Jennifer began her career in public accounting. Rather than go to a big firm where she’d quickly be pigeonholed into a specialty, however, she chose a small, local firm. That way, she could gain exposure to all facets of the profession, finding her strengths and building real relationships with clients. Eight years on, Jennifer accepted a Controller role with a regional builder, developer, and operator, where she was responsible for financial statement preparation, budgeting, HR, AP/AR, payroll, billings, audit and tax support, team supervision, and more. She then worked with a leading North American aluminum producer, expanding her purview to include SOX compliance, contract review, customer credit exposure and financial communications, and budget analysis. The subsequent years included Controller roles at a marketing communications agency, where she was also tasked with rebuilding corporate confidence in accounting, and a regional contractor, where she designed and implemented an accrual accounting system and developed SOPs, budgeting analysis/procedures, and ROI policy and analysis. Jennifer then joined a regional grain milling facility, working first as Financial Manager and ultimately as Assistant General Manager, responsible for day-to-day oversight of AP/AR, collections, HR, payroll, sales, and lab personnel. She embraced the opportunity to gain more experience across the business, including overseeing HR policy/procedure development, modifying price mechanisms to increase margins, ensuring product quality and compliance, and assisting with sales enhancement strategies. Jennifer returned to focusing on finance in 2012, serving as Controller and then CFO for an electrical wholesale/retail distributor. Beyond her more typical responsibilities, she developed budgeting analysis and procedures, implemented comparative analysis tools, designed and implemented controls to enhance reporting accuracy, developed a cross-training agenda to strengthen her team’s skill sets, and supported mergers and acquisitions. In 2016, Jennifer entered the fractional accounting world, serving 20+ clients as a Controller or CFO while taking a lead role in training new Controllers and Accountants and developing client-service policies and procedures. She joined Level10 CFO in 2022.