David Burnett
Director
Dave Burnett brings nearly 30 years of experience as a Finance executive delivering value for organizations by driving growth & bottom-line results. He collaborates cross-functionally as a reliable & insightful business partner, is an agile leader who effectively conveys a strategic vision & rolls up his sleeves to deliver on commitments, energizes & develops diverse teams, and is skilled across all critical finance, accounting, ERP/systems, & data/analytics disciplines.
Dave started his career building a foundation in the big four public accounting firms, before progressing his career through a variety of Finance leadership roles in the manufacturing & exam services industries. He has worked across a variety of industries, both publicly traded & privately held organizations, across geographies, and multiple functions.
Dave’s key successes include reformulating a test center operating model to achieve multi-million-dollar cost reduction, optimizing a global accounting & finance function to realize enhanced compliance, quality, & cost savings, completing due diligence & integration efforts for multiple acquisitions, and gathering & synthesizing requirements to deliver reduction from ~2,800 disparate reports to ~60 new enterprise reports, as part of six ERP/SAP releases.
Dave is regularly called upon to help his clients develop & enhance financial capabilities (FP&A, commercial, & operational), drive ERP/systems implementations, and lead & transform accounting & finance teams.
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CFO Systems LLC
Director
Ecolab
VP Enterprise Reporting & Analytics
Ecolab
VP Finance & Controller, Institutional Division
Ecolab
Finance Director, Corporate Planning & Analysis
Thomson Prometric
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Capstar
Capstar Corporate Controller/Experior CFO
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Arthur Andersen
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Certified Public Accountant (CPA) & Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
