Mr. Cashman is experienced in developing and implementing reporting, controls, and best practices within finance organizations with multi-site operations around the world, including financial analysis, management reporting, cash forecasting, audit preparation, and coordination in both distressed and non-distressed situations. He is an expert at analyzing and implementing strategic and operational change, including refinement of business plans and redeployment of capital to address changing industry conditions, and stabilizing and fixing non-core operations through plant, product, and customer rationalization initiatives. He has experience across a range of industries including retail, manufacturing, medical device, chemical, distribution, software, and supply chain management.
Mr. Cashman has developed both weekly and monthly detailed cash-flow models and store models to assist management in determining optimum store footprints; and has provided liquidity and capital structure assessment, debt and equity restructuring advice, and identification of reorganization alternatives.
Before joining BRG, Mr. Cashman was a senior managing director at the Corporate Finance/Restructuring practice of a global business advisory firm for ten years. Before that, he served in various financial management roles at retailers, software companies, and a supply chain management company and had five years of public accounting experience at a Big Four firm.
Employment History
FTI Consulting
Senior managing director
2007 – 2016
Levitz Furniture
Vice president, finance
2006 – 2007
Jenzabar Software
Vice president, finance
2004 – 2006
Concord Communications
Vice president, finance
2003 – 2004
Modus Media International
Vice president, corporate controller
1995 – 2003
Ernst & Young
1990-1995
Credentials
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA)
Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP)