Leadership Development
- Corporate Fp&a
- Strategic Planning
- Mergers
- Analytics
- Auditing
- Business Strategy
- Sap Products
- Business Process Improvement
- Budgets
- Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Financial Modeling
- Compilation of Financial Statements
- Cash Management
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