Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Germany
Hong Kong, China
India
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Singapore
South Africa
United Kingdom
USA
Ruth Liebersbach In 60 Seconds...
With over 20 years of experience as a CFO across the construction, manufacturing, logistics, and MUSH sectors, Ruth brings a wealth of expertise in driving organizational growth and financial performance. She has a proven track record of developing and implementing robust financial control systems, governance frameworks, and strategic plans that foster long-term success. Ruth excels in cash flow management, HR strategy, and capital raising, ensuring businesses are well-positioned to scale and thrive in dynamic markets.
Specialist Skills
Budgeting & Forecasting
Built accurate and pertinent assumptions to back short term and long term forecasting, and pivot plans based on new actual results or board directives.
Cash flow Improvement
Built reporting on a cash basis to smooth out deferred and prepaid’s effect on cash flows, as well as build strong AR collections processes ensuring AP systems do not permit double payments. Work with banks to refinance at lower rates and at minimal refinancing costs.
Financial Operations
Developed and implemented monthly reporting in many aspects of a business such as KPI, dashboarding, variances to budget for operational results, cash flow plans, capital plans, people management, loan and costs of financing.
Policies & Procedures
Ongoing review of SOP and other governance frameworks, built from scratch for many Not for Profits.
Systems and Controls
Supported financial reporting, building systems that ensure the viability and security of company assets and resources, as well as maintaining a risk matrices and ensure insurance and other mitigation systems in place
Track Record Highlights
- Developed and implemented an expandable budget excel package to incorporate Operation costs, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Capital planning modules
- Managed an RFP for Insurance programs, developed a yearly risk table by using insurance programs to mitigate risk especially in the construction side of the business
- Executive in charge of banking, managing RFP to change over to a new commercial bank, working with them over the years to borrow over $40 million for park expansion
- An integral part of the Senior Management Team to build out a CIM in search for an investor for 1.5 billion dollars in support of park expansion, as well as the lead to source an Investment Banker to act as our partner in this endeavour.
- Sourced, investigated, and determined a new ERP, accounting system, establishing controls within that system aiding in the tracking of construction projects and collection of rents tracked in the Property Management module.
Sector Experience
- manufacturing-transport-logistics: Specialized trucking in temperature controlled units, warehousing, pick and pack, Freight forwarding, Mfg of dolomitic lime products for Steel industry
- property-real-estate: Lease management and property development in a 250 store franchise organization/and in a 1000 employee university research campus
- banking-financial-services: Built relastionships with corporate banking stakeholders and able to raise funds for continued growth and expansion. Built many 5 year forecasts in support of funding requests
- not-for-profit: Sat on many boards in this sector as Audit Chair and Chair and developed governance frameworks and controls
- construction: Part of Senior management team that built out commercial and Wet and Dry labs, using IPD methodologies
Looking For Something Specific?
Tell us what you're looking for and in as little as 48-hours of contacting us, we'll arrange a meeting with a Fractional CFO from our team of 100+ who has the experience you need to help you achieve the numbers that really matter to you. Let us save you (valuable) time searching. Contact us.