Brian Brown
Director
Brian Brown brings more than 20 years of experience to the CFO Systems team. He began his career in the financial services industry as a bank examiner for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, followed by roles as an internal auditor for a publicly-traded multi-bank holding company and then as the finance officer for a subsidiary of the same company.
Brian briefly changed industries to build out the FP&A function of a coal mining company before returning to the financial and regulatory technology industry to develop the FP&A function at the nation’s fourth largest provider of core bank processing software services and related technology solutions.
At this publicly-traded financial and regulatory technology company, Brian led the strategy and execution of the company’s investor, board, and lender relations, FP&A, treasury, accounting, tax, facilities management, procurement, client billing, legal, and contract administration functions. During his tenure as CFO, Brian collaborated to drive compound annual profitability growth of more than 13% and margin expansion of more than 9%, resulting in a compound annual growth rate of more than 21% in enterprise value.
Other achievements include improving cash management procedures to increase working capital by more than $8M, driving operating efficiencies of $5M+ within his span of control (generating 1.5% in margin expansion in back-office operations alone), and leading the financial due diligence, legal, regulatory, and investor relations for a $1.6B take-private transaction.
Brian leverages his professional experience and leadership philosophy based on a balance of integrity, transparency, empathy, and accountability to help his clients to meet today’s difficult business challenges while growing their businesses.
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CFO Systems LLC
Director
Computer Services, Inc.
CFO & Treasurer
SVP Finance
VP Finance
Director of FP&A
JMP Coal Holdings
Manager of Financial Planning & Budgeting
Farmers Capital Bank Corp.
Finance Officer & Accounting Manager, FCB Services
Internal Auditor, Holding Company
Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions
Financial Institutions Examiner
