Thread by @SecretCFO

1/ I’m new here so thought I’d introduce myself.

I’m a career corporate CFO.

I specialise in very large private businesses (10 figure+ revenue biz)

I’ve been lucky to work with billionaire entrepreneur CEOs, and some outstanding listed CEOs

#accounting #accountant #finance

2/ I started in the Big 4, then jumped out 2 days after I qualified.

Then moved into FP&A / commercial roles initially in very large corporates.

I became CFO of a $1bn revenue consumer business whilst still 30 and have since done 10 years as CFO of very large and businesses

3/ I’m currently a few years into a high profile turnaround of a global business with listed securities, hence the anon account.

Most of my career has been in retail, leisure, consumer or manufacturing.

As well as finance, I have run procurement, IT, supply chain, commercial.

4/ I’ve specialised my expertise in high complexity engagements and turnaround situations.

So have done lots of M&A (buy and sell), distressed financing, operational restructuring, etc. All the good stuff!

5/ Over my 20 year career I’ve built out a pretty extensive playbook for getting to and succeeding in, complex CFO roles.

Im looking forward to sharing what I’ve learnt here

6/ My objectives with this account are:

1) Get better at writing

2) Learn more closely from some of the outstanding tech Twitter brains on here

3) Work out how this thinking can be applied into building a modern finance career, so I can be a better mentor

7/ By following me, you can expect daily tweets covering
- simple summaries of finance concepts
- insight into the CFO mindset
- skills for leading large teams
- broader business skills relevant for CFO
- how to make great finance career decisions

8/ I expect this to be most useful to finance professionals on a Bigco CFO path and looking to accelerate the journey. But all are welcome.

I intended to start this a year ago but decided I didn’t have the time to commit to the consistency needed.

Anyway, here I am!

Please follow @SecretCFO, and retweet the original post.

Also a reply with any advice for a Twitter newbie would be awesome!