Flight Financial

Flight Financial is an outsourced CFO firm that helps professional service providers have growing, profitable, and successful businesses. https://www.flight.financial/

Founder & Chief CFO

Cadilus

•  Cadilus is a managed service and consulting firm founded to bring Fortune 500 finance and analytics to the middle-markets. 
•  The Company's strategy is to merge finance, analytics, and best-practice management systems into innovative capability offers that enable customers to make better business decisions. 
•  The Company leverages technology and delivery process excellence and innovation to offer exceptional value at an unprecedented pace.
•  As a Manager, I was responsible for leading several client engagements and my key tasks centered on the following core service offerings – 
(1) Financial Modeling & Forecasting, 
(2) Performance Measuring & Reporting, 
(3) Business Planning & Budgeting, and 
(4) Business Analytics & Insights.

Manager, FP&A Services

AmeriLife

Summary:

• Provide direction, coordination, oversight and execution of all phases of acquisition analysis and due diligence to ensure consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.

• Support the firm’s Corporate Development function through management of research, due diligence, financial analysis and development of presentations for initiatives across the company.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the CEO, CFO and other senior Corporate Development executives in strategic and financial analysis for acquisitions and key business initiatives. 

• Research and assess transaction opportunities. 

• Build valuation and financial models. 

• Communicating the business case for proposed acquisitions, particularly the strategic alignment, market context, business analysis and financial justification. 

• Manage the due diligence review of target acquisitions. 

• Identify risk issues that impact transaction value and engage the right resources to address. 

• Meet with stakeholders and provide status updates; clearly communicate issues, potential risks, and mitigation plans. 

• Serve as liaison with target acquisitions and internal subject matter experts to clarify due diligence requirements and ensure thorough follow through. 

• Consolidate due diligence reports from subject matter experts; Distill and summarize relevant information for Senior Executive team. 

• Identify due diligence issues and work with legal team to resolve issues in the transaction documents.

Manager, Corporate Development

Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP

• Participate in buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence engagements with both private equity and strategic corporate buyers 

• Perform (i) quality of earnings, (ii) working capital and (iii) debt and debt-like items analyses 

• Analyze the financial operations of the target companies and identify issues that may impact the purchase price 

• Understand and evaluate financial and operational trends of target companies 

• Lead diligence meetings with target company management team 

• Communicate due diligence findings in a formal report 

• Supervise senior associates and provide performance review feedback 

• Develop and maintain strong client relationships/project management 

• Manage multiple tasks/projects at a time

Manager, Transaction Advisory Services

MetLife

• Worked in MetLife's Corporate & Other Segment Controllers Group. 
•  Served as Controller for start-up businesses within MetLife, primarily the Expatriate Insurance Business (Life, Health, LTD).

Controller, Expatriate Business, C&O Controllers Group

Crosstree Capital Partners, Inc.

• Crosstree is a Healthcare-Focused Investment Bank Providing Mergers and Acquisitions
and Financing Advisory to the Diagnostics & Tools, Drug & Medical Device Outsourcing, and Healthcare Providers segments of the Healthcare industry.

Investment Banker

Silverwood Partners

• Provided financial and strategic advisory services to TMT and Healthcare companies in connection with M&A, divestiture, and private financing transactions.

About Silverwood Partners

Silverwood Partners is a specialized investment bank that provides merger & acquisition advisory services, private capital financing capabilities, and financial and strategic advisory services to public and private companies worldwide in the TMT, healthcare, and consumer sectors.

Vice President Investment Banking

Liberty Savings Bank

• Coordinated several client projects and internal initiatives across multiple offices in different states

Associate, Investment Services

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👋 Lawyers & Fellow Professional Services Firm Owners,

Are you buried in billable hours, but your bank balance barely budges?

Want to grow, but lack financial and strategic guidance?

Do you seek freedom over your time and income?

I started my own firm, Flight Financial, to gain autonomy over my time and earnings. 

🛫 Why 'Flight'? Because it symbolizes freedom, momentum, direction, and raising your firm to unprecedented heights.

Today, I’m committed to guiding you towards experiencing that same sense of liberation and clarity for your firm.

