Margaret Scholl
North Hollywood,CA
Summary
Dynamic finance leader with a proven track record at Thermo Fisher Scientific, excelling in financial reporting and strategic planning. Successfully integrated multiple companies and achieved significant cash flow optimization. Adept at fostering team collaboration while driving business growth and implementing innovative solutions in high-pressure environments. Results-driven Corporate Controller with expertise in financial reporting, M&A integration, and team leadership. Successfully stabilized high-turnover departments and achieved the best DSO in three years.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Corporate Controller
Ecore International, Inc.
Lancaster, PA
01.2025 - 01.2026
- Managed remote staff of 8 and 16 companies.
- Responsible for 2 day close, M&A integration, banking and all statutory filings.
- Successfully integrated 3 companies in 45 days.
- Stabilized department with high turnover.
- Established Accounts Receivable and Collection efforts, yielding best DSO in over 3 years.
- Expanded overseas staff to centralize Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.
- Ecore recycles rubber from tires into flooring.
Consultant
Robert Half
King of Prussia, PA
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Developing QuickBooks workflows spanning five companies for client.
- Consulted in EDI and OCR integrated solutions using cloud-based fintech.
CEO | Founder
CBW Car Service
Key West, FL
01.2016 - 01.2024
- Achieving break-even within six months.
- Successfully navigated the business through multiple hurricanes and the global pandemic, maintaining operations and profitability.
- Operated fully digital company, including reservation and booking system, routing, billings, regulatory, legal, financial accounting using cloud-based software.
- Hired, trained and developed a staff of ten drivers.
- Successfully negotiated SBA Loan.
- Sold the business after gaining a 20% market share of the Florida Keys market.
- Founded and managed a luxury car service business serving the Florida Keys, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale market.
Finance Director | North America | Divisional Controller
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Allentown, PA
01.2011 - 01.2016
- Directed financial operations and strategy formulation for $320M enterprise spanning systems, budgetary planning, projections, internal checks, procurement, credit retrieval, and workflow processes.
- Provided financial advice to all business divisions and executive suite.
- Scout, engage, coach superior team of twenty direct and indirect reports to meet challenging performance indicators.
- Implemented credit assessments, contract discussions, and supplier procurement.
- Negotiated agreements with clients to synchronize with unique requirements/capital framework.
- Oversaw financial reporting, FP&A, capital budgeting, internal safeguards, and multiple systems.
- Innovate, introduce, and articulate updated practices and protocols in response to ever-changing requirements (IASB, FASB, SOX, internal regulations and more).
- Engineered a comprehensive process for the Comparator business line, utilizing existing resources and proficiency to set the company up for additional expansion without significant cost increases.
- Refashioned the finance team to incorporate systems-capabilities in preparation for future organizational needs.
- Devised fresh labor models to efficiently manage extensive business alterations.
- Overhauled billing department and methodologies, gaining four productive days each month.
- Established a Center of Excellence for Divisional accounting, offering support to both Division and Europe.
- Brought accounting software up to date (4 versions in arrears).
- Fisher Clinical Services Division - Fisher Clinical Services offers a global comprehensive range of clinical trial supply services, specializing in comparator sourcing, clinical manufacturing, blinding, packaging, distribution and ancillary supplies.
Finance Director
Olympus America
Center Valley, PA
01.2007 - 01.2011
- Directed Business Development Center's financial operations, encompassing budget preparation, forecasting, establishing accounting standards, and pivotal performance metrics.
- Established financial reporting systems, integrated economic KPIs into business strategies.
- Responsible for three separate businesses: consulting, software development and small medical facility equipment buildouts.
- Launched management tools for a variety of initiatives, provided ROI/Payback details and support.
- Successfully implemented correct accounting for multi-element arrangement, software development and deferred revenue accounting.
- Collaborate with Treasury and Tax departments on transfer pricing strategies.
- Established accounting protocols and systems for Business Development Center. No systems to manage the accounting complexities associated with a SaaS organization were in place.
- Medical device company specializing in gastroenterology scopes with a 70% US market share.
Chief Executive Officer - North America
INFOnxx, Inc.
New York, NY
01.2003 - 01.2006
- As Global VP of Finance supervise financial accounting for $750MM in revenues, with $350MM in EBITDA.
- As CEO of North America spearheaded executive team of eight, with 5,000 direct and indirect employees across global eight locations.
- Managed $320M yearly fiscal plan.
- Worked with private equity backers.
- Recouped business profitability during initial quarter post-promotion, successfully hitting profit targets throughout the time as CEO.
- Achieved 50% growth in US market share in seven quarters.
- Launched pioneering voice and SMS data voice information search solution in the US.
- Presented new accounting software to upper management, negotiated global accounting software agreement with Oracle, and championed its successful incorporation as the Executive sponsor.
- Helped raise debt and equity for expansion.
- Oversaw two accounting system conversions in 6 years.
- Met financial and operational needs as the company grew 30x in under 10 years.
- Oversaw a $75MM increase in business in under a year requiring international and US hiring of hundreds of people, two call center builds (one in the Philippines and one domestically) and negotiating capital requirements with lenders.
- World's largest independent Directory Assistance (DA) provider. Provides branded DA and enhanced information services marketed directly to retail consumers in Europe and outsourced DA in the U.S. for Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and others.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Temple University
Philadelphia, PASkills
- Financial reporting and analysis
- Business operations management
- Tax compliance and strategy
- Strategic leadership and planning
- Startup expertise
- Financial oversight
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Change management initiatives
- Business development strategies
- Debt financing solutions
- Capital raising techniques
- Budgeting and forecasting skills
- Cash flow optimization
- General ledger oversight
- SaaS accounting solutions
Websites
Certification
Certified Public Accountant (Pennsylvania, inactive)
Timeline
Corporate Controller
Ecore International, Inc.
01.2025 - 01.2026
Consultant
Robert Half
01.2024 - 01.2025
CEO | Founder
CBW Car Service
01.2016 - 01.2024
Finance Director | North America | Divisional Controller
Thermo Fisher Scientific
01.2011 - 01.2016
Finance Director
Olympus America
01.2007 - 01.2011
Chief Executive Officer - North America
INFOnxx, Inc.
01.2003 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Temple University