Jake is a Vice President with experience in financial restructuring, operational turnaround, and strategic advisory. He has served in multiple interim roles including Director of FP&A, Controller, and other Finance and Accounting roles. He has also served in multiple restructuring advisory roles for companies facing a variety of complex situations including rapid growth scenarios, underperformance, out-of-court restructurings, and Chapter 11 proceedings.
Jake has extensive experience in financial/operational planning, forecasting and analysis, liquidity management, financial statement development and reporting, turnaround, restructuring, and performance improvement. His industry expertise includes consumer and corporate lending, subprime lending, real estate, industrial equipment, agriculture, educational technology, manufacturing, restaurant, and consumer products.
Prior to joining Accordion, Jake served as a Consultant with Novo Advisors, a boutique turnaround, restructuring and financial advisory firm. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers providing Financial Services and Audits to clients in the banking and capital market sector. Jake is a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.
Jake graduated from Illinois State University with a B.S. in Accounting & Finance.
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