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WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

CFO
SUPPORT

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FINANCE &
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IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCE SYSTEMS

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ABOUT US

WHO WE ARE

LFG is an acronym for Ludwig Financial Group but what it really stands for is “Let’s F’n Go!” reflecting the Passion and Purpose of the business with a penchant for action serving its clients.

Created by former corporate executive with over 30 years of international finance experience in Professional Services and Transportation Logistics industries for both public and private equity owned companies. 

Dan Ludwig, CEO and founder of LFG built his career mostly in transportation logistics including contract logistics and international freight forwarding. He has a long career in senior finance roles with Exel Logistics and DHL among other top industry leaders. His international interests crystallized as an inaugural member of DHL‘s Global Business Excellence program where he studied abroad at several world renown universities including Henley Business School UK; Esade Barcelona; NUS Singapore and Babson US. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business in accounting and finance where he attended as a proud Evans Scholar. Dan also has an MBA from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio and is a CPA

Dan Ludwig | Chief Executive Officer
M: 954-235-3817
E: [email protected]

OUR APPROACH

“FORTES FORTUNA ADIUVAT”

“FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE”

LFG International is designed to help start-up, growing, small to mid-size organizations with their financial needs on a fractional (part-time), interim (short term), project or contract basis.

We provide outsourced chief financial officer (CFO) services with finance professionals who have CFO experience at a fraction of the cost to employ a full-time executive.

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CFO SERVICES

DEFINITION

Interim CFO projects – to bridge recruiting gap

Fractional CFO services – access to world-class talent at a fraction of the cost

FLEXIBLE ENGAGEMENT

  • Charge by project
  • Charge by hour / day / week
  • CFO support for organizations that don’t need or can’t afford a full-time CFO OR need on a short term (<1 yr) basis

ORGANISATIONAL FIT FOR PURPOSE

  • Deep Resource Talent Pool
  • Vast network of business professionals especially in the transportation logistics space

BROAD INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

  • International finance – extensive experience with industry leading global organizations
  • Global Supply Chain Management
  • Fast Moving Consumer Goods
  • Automotive, Chemical and Industrial
  • Technology,
    E-Commerce
  • Solar, Green Energy

INTERIM/FRACTIONAL CFO CAPABILITIES

STRATEGIC SUPPORT

  •  Achieve Strategic Goals
  • Change Management Project
  • M & A
  • Capital Structure
  • Team Development
  • Recommendations for Business Improvement
  • Process Optimization
  • Scale
  • Grow
  • Exit Strategy – sale or liquidation

     

RESOURCES

(3) CFO’s MBA & CPA – 20+ years in senior executive finance & accounting, consulting roles

TACTICAL SERVICES

  •  Profit and Loss analysis
  • Accounting Month-end Close
  • FP&A: Budgets and Forecasts
  • Working Capital improvement
  • KPI’s – finance & ops performance
  • Cost Analysis
  • Leverage procurement
  • Insurance leverage
  • Better understand client business for improved profitability and cashflow
  • By product, customer and location Manage and Measure Performance
  • Manage and Measure Performance – by customer, product and location

     

RESOURCES

(2) Controllers – CPA 20+ years
(1) Accounting Mgr – 6 years experience
(1) Senior Financial Analyst – MBA in finance – 20 years experience

FINANCE SUPPORT

Strategic partnership to the CEO and executive team

Fortifying the
“Power Triangle” –
CEO / CFO / CHRO

Building high-performing accounting and finance teams
Brand development and strategy implementation
Customer facing commercial finance support

FINANCE SYSTEMS

EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ERP SYSTEMS

BUSINESS ANALYTICS

POWER BI FOR LEADING EDGE BUSINESS ANALYTICS

SUCCESS STORIES

Global Logistics Company – Privately Owned
Employees: ~750
Locations: 29 offices in 8 countries
Warehouse Space: 1 million sq ft

Supply chain services company offering transportation, logistics and freight forwarding services (air/ocean, import/export & customs clearance).

SCOPE OF WORK:
Contract as Interim CFO of the USA business until permanent CFO is recruited and on-boarded

VALUE DELIVERED:
• Successfully bridged CFO recruitment gap with formal hand-over materials
• Continued Accounting Team development with StrengthsFinder exercise
• Improved Working Capital by $5 million (reduce past due AR by 53%)
• Paid down intercompany loan improving debt/ equity by 22%
• Conducted successful annual budget process and Board of Directors meeting
• Completed financial business cases for two major projects with Board approval
• Settled intercompany dispute $3.25 million and resolved difficult agent dispute
• Caught-up $6.9m billing backlog eliminating $2.8m revenue accrual
Private Company - Angel-Backed
Assets under management: $75m in 2020, $100+m in 2021
Industry: Specialized Finance

Supply chain finance company offer factoring, lines of credit, technology, warehouse, e-fulfillment and M&A brokerage services.

SCOPE OF WORK:
Conduct financial due diligence on $10m transportation & logistics target.

VALUE DELIVERED:
• Validated P&L and cashflow for prior years and provided financial forecasts
• DD checklist presenting findings for areas of risks and opportunities
• Identified Payroll Protection Plan funding, accounting treatment and uses
• Highlighted owner equity movements held in escrow to pay former owners
• Provided key sales and ops management resource to develop new segment of logistics business

TESTIMONIAL

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

LFG International joined LEMAN, Inc. in September 2022 for a 4-month assignment as interim CFO. Dan very quickly established himself in the organization, set the priorities for his short tenure with us and started addressing these in a well-structured way. Dan proved himself to be a very accomplished finance professional, who held the reins in the US finance function through a very busy period and managed to have a real impact in a number of key areas, particularly within invoicing speed and settlement of longstanding disputes. Working with Dan through this interim period was a real pleasure, and the engagement of Dan has ensured that we in a very smooth way can transition to the newly recruited permanent replacement for the former CFO.
CHRISTIAN MOLLER LAURSENGROUP CFO AT LEMAN
LFG International joined LEMAN, Inc. in September 2022 for a 4-month assignment as interim CFO. Dan very quickly established himself in the organization, set the priorities for his short tenure with us and started addressing these in a well-structured way. Dan proved himself to be a very accomplished finance professional, who held the reins in the US finance function through a very busy period and managed to have a real impact in a number of key areas, particularly within invoicing speed and settlement of longstanding disputes. Working with Dan through this interim period was a real pleasure, and the engagement of Dan has ensured that we in a very smooth way can transition to the newly recruited permanent replacement for the former CFO.
CHRISTIAN MOLLER LAURSENGROUP CFO AT LEMAN

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