Andy Stillman guides clear thinking in challenging times to solve for unique problems. His unique ability includes investigating circumstances holistically, realigning strategy to the potential, and building the right team.
Business Audit / Review:
Andy performed a comprehensive audit of my business’s accounting and finance functions. Not only did he help identify inefficiencies, but he also guided me to make the right improvements, enabling me to spend less time on minutia while making more impactful decisions.
Fractional CFO:
I do not have any finance or accounting background but I had managed to teach myself enough to run my business successfully. Andy has helped me take that to a new level by guiding and teaching me to look at the function strategically. With his help, it has become a strategic advantage for my business. He also guided me on how best to present financial information to my board and executive committee, which has significantly increased my standing and reputation.
Andy is thorough in his review of the A2AC’s financials, and because he’s taken the time to really get to know us and our business, he’s proactive at finding areas of both opportunities and risks. Unlike other accountants or fractional CFOs I’ve worked with while owning different businesses in my career, Andy is talented at simplifying complex information and having meaningful, but easy, conversations about our financial position and outlook.
Andy is a 10/10 when it comes to hiring, firing and quickly analyzing your current roles and team. He asks those simple yet profound questions that seem obvious after the fact, often leading you to make the difficult decisions you’ve known you needed to make in your gut for a while.
I had the pleasure of having Andy Stillman on my team leading the business operations function for Citi Technology Infrastructure, when I was the CAO for that organization. Andy brought to the table a deep understanding of financial management and analytics – quickly highlighting what was important to track, understanding and helping to set strategy and goals, and then building and leading the team to deliver against those goals. Andy is a good listener, is easy to work with, is data driven but also flexible in his approach. I consider him a safe and very competent pair of hands, and would not hesitate to give him any small or large and complex challenge to take charge of!
Andy looked at our business issue with the experiential knowledge needed. Big picture yet with clear next steps to find clarity and, the part I most appreciated, he created. a tool (spreadsheet on steroids) for me to dig in and come to the best choice.