My clients work 40 hours or less per week and have profits in excess of $500,000 per year, without financial unknowns and stress.

At Flight Financial, we have a 6-step One Clear Path system for your firm that will give you the roadmap to that lifestyle.

Within the first 30 days you’ll have a bulletproof plan in hand to gain at least a 2x return on our service in the first year - the sky’s the limit!
 
✅ Here’s How I Elevate You:

➡️ Craft a Clear Profit Path: We’ll give you actionable next steps to achieve transformative results for your firm.

➡️ Seal Profit Leaks: We’ll stop your firm from being a leaky bucket of profits.

➡️ Amplify Marketing ROI: Waiting years for marketing to pay off is a thing of the past. Every $1 of marketing should be generating at least $3 of billable hours for your firm this quarter.

➡️ Optimize Staff ROI: Start earning at least 3x what the lawyers on your team cost you.

➡️ Simplified Financial Mastery: No convoluted jargon, just tailored insights. Each month, you’ll get an easy-to-understand 1-page scoreboard that will clearly show you what’s working and what needs improvement in your business. No need to look at boring or confusing financial accounting statements.   

As a fellow professional services firm owner with 15+ years in finance, accounting, and diverse business collaborations, I deeply understand your aspirations and your challenges. 

I've aided professionals, from lawyers to marketing agencies, in nurturing businesses that thrive, boost profits, amplify cash flow, and resonate with their unique definitions of success.

Ready to soar higher in your firm? 

Let’s get on a quick call to see if we’re the right fit for each other.

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Brian Zapf, CPA

I work with a specialized team offering wealth strategy, financial planning, investment management, fiduciary trust oversight and private banking services.

VP, Senior Relationship Strategist at PNC Private Bank

University of Dayton, MBA@Dayton Program

Adjunct Instructor

Ohio SBDC

Loan Program Manager

The Private Client Reserve

VP, Private Banking Relationship Manager

DayMet Credit Union

President/CEO

Lead and manage the business development activities while providing leadership and guidance to personnel to ensure member service expectations are met. 
Represents the credit union in local community events and activities.

VP, Business Development Manager

National College

Department Chair - Business / Adjunct Instructor

Fifth Third Bank

Provide full service banking to selected high income/high net worth clients.  

Meeting credit needs of clients, providing deposit accounts and related fee services, consulting and directing clients to company specialists and cross selling all trust and retail services to new and existing clients.

AVP, Private Banker

Provided leadership and guidance to personnel to ensure goal performance expectations were met.  Maintained and grew individual portfolio.  

Managed a 9 person team.  

Generated commercial and consumer lending activities by completing loan applications and approving within lending authority or coordinating with appropriate personnel for approval.  

Provided effective credit feedback while analyzing cash flows, financials, profit and loss statements, and balance sheets.  Understand criteria for optimum loan to value, and DTI ratios.  Meet or exceed financial center sales goals by growing commercial/consumer and small business relationships.  

Effectively cross sold products and services to drive deposit base, investment referral, and checking account revenues.  Motivated staff to expand existing relationships through the sale of additional products and services.  

Ensured staff provides superior service to the customers by servicing transactional needs, using the ERB process, maintaining confidentiality and responding to customer questions and requests in a timely manner.

Mentored and developed staff by providing regular feedback on performance, providing opportunities for development, writing reviews, making recommendations to reward performance exceeding standards and handling employee disciplinary issues in a professional, objective and impartial manner.

Represented the financial center in the local community by participating in civic and community events and activities.

Financial Center Sales Manager

US Bank

Involved in branch service and sales.

Provided customer service including anticipating customer needs and cross-selling bank products and services.

Maintained up to date knowledge of bank products and services.

Developed personal and corporate customer relationships through products, services, technology, and regulations.

Maintained operational records, reports, and procedures required by office.

Provided financial services and reviews in order to recommend products based on the customers’ financial goals and expectations

Branch Manager/Investment Specialist

Experienced Vice President with a demonstrated history of working in the banking industry. Skilled in Marketing Management, Analytical Skills, Coaching, Sales, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Strong finance professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Management, Innovation and Change from Wright State University.

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