James W. Wolf

James Wolf is a member of FTI Consulting’s Office of the CFO (“OCFO”) Solutions practice and leader of the Performance Management team. Mr. Wolf is a business transformation expert with more than 20 years of experience partnering with private equity and corporate clients to formulate and implement actionable value creation for businesses to accelerate revenue growth and cost optimization to generate free cash flow.

Mr. Wolf has served as an interim chief financial officer (“CFO”) and finance leader of several companies to manage the daily operations of the accounting, finance and treasury functions. He has a background in overseeing the business’ controllership function while leading strategic finance initiatives to facilitate transformation and transactions. His core skills are grounded in an analytical approach that delivers actionable insights and planning intelligence to enhance operating efficiency, profitability and cash flow.

Mr. Wolf has substantial CFO advisory experience leading finance and accounting teams of large public and private companies through interim management and transactional finance supporting IPO and carve-outs transactions. He has substantial commercial and operations finance, serving as a finance business partner to drive revenue growth alongside sales and marketing, as well as optimize costs with procurement, supply chain, manufacturing and logistics teams. He also has experience in developing dashboard analytics that clarify key business drivers (e.g. operational KPIs) collaborating with operational and finance teams to enhance resource allocation, processes efficiency and automation.

Mr. Wolf’s additional experiences include advising several companies through the implementation of improvements of the end-to-end revenue management lifecycle. He has also led the capital management strategy for acquisitions, financings, maintenance and disposal of assets that have led to improved commercial and back-office efficiencies, optimized working capital and improved customer and product profitability and cash flow. Mr. Wolf also has experience in preparing financial and operational assessments, developing roadmaps and identifying opportunities to quickly improve sustained profitability.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Wolf worked in the Global Corporate and Investment Banking divisions at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America. He partnered closely with finance and operations executives, depository agencies, auditors and regulators streamlining efficiencies in global trading platforms. He also developed internal controls to assess, quantify and mitigate market, credit and operational risks.