Martin Gardner

About Martin Gardner

Finance isn’t a reporting function—it is a performance engine.I build finance organizations that accelerate execution, direct capital to its highest return, and convert complexity into value creation.I’m a strategic finance executive who has led P&L stewardship, FP & A transformation, and capital deployment across public, PE-backed, and Fortune 500 enterprises. My experience spans $50M acquisitions to $4B operating environments, where I partner with operators, founders, and investors to align financial strategy with enterprise growth.As Segment CFO for a $400M omni-channel business, I neutralized $60M in tariff exposure through a production and sourcing shift from China to the Americas—preserving EBITDA. I drove $20M in incremental profit through customer pricing and supplier cost renegotiations, implemented zero-based budgeting, and embedded finance into operating decisions to restore margin discipline.As Global Director of FP & A for a $1B division, I built the FP & A function from the ground up—recovering $3M in combined revenue and margin, improving cash flow forecast accuracy by 40%, and cutting reporting cycles by 50%. I developed a five-year strategic roadmap adopted at the board level and delivered investor-ready performance visibility to PE sponsors by workday five.At Mars (VCA), I led operations finance for a $2.5B division and enterprise operations FP & A for a $4B clinical network—securing $150M in capital for hospital builds, expansions, and technology modernization. By linking planning tools to operational KPIs, I improved forecast accuracy by 50% and deployed dashboards that enabled real-time decision-making across a decentralized clinical environment.Earlier in my career, I led post-acquisition integrations, rebuilt finance infrastructure, and optimized working capital—reducing month-end cycle time by 60%, cutting DSO from 60 to 40 days, extending DPO from 30 to 45 days, and unlocking $1M in inventory through smarter ordering and consignment strategies.What differentiates me isn’t the metrics—it’s how I scale teams, systems, and decision frameworks so finance doesn’t just explain the past, it informs the future. If you’re building portfolio companies, finance teams, or investment theses that require velocity, discipline, and measurable value creation, let’s connect.

Experience

1. Director, Fp & a

   Ubique Group

   Nov 2025 — Present · Canton, GA, US

Education

• University of Houston

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance, General

  2010 — 2012

• University of Houston

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Corporate Finance and Supply Chain Management

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Lean Six Sigma
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Auditing
• Financial Planning
• Minitab
• Portfolio Management
• Financial Reporting
• Project Management
• Sap Products
• Business Intelligence Tools
• Data Analysis
• Analytics
• Management
• Team Building
• Process Improvement
• Budgets
• Finance
• Oil & Gas
• Data Migration
• Analysis
• Logistics
• Project Planning
• Corporate Finance
• Access
• Forecasting
• Business Process Improvement
• Internal Audit
• Dmaic
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Business Analysis
• Leadership
• Inventory Management
• Investment Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Business Intelligence
• Financial Analysis
• Investments