Stacy Luft is a successful Financial and Operations executive and CFO for Hire with a proven track record of maximized productivity, cost-efficiency and scalable growth in companies ready to emerge to the next level. Equipped with solid leadership skills, Stacy knows how to build high-performance teams producing extraordinary results. One key to her success is her ability to create an atmosphere of integrity and accountability while maintaining strong goal-oriented, financial achievement.
Stacy is a skilled negotiator with highly developed analytical, organizational and communicating skills that create positive solutions. Resourcefulness and creativity as well as broad understanding of today’s entrepreneurial business environment help her step beyond challenges and unlock success for clients.
Recent Accomplishments
- Stacy created a new organizational structure in a faltering organization, fully aligning functions and priorities which resulted in higher efficiencies and reduced work stress and a major turnaround during a difficult national economic period.
- For one small company, Stacy introduced and established goal setting and accountability procedures resulting in a reduction of over $500K in annual payroll costs.
- In multiple instances, she significantly improved cash flows by renegotiating payment terms with vendors, reducing on-hand inventory quantities and establishing purchasing standards for all inventory and overheads.
- In a cash-strapped company, Stacy uncovered unanticipated available cash through collections of over $210K in 30+ days and 90+ days accounts receivable.
- She also increased buying power by restoring supplier confidence in timely payments and negotiating higher credit limits. And she secured that company's $250K line of credit from traditional financing in order to fund a two-year contract.
- Stacy headed software conversion teams and implemented an integrated email, contact, and order tracking systems.
- Implemented the installation of a new accounting platform in one company that was integrated with the sales software resulting in seamless order to invoice accounting.
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