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Declan O’Beirne

Tampa,USA

Summary

Senior Financial Executive Record of proven leadership in a variety of financial service and professional service businesses as well as heavy experience within P/E BACKED environments, with particular emphasis on B2B and B2B2C. Accomplished in all aspects of strategic planning & implementation, corporate financial planning, treasury, regulatory oversight, human resources, and financial operations. Broad functional experience including multiple COO, CFO, CRO and CAO roles, Strategy and Operations leadership, with notable tenures at John Hancock Financial services and AIG Financial Services. Restrategized JHFN to focus on RIA AUM growth efforts, rearchitecting the Tech Stack and redrafting outdated processes. Particularly adept at recognizing firm inflection points and executing successful transformations through strategic development of delivery plans on personnel, systems & processes. Recognized for excellent team management, mentoring skills, and building high-performing teams.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Global Chief Financial Officer

ESCALOn SERvICES L.L.C.
Palo Alto, CA
08.2024 - 05.2025
  • Company Overview: A P/E backed B2B services organization specializing in CFO advisory services to other P/E backed firms.
  • Transform the finance department from being dependent on overleveraged manpower in its core competencies to effectively utilize the available technology tools and ERP.
  • Re-architected the organizational financial structure to leverage available NetSuite efficiencies through standardization of global ERP systems into one, NetSuite, and eliminating multiple internal ERP platforms inherent in ecosystem offering.
  • Actively engaged in planning and developing global B2C digital ecosystem.
  • Integrated FP&A into LOBs weekly and monthly goals to support growth and transformation metrics.
  • Represented the firm to the P/E owners at quarterly board and weekly advisory meetings.
  • Adjusted vital elements of weekly 13 week cashflow reporting to effect greater accuracy and visibility.
  • A P/E backed B2B services organization specializing in CFO advisory services to other P/E backed firms.
  • Managed cash flow and forecasting to maintain financial stability.
  • Oversaw budgeting processes to ensure alignment with company goals.
  • Collaborated with executive team on long-term financial strategies.
  • Oversaw cash flow management activities including accounts receivable and payable processing, payroll administration and banking functions.
  • Managed relationships with external auditors, bankers and investors to ensure compliance with all regulations.
  • Created annual budgets and monitored performance against them to ensure objectives were achieved.
  • Coordinated financial statement reviews to coordinate variance reporting, analysis of year-to-date and forecast performance against expectations.
  • Analyzed business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments and obligations to project future revenues and expenses.

Chief Financial Officer

SLAVIC401K.
Boca Raton, FL
06.2020 - 11.2023
  • Company Overview: A retirement-oriented recordkeeping/TPA 3(16) & 3(38) advisory firm focused on institutional 401K needs.
  • Charged with organizing the financial structure of the recordkeeper and the RIA to maximize the efficiencies required to propel the firm to the next level of financial success.
  • Reorganized the entire organizational structure with the goals to optimize the firms base processes, fully leverage existing technology and reduce the turnover and associated costs.
  • Initiated a new FP&A departmental function from the ground up to provide more accurate, timely and relevant financial information to all internal & external stakeholders.
  • Initiated a complete overhaul of organizational oversight through compliance advocacy and creating an IA and risk control departments.
  • Completely overhauled the firm’s professional relationships with key stakeholders including insurance, audit partners and banking through engaged vendor management.
  • Successfully sunset Quickbooks and implemented the installation of NetSuite as the firm’s primary E.R.P.
  • A retirement-oriented recordkeeping/TPA 3(16) & 3(38) advisory firm focused on institutional 401K needs.
  • Managed relationships with external auditors, bankers and investors to ensure compliance with all regulations.
  • Coordinated financial statement reviews to coordinate variance reporting, analysis of year-to-date and forecast performance against expectations.

