Amanda Wester
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
Tampa, FL, United States
Toptal member since March 4, 2025
Amanda, a strategic and operational CFO/CFOO, excels in scaling, integrating, and recovering middle-market companies. With a background in Big 4, risk management, project management, software development, and controller and CFO roles, she optimizes EBITDA using available capital and human resources. Her leadership in post-acquisition integration, transformation, scaling, special projects, and turnarounds retained departments in chaos and motivated lenders and investors, halting debt calls.
Case Studies
Cash Flow Forecast and Strategy
A PE Turnaround: Recovering from a Bad Launch
Conquering Integration Risk
Expertise
- Acquisitions
- Board Reporting
- Integration
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Optimization
- Private Equity
- Strategic Design
- Turnaround Management
Work Experience
Chief Financial and Technology Officer (CFO/CTO)
Charles Products Inc.
- Integrated cash forecasting, which reduced cash movement by over 50% and resulted in more accurate cash forecasts.
- Reviewed the ERP system and provided a precise implementation plan, avoiding the need for a large capital investment in a new ERP.
- Resolved a legacy ransomware attack, restoring all systems with zero losses in less than a week.
- Demystified financial reporting and hired a controller, enhancing visibility into financial performance.
- Spearheaded the integration of accounting and information systems for a three-company acquisition that had struggled for three years, establishing shared services for cash management, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
PEAK6 Investments LLC
- Identified over $20 million in bolt-on exit opportunities for the managing general agent (MGA) through transition services agreements (TSAs).
- Steered the first collaborative budgeting process, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
- Guided the insurance company through a legacy state oversight position, ensuring compliance and operational stability.
- Recruited to strategize the divestiture of a failed technology integration. Optimized one entity, streamlined state reporting for a second, and successfully exited the third entity to a buyer.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
CFGI
- Identified over $20 million in inventory asset value and over $7 million in post-closing adjustments impacting EBITDA.
- Uncovered and secured over $2.3 million in transition services revenue and cost of goods sold (COGS) reimbursements.
- Directed the premier entity in the center of excellence, paving the way for US entity integration.
- Provided IT and operational leadership to address stakeholder gaps and resolve transition service conflicts. Developed joint venture solutions and new ABL reporting, supporting the office of the CFO in its roll-up assessment with advisory services.
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting
University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, TN, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
Tulane University - New Orleans, LA, USA
Certifications
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Tennessee Board of Accountancy
Skills
Finance
Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Capital Raising, Microeconomics, Taxation, Cash Flow
Data & Analysis Software
NetSuite
Other
Integration, Optimization, Annual Budgets, Audits, Corporate Accounting, Acquisitions, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Business Law, Strategic Design, Scaling, Board Reporting, Turnaround Management, Beta Alpha Psi Honors, Leadership, Integration Risk
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