I am a Fractional CFO serving clients in St. Louis and across the U.S.
When considering your fractional Chief Financial Officer, expertise is crucial. Seek a partner who can blend top-tier knowledge in corporate finance with proficiency in operations, technology, and sales.
Your CFO should take the time to understand your needs and ask the hard questions. Recommendations and actions should follow a deep dive into your data and deliver insights, results, and wins.
CFO Talent Built on Wall Street and Main Street
Hi! My name is Oscar Martinez and I am passionate about partnering with my clients to harness data-driven insights to deliver results.
I received an MBA from Harvard University and spent the last 25 years working in a variety of finance roles. Since 2020, I have served my clients as fractional Chief Financial Officer and interim CFO.
What is a fractional CFO?
A fractional CFO, also known as a part-time Chief Financial Officer, collaborates with your leadership team to provide valuable insights and strategic guidance. Whether you are a startup looking to balance hiring needs or an established company seeking to augment your finance and accounting capabilities, a fractional CFO brings specialized expertise to support your growth initiatives.
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About My Experience
Discover how I can help transform your business by implementing practical tools that can have an immediate impact. Whether contemplating a strategic transaction or super-charging your profitability and growth, I am uniquely positioned to offer you a compelling advantage.
Whether you are handling budgeting, your accounting close, financing and capital markets, risk management, or M&A, rest assured that I have been in your position before. Experience is key.
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Accounting results are all about providing information on the health of the business. Shortening your close cycle helps you and your managers make better decisions, generate more profits, and accelerate your growth. Download this helpful presentation for useful insights on immediate and lasting improvements you can make.
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Track Record of Success
Long track record of success in financing company’s growth:
Over 50 financing transactions
More than $1 billion in bank loans and revolving credit lines
Over $11 billion in bond offerings
Three Initial Public Offerings
Over $3 billion in Mergers & Acquisitions
Since 2020 I have deployed critical tools to improve efficiency of many organizations:
Consolidated multiple locations, re-organized organizational structure and deployed new technology, allowing a 300-person team to double their throughput
Built a budgeting tool to facilitate a better understanding of the root causes for monthly revenue and expense variances
Expedited accounting close process to deliver insights on a more timely basis
Prepared client for their inaugural audit and implemented controls to mitigate risks
Created a thirteen-week cashflow forecast to prioritize payments based on timing of collections
Improved credit profile of a struggling startup and obtained $3.5 million bank credit line and an additional $2.5 million in vendor and card financing, eliminating working capital squeeze
Implemented NetSuite three times for small and mid-size clients
Evaluated new product introduction and determined breakeven and return on equity to assess likelihood of success in a "what do you have to believe" analysis
Prepared a client for sale by improving their cash flow, implementing reporting system and organizing their data in anticipation of buyers' diligence process