Chris Postler

Chris Postler

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Group CFO, Founder-led Financial Business Partner
United States

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  • FinanceWithin
    Group CFO, Founder-led financial business partner
    FinanceWithin
    Apr 2025 - Current (1 year 3 months)
    • Provide strategic planning and performance improvement services to founders and CEOs, identifying headwinds/tailwinds and guiding businesses to the next level. • Offer expertise in governance, compliance, investor relations, fundraising, and capital market solutions. • Develop cash flow forecasting, financial modeling, budgeting strategies, and KPI dashboards for optimal business growth. • Advise on working capital, cash planning, growth strategy, and expansion.
  • FinanceWithin
    Director, CFO Services
    FinanceWithin
    Oct 2024 - Current (1 year 9 months)
    Advisory and CFO services for founders/CEOs looking for an edge in the market, foresight to identify headwinds/tailwinds, and a strategic planning partner that will critically identify how to take their business to the next level. Strategic planning, performance improvement, governance and compliance, investor relations, fundraising, capital market solutions. Cash flow forecasting, financial modeling, budgeting strategies, cost control, KPI dashboards, scenario planning, debt management. Working capital advisory, cash planning for inventory, omnichannel S&D planning, insurance and contracts review, growth strategy and expansion.
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    Founder and Owner
    BOWA CP LLC
    Sep 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 4 months)
  • Pure Romance
    Chief Operating Officer (COO)
    Pure Romance
    Dec 2017 - Sep 2023 (5 years 10 months)
  • Pure Romance
    VP Operations and Finance
    Pure Romance
    Nov 2015 - Dec 2017 (2 years 2 months)
  • Pure Romance
    Director of Business Development
    Pure Romance
    Apr 2015 - Nov 2015 (8 months)
  • Pure Romance
    Senior Financial Analyst
    Pure Romance
    Jan 2014 - Apr 2015 (1 year 4 months)
  • First Financial Bank
    Senior Financial Analyst IV
    First Financial Bank
    Oct 2010 - Jan 2014 (3 years 4 months)
    The focus in my role at First Financial was working with the bank's executive team to deliver reporting used in critical business decision-making. This included actual to budget analysis, business/region/product profitability reporting, and Board of Directors review packages. The position leveraged my accounting background, financial analysis, and knowledge of SAS systems and other financial measurement systems to deliver value to the end users on a daily basis. Significant Contributions: - Creation of profitability reports for all business lines in new profitability system. - Creation & maintenance of new credit quality dashboard (both bankwide and product specific) for use by executive management and regional presidents in portfolio m
  • Luxottica Retail
    Senior Accountant/Analyst
    Luxottica Retail
    Jun 2008 - Oct 2010 (2 years 5 months)
    - Supervisor of the Credit Card and Gift Card sales finance and reconciliation function - Perform the financial planning and forecasting for gift card sales, gift card escheatment, shortages/overages, commissions and credit card sales mix - Responsible for all trend analysis and act as business partner for key business unit leaders - Responsible for all accounting and reconciliations related to credit card fees, chargebacks, overages and shortages - Led and implemented new reporting software, resulting in more efficient and accurate closing process - Represented Sales Audit department in numerous special projects such as ICON gift card change, OSA merger and launch of SGH.com - Participated in the creation and maintenance of the late
  • Ernst  Young LLP
    Senior Accountant
    Ernst Young LLP
    Jun 2005 - Jun 2008 (3 years 1 month)
    - Participated in planning and management of financial audits for a number of public and private companies - Supervised interns and staff accountants in the completion of audit work - Coordinated site visits with clients and was point of contact for the audit of the various companies - Handled more complex accounting areas such as; equity-line items, preparation of income and balance sheets, and notes to the financial statements - Attended firm sponsored senior training in Orlando, FL as well as many other local training opportunities - Exposure to numerous accounting systems and software including SAP, Hyperion, Sungard etc.
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  • Miami University Farmer School of Business
    Masters, Accounting
    Miami University Farmer School of Business
    Jan 2004 - Dec 2005 (2 years)
  • Miami University Farmer School of Business
    Bachelors, Accounting
    Miami University Farmer School of Business
    Jan 2000 - Dec 2004 (5 years)
  • Archbishop Moeller High School
    Archbishop Moeller High School
    Archbishop Moeller High School
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