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Former MM PE Backed CFO
@cfo_mm
Middle Market Private Equity Backed CFO. It’s as exciting as it sounds. I have a sub-3% mortgage. [email protected]
Cashville, SC
Joined July 2021
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
    @cfo_mm
    Oct 18, 2022
    Day 1 PE backed CFO starter pack -Memorize the QofE -announce EBITDA margins have significant room for growth -mandate multiple reporting format changes including font revisions -go through all P&L line items and question why they aren't addbacks -shit on predecessor's board deck
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
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    Feb 9, 2024
    "So are these real costs?" "Yes, they are real, but you just add them back." "Where do they go then?" "They go just go away - it's called Adjusted EBITDA. We just pretend they are gone" "And then people buy the company based on that?" "Yes, Tucker. It's called modern capitalism."
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
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    Oct 13, 2024
    Talk about living the dream.
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
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    Nov 15, 2024
    Airport lounges should be exclusive and sparsely filled. Not for every person with a credit card.
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
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    Mar 12, 2025
    Welp. It’s true. 6 months in a big public company can kill all the fire in one’s belly.
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
    @cfo_mm
    Sep 10, 2024
    Being a CFO of a private middle market company with no real competitive advantage and liquidity issues
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    Farina Malik
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    Sep 8, 2024
    What’s something people romanticize but it’s actually horrible?
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
    @cfo_mm
    Oct 17, 2021
    Me when a business unit leader tells me EBITDA was higher because there was more depreciation.
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
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    Mar 31, 2022
    Every PE guy to CFOs right now: “I know it’s early but do we have a view on how the quarter turned out. Just high level.” Then proceeds to ask for 15 metrics that are largely impossible to know on 3/31 for a global multi-entity business.
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
    @cfo_mm
    Apr 24, 2024
    I sold a company a while ago and the CEO (I was the CFO) insisted we send out the draft docs with a net working capital and a net worth adjustment. I questioned heavily about the net worth adjustment - never saw that before. The CEO (ex-Fortune 500 CFO) ...
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
    @cfo_mm
    Apr 29, 2022
    I’ve been working on something for a while. Everything I wish I had been told before my first role - in a succinct delivery (not some 500 page book). I might even finish one of these years if I get the time.
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
    @cfo_mm
    Jan 24, 2023
    How to speak PE. A guide for new CFOs. Use the word PortCo - the deal team doesn't understand "your other companies"
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
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    Jul 18, 2025
    You never hear about these things happening to CFOs.
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
    @cfo_mm
    Dec 26, 2022
    Washing machine pipe froze and busted. Water everywhere. Ceiling underneath that caved in. Downstairs heat broke. So far I've built 4 spreadsheets and it hasn't fixed any of it.
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    Former MM PE Backed CFO
    @cfo_mm
    Mar 20, 2023
    The Big 4 first year analyst that was responsible last summer for flying to Amsterdam and checking on the nickel is going to have some explaining to do
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    *Walter Bloomberg
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    Mar 20, 2023
    JPMORGAN CHASE OWNED BAGS OF MATERIAL KEPT IN A DUTCH WAREHOUSE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN NICKEL BUT TURNED OUT TO BE FULL OF STONES - WSJ
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