Co-Founder and Senior Executive Consultant

COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS Group LLC.
Boston, MA
02.2015 - 11.2023
  • Company Overview: Multi-disciplined Financial Services Consulting firm focused on low band width SMB institutions with complex strategic needs and small P/E backed startups.
  • Charged with developing a Broker-Dealer/Distribution practice within the current platform as well as augmenting and expanding the benchmarking and metrics practice.
  • Completed an engagement on behalf of a Silicon Valley Startup to define and create their ECN/MTF Forex transaction engine in terms of pricing the transaction processing as well as pricing the adjunct 3rd party managed incrementalized minute-by-minute lending facility.
  • Engaged by multiple P/E firms to provide CFO oversight on portfolio firms, namely 9th Gear, a SaaS fintech and DLT firm in the non-SWIFT funds transfer industry.
  • Completed an engagement to review the profitability modeling, revenue generation and cost mitigation of a large insurance owned broker-dealer as well as supported their RFP process for a new clearing firm.
  • Completed engagement with a large recordkeeping organization regarding state mandatory IRA programs, their financial viability to the client, impact on the operating model and strategic fit within the current model.
  • Multi-disciplined Financial Services Consulting firm focused on low band width SMB institutions with complex strategic needs and small P/E backed startups.
  • Designed innovative solutions to address client challenges and drive engagement.
  • Facilitated workshops to foster collaboration and generate creative ideas among stakeholders.

Chief Operating Officer

AIG FINANCIAL NETWORK (AIGFN)
Nashville, TN
01.2014 - 02.2015
  • Company Overview: National career distribution division of AIG Life & Retirement, provides income and retirement solutions through its insurance agency network.
  • Reported to Chief Distribution Officer. Responsible for developing growth strategy, rationalizing branch infrastructure, managing expense side administration, and analyzing and reporting sales and profitability metrics.
  • Implemented a completely revamped manager compensation plan refocusing 300 managers, from short-term, tactically driven goals to long-term strategic objectives through adjusted core KPI metrics designed to promote sustainable system-wide growth and profitability.
  • Initiated transformational digital B2C strategy to provide low cost insurance products and more efficiently & effectively serve client base.
  • Led the analytics and expense management team to reduce underlying general operating expenses by approximately $27M year-over-year, or 7-8 %
  • Planned and implemented the strategic separation of the sales and service units within the division to optimize operating efficiencies and reduce compliance complexities.
  • National career distribution division of AIG Life & Retirement, provides income and retirement solutions through its insurance agency network.
  • Led operational strategy development and execution across multiple business units.
  • Streamlined processes to enhance organizational efficiency and reduce operational costs.
  • Oversaw daily operations to ensure alignment with company goals and objectives.
  • Collaborated with senior leadership on long-term strategic planning initiatives.

Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer

JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL NETWORK (JHFN)
Boston, MA
08.2008 - 01.2014
  • Company Overview: National retail distribution division of John Hancock provides a full suite of financial service offerings through its insurance agency, broker-dealers, and RIAs.
  • Reported to CEO and served as CFO/CAO and Risk Officer for JHFN, as well as CFO of the retail and wholesale distributor broker-dealers under the John Hancock USA umbrella: Signator Investors, JH Funds, and John Hancock Distributors.
  • Member of the Board of Directors of JHFN, Signator Insurance Agency, and Signator Investors.
  • Co-authored a five-year strategic plan with the CEO that included a focus on strategically decoupling the career agency model while simultaneously transforming the agencies to an independent model with a digital support platform for low engagement products and services.
  • Implemented a comprehensive reconciliation function which identified $5.9M in accounting errors and missed attribution, representing 40% of the firm’s operating deficit.
  • Led development of an independent general ledger recognition for JHFN within John Hancock's ERP, providing the ability to make better decisions and insight into real business drivers.
  • Rearchitected more than 130 administrative systems with JH IT to function optimally with the new general ledger and established full data integrity.
  • National retail distribution division of John Hancock provides a full suite of financial service offerings through its insurance agency, broker-dealers, and RIAs.
  • Managed budgeting and forecasting processes across multiple business units.
  • Oversaw compliance with financial regulations and industry standards.
  • Directed risk management initiatives to safeguard company assets.
  • Collaborated with executive leadership on long-term financial planning.
  • Evaluated financial performance metrics to guide strategic decisions.
  • Managed relationships with external auditors, bankers and investors to ensure compliance with all regulations.

