Areas of Expertise
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Designs and implements FP&A frameworks that enhance visibility into performance drivers, enabling leadership teams to forecast with confidence and link strategy to measurable financial outcomes.
Strategic Business Partnering
Collaborates closely with cross-functional leaders to translate financial insights into actionable strategies, ensuring finance serves as a catalyst for growth rather than a reporting function.
Process Improvement
Identifies and streamlines inefficient processes across reporting, forecasting, and operations — improving accuracy, reducing cycle time, and driving scalability through better systems and structure.
Data-Driven Decision Support
Leverages financial modeling, scenario analysis, and performance dashboards to turn complex data into clear insights that guide smarter investments and stronger business performance.
BEFORE GROWTH OPERATORS
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Harvard Extension School
- Professor
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MIH Companies
- Owner - Consulting
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Merced Capital
- Director FP&A and Innovation
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Guardian RFID
- Manager Corporate Strategy and FP&A
ALMA MATER
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University of St. Thomas
- MBA
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Michigan State University
- Bachelors Finance
Something You Should Know
In 2024, I purchased a 7lb coffee roaster and started roasting my own coffee for family and friends.
Matt is a finance leader with a proven record of transforming financial operations, systems, and strategy across manufacturing, Investment firms, and technology sectors. As a Manager in Growth Operators’ Finance Practice, he partners with clients to elevate financial literacy across their organizations — aligning insights, performance, and profitability.
He has led initiatives spanning seven business units and three manufacturing facilities identifying and correcting waste and loss, driving improved business efficiency and operational transparency. Matt also manages consolidated reporting and organizes annual inventory revaluations to ensure accuracy and informed decision-making.
A passionate educator, Matt currently teaches Corporate Finance at Harvard University. He has also taught Financial Statement Analysis and served as a teaching assistant for Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting, and Corporate Finance. His approach blends academic rigor with real-world application — empowering business leaders to make data-driven decisions that create measurable value.
STRENGTHS
- Value Creation Analytics
- Coaching & Advising
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Drives growth and innovative strategies
- Strategic Business Partner
I’m driven by the opportunity to turn complex financial challenges into clear strategies that create measurable impact. At Growth Operators, I get to apply the Corporate Finance principles I teach at Harvard in real time—partnering with talented teams to help good companies become great.
