Chuck Teel, CPA Biography
A practice evolved from real corporate experience
Qualifications
Licensed Certified Public Accountant
- State of Illinois
- State of New York
U.S. International Tax Certificate – AICPA
Business Process Management Specialist –
BPM Institute
Education
- The University of Chicago Booth School of Business – Master of Business Administration,
Strategic Management, 2014 - Indiana University – Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting, 2008
- Indiana University – Bachelor of Science in Business, Concentration in Financial Information Systems, 2007
Chuck Teel, CPA
FOUNDER + CEO
Multinational corporate financial expert, corporate strategist, and educator with two decades of diversified, wide-ranging leadership experience. Strong reputation for building enterprise value and enhancing shareholder cash flows, focusing on distributions and exit multiples. Expertise spans advising companies at various stages of maturity, from growth to consolidation, across several geographies and industries, including technology, fintech, professional services, financial services, and other major industry sectors.
Practitioner: Senior Finance Leader Since 2017
Multinational Specialty Insurance Client - U.S. Subsidiary Finance Director, March 2024 to Present
Headquartered in Australia, USD 100 million in annual revenues with 50 employees worldwide, U.S. subsidiary revenues of USD 30 million.
Serve as U.S. subject matter expert. Manage controllership and upstream IFRS financial reporting into parent company. Coordinate FP&A, treasury, and local corporate governance activities. Manage accounts payable, and business compliance, advise on risk mitigation strategies, tax strategy and compliance, payroll, employment benefits administration and compliance, new hire onboarding and advise management on all U.S. matters.
Multinational Consumer e-Commerce Platform Client - U.S. Subsidiary Finance Director, July 2022 to July 2024
Headquartered in Vietnam, USD 80 million in consolidated annual revenues with 500 employees worldwide
Manage controllership and upstream financial reporting into parent company. Manage accounts payable, tax, and business compliance, risk management, tax strategy, payroll, employment benefits administration and compliance, new hire onboarding and advise management on all U.S. matters.
Multinational Revenue Cycle Management Client - Fractional CFO, Jul 2019 to Present
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, USD 30 million in annual revenues with 650 employees worldwide
Strategic advisor to the global management team, supervise finance and tax teams in India, Philippines, Uruguay, and U.S. Manage global finance operations, advise on global tax strategy, manage tax and business compliance, direct tax restructurings and investor matters. Manage human resources in the U.S.
Multinational Software Engineering Services Client - Fractional CFO, Jan 2017 to Feb 2021
Headquartered in Chicago, USD 25 million in annual revenues with 350 employees worldwide
Strategic advisor to the global management team, supervise South American finance and tax teams, manage global finance operations, manage tax and business compliance, advise on global tax strategy, manage investor relations, and assist in sales and operations strategies. Manage human resources in the U.S. Assist management with financial sell-side due diligence in a private equity acquisition of the company for USD 50 million.
SaaS Platform Technology Client - Fractional CFO, Jan 2017 to Present
Headquartered in Chicago, USD 8 million in annual revenues with 60 employees.
Strategic advisor to the executive management team and Board of Directors, lead controllership and financial reporting, provide FP&A support, manage tax strategy and compliance, support payroll activities, employment benefits administration and compliance. Assist in capital raising activities.
Employee Officer: Senior Finance Leader 2008-2017
Itiviti (Acquired by Broadridge [NYSE:BR] in 2021) - Vice President Finance, Oct 2015 to Jan 2017
Fintech company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Multinational with USD 250 million in annual revenues with 120 employees worldwide
Member of the global finance team. Oversee and direct controllership including dual U.S. GAAP and IFRS financial reporting, internal controls, management reporting & performance analytics, tax strategy, risk management & compliance, and treasury for North and South America. Responsible for U.S. HR. Support the global management team's expansion plans by providing strategic insights for decision support. Member of the M&A transaction team.
CameronTec - CFO Americas, Oct 2013 to Oct 2015
Fintech company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Multinational with USD 40 million in annual revenues with 120 employees worldwide
Oversee and direct controllership including dual U.S. GAAP and IFRS financial reporting, internal controls, management reporting & performance analytics, tax strategy, risk management & compliance, and treasury for North and South America. Responsible for U.S. HR and IT. Support the global management team's expansion plans by providing strategic insights for decision support. Member of the M&A transaction team.
MarketAxess - Controller, May 2008 to Oct 2013
NASDAQ: MKTX Fintech company headquartered in New York, USD 750 million in annual revenues with 700 employees worldwide
Directed all controllership and finance functions for a technology services subsidiary. Responsible for consolidated financial reporting of actual results, budgets, and forecasts for locations in Chicago, New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong. Maintained a Sarbanes Oxley compliant control environment and reported to MKTX global management team in New York.
Instructor: University and Professional Education
The Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business - Adjunct Instructor of Finance, Jul 2014 to Dec 2019
Teach undergraduate, full-time MBA and Executive MBA courses that include Principles of Accounting, Financial Accounting for Business Decisions, Financial Management, and International Financial Management.
The Becker CPA Review - Faculty Instructor, Jul 2010 to Jul 2014
Becker CPA Review - Lecture live classroom courses to CPA candidates sitting for the CPA Exam. Courses include:
- Audit and Attestation
- Business Environment and Concepts
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Regulation
M&A Transaction Experience
USD 200 million+
Litigation Experience
Expert witness in forensic accounting cases
Association Memberships
- The Economic Club of Chicago
- The Union League Club of Chicago
- Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
- National Association of Accountants
- Illinois CPA Society
- New York State Society of CPAs
- American Bar Association
- Society for Human Resource Management
- International Association for Strategy Professionals
- American Management Association
- International Institute of Business Analysts
- Business Process Management (“BPM”) Institute