Bill Gompel

Finance and Accounting Specialist

Bilingual (English/Spanish) C-level executive with 33 years of experience as a CFO and Controller, driving financial and operational excellence across Fortune 500, Private Equity, and privately owned global enterprises.

CFO Business Leader/Facilitator/Mentor

Profile

Hands on C-Level Executive (33 years as Controller/CFO) with Accounting/Financial/Operations/Administration experience across a broad range of industries, extensive international exposure, and with financial reporting within Fortune-500, Private Equity, and Private/ Family-owned environments. I am bilingual in English and Spanish and have managed a working staff of up to thirty-five team members in daily operations and over one hundred on special projects and inventories. My focus is to consistently employ an energizing management style that empowers individual and team development, the pursuit of excellence, supported by leadership based on superior communication skills that allows me to be a facilitator and an agent of change.

Academic Background

Nova Southeastern University-Wayne Huzienga College of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA), International Business/Trade/ Commerce · (2003 – 2005)
University of North Alabama Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting · (1995 – 1996)

Experience

  • Executive Financial Leadership: Extensive experience serving as CFO, Controller, and Financial Advisor across diverse industries, including software (SolidCAM Inc.), manufacturing (Amazon Hose & Rubber Co.), construction, aviation, and property management.
  • Strategic Turnarounds & System Recovery: Proven track record in interim and consulting roles performing forensic accounting, recovering data after system crashes, and driving catch-up projects to generate tax returns and re-establish reporting integrity.
  • Process Optimization & Cost Reduction: Successfully led initiatives that significantly reduced costs, including a paperless A/P conversion that saved over 30%, reducing fixed expenses by 28% over nine years, and clearing a 180-day A/P backlog down to 45 days.
  • Internal Controls & Compliance: Expert in establishing policies and procedures from scratch, setting up internal controls, leading annual audit efforts, and developing deposit-based contracts to yield zero write-offs.
  • Global & Multi-Site Operations: Highly skilled in managing finances for international leaders operating in up to 60 countries, as well as overseeing multi-location operations with heavy inventory cycle counting (over 10,000 SKUs per location) and complex job cost reporting.

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