Richard Grant | CFO Leadership
About Richard Grant
Richard Grant is an experienced finance and operating executive with broad international experience, identifying and implementing process improvement strategies that have significantly increased financial and operating results across multiple companies and divisions.
He has worked directly with CEOs to build strategy, manage operations, and lead fundraising, acquisitions, divestitures, supply chain and treasury management, private equity and bank financings, and change management initiatives, while building successful international teams. Background spans Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Alcohol, and Technology. Revenue responsibility from $150M to $2.6 billion. Operated distribution companies across 95+ countries.
What sets Richard apart is that he doesn't just build financial models, he runs the business alongside the CEO and the rest of the C-Suite. He has built world-class accounting and finance teams, deployed enterprise analytics platforms, renegotiated union contracts, secured new lending facilities, led Quality of Earnings processes, managed diligence with buyers, and overseen full sale processes from banker engagement through closing. He has sat in the seat. He knows what it takes.
Richard currently serves as Founder and Managing Director of Grant Advisory Partners, providing CFO advisory and fractional CFO services to PE-backed and family-owned platforms navigating growth, restructuring, or exit preparation.
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CFO Leadership Expertise
Financial Strategy
Operational Leadership
Operational Leadership
Richard has delivered 9.8x EBITDA growth in CPG and 9.2x in an beverage division by building financial frameworks that connect pricing decisions to P&L outcomes, align vendor terms to working capital targets and give real-time visibility into the drives of EBITDA. He builds financial frameworks that don't just report performance, they drive it.
Operational Leadership
Operational Leadership
Operational Leadership
With COO experience alongside his CFO roles, Richard bridges the gap between financial strategy and ground-level execution. He has compressed month-end close cycles from 25 to 5 days, deployed Power BI-integrated reporting, and restructured accounting and FP&A teams to deliver real-time visibility and accountability.
Growth Oriented Focus | Private Equity
Growth Oriented Focus | Private Equity
Growth Oriented Focus | Private Equity
Richard has worked inside PE-backed companies his entire career , understanding exactly what sponsors need to see, when they need to see it, and how to get a business exit-ready. He has directed full sale processes including Quality of Earnings coordination, 5-year integrated models, buyer negotiations, and diligence management, securing competitive offers.
Executive Partnership & Team Leadership
Growth Oriented Focus | Private Equity
Growth Oriented Focus | Private Equity
Richard operates as a true strategic partner to the CEO and board , not a back-office CFO. He has built and led cross-functional teams across 95+ countries, negotiated union contracts, aligned lenders, managed investor relations, and served as a Board Member and Advisor. He brings the credibility of someone who has sat at every table.
Proven Leadership. Trusted Execution.
A CFO Built for the Hardest Situations
Richard B. Grant, CPA is the CFO companies call when the stakes are high: a challenging acquisition to integrate, a broken close process, a lender relationship to repair, an exit to prepare for, or a turnaround that has to work. Over 25+ years he has navigated every stage of the PE lifecycle, from platform acquisition through EBITDA transformation to competitive sale process, for companies ranging from $150M to $2.6B in revenue across the US, Europe, and Asia.
A CPA by training and an operator by experience, Richard combines the precision of a Big Four-trained accountant with the pragmatism of an executive who has run operations, managed unions, deployed enterprise technology, and closed deals. An Eagle Scout, he brings the same discipline, integrity, and commitment to his work with leadership teams that he has carried throughout his career.
9.8x | EBITDA Growth 14.4x | Exit Multiple $2.6B | Revenue Scaled 95+ | Countries 25+ | Years Experience
Let's Talk About Your Business
Whether you're a PE sponsor looking for operating talent, a family-owned business preparing for a liquidity event, or a company that needs immediate CFO leadership to fix a critical problem, Richard Grant has done it before. Connect directly to discuss what's possible.