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Board Member

GUNNALLEN HOLDINGS, INC.
Tampa, FL
01.2005 - 01.2008
  • Company Overview: One of the fastest-growing independent broker-dealers in the US at the time, offering securities, protection products, and asset management services to a mid-market client base.
  • Recruited to join new management team with a charter of professionalizing the financial management of the firm following a period of rapid growth. The primary focus of the role was to reconstruct the firm’s financial records to establish consistency, data integrity, and insightful reporting.
  • Heavily involved in financial modeling in support of strategic objectives including regulatory risk, personnel levels and organizational structure, capitalization of technology investments.
  • Improved gross margin by 285 basis points ($4.0M) by appropriately auditing compensation information and integrating all licensing, compensation, and transactional systems with the general ledger.
  • Standardized financial statement output to meet the needs and standards of all stakeholders including shareholders, B.O.D., internal auditors, external auditors, and regulators.
  • Implemented controls to meet FINRA and SEC regulatory requirements.
  • One of the fastest-growing independent broker-dealers in the US at the time, offering securities, protection products, and asset management services to a mid-market client base.

CFO & COO of Sterne Agee Capital Markets/Sterne Agee & Leach Financial Services (SALF)

STERNE, AGEE & LEACH GROUP, INC.
Birmingham, AL
07.1995 - 01.2005
  • Company Overview: Top 10 full-service brokerage & RIA firm providing clearing, trust, custodial, and asset management services.
  • Progressive responsibilities over 10-year tenure culminating in CFO/COO role reporting to CEO, with responsibility for initiating new correspondent clearing business.
  • Responsible for accounting policies, client billing, shared services operations, compliance, legal, marketing, HR and IT.
  • Also served as the senior regulatory officer for the clearing firm, Sterne, Agee & Leach with full responsibility for compliance with SEA Rules 15c3-1 & 15c3-3, and all regulatory filing requirements.
  • Developed protocols and managed client billing, contract implementation, client service desk, and all inter-departmental governance, as incubated correspondent clearing business, grew from 10 customers to more than 80.
  • Recruited, hired, and developed team from five to more than 30 professionals.
  • Implemented automated process to modernize paper-based client billing system as the business grew from 1,300 transactions per month to more than 1.2M, and integrated with back-office operations systems to improve accuracy and standardize release timing.
  • Top 10 full-service brokerage & RIA firm providing clearing, trust, custodial, and asset management services.
  • Directed financial strategy and risk management initiatives for comprehensive organizational growth.
  • Managed budgeting processes to align with corporate financial goals and objectives.
  • Oversaw financial reporting to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and internal policies.
  • Collaborated with executive team to develop long-term financial planning and investment strategies.
  • Led cross-departmental teams in cost-reduction initiatives while maintaining operational effectiveness.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA at BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham, AL
01.1991

Skills

  • Strategic Planning & Implementation
  • ERP implementation
  • Budget management
  • Financial forecasting
  • Risk management
  • Compliance oversight
  • Financial analysis
  • Strategic planning
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Process optimization
  • Effective communication
  • Profitability Improvement
  • Reducing Complexity and Expense
  • Optimizing Operations
  • Transformational leadership
  • Infrastructure planning
  • Financial reporting
  • Operational management
  • Financial technology adoption
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Change management expertise
  • Financial strategy development
  • Business forecasting
  • Financial administration
  • Performance metrics analysis
  • Intellectual property management
  • Mergers and acquisitions experience

Certification

  • Series 27, inactive
  • Series S.I.E./99, inactive

Additional Information

Offered a full athletic scholarship in soccer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham; four-year letterman., Member of the Republic of Ireland’s youth soccer squad at under 16 and under 17 levels., Attended Westland Row C.B.S. High School, Dublin, Ireland., Selected as one of the “Top 50 Irish-Americans on Wall Street” for 2011, 2012 and 2013 by Irish America Magazine.

Timeline

Global Chief Financial Officer

ESCALOn SERvICES L.L.C.
08.2024 - 05.2025

Chief Financial Officer

SLAVIC401K.
06.2020 - 11.2023

Co-Founder and Senior Executive Consultant

COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS Group LLC.
02.2015 - 11.2023

Chief Operating Officer

AIG FINANCIAL NETWORK (AIGFN)
01.2014 - 02.2015

Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer

JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL NETWORK (JHFN)
08.2008 - 01.2014

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Board Member

GUNNALLEN HOLDINGS, INC.
01.2005 - 01.2008

CFO & COO of Sterne Agee Capital Markets/Sterne Agee & Leach Financial Services (SALF)

STERNE, AGEE & LEACH GROUP, INC.
07.1995 - 01.2005

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA at BIRMINGHAM

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