SUMMARY
Stephen G. Lynch, CPA is the Managing Director of SapientBPO, a CFO Advisory firm leveraging global business services to drive transformation in the Finance function. He brings more than 25 years of experience advising global companies on their service delivery strategies and serves clients in a variety of industries including oil & gas, chemicals, utilities, mining, consumer product and industrial manufacturing, and transportation.
An experienced global consultant, Steve has partnered with clients on five continents to develop and deploy the strategy that leads to superior performance. His expertise spans the domains of organizational transformation, process optimization, shared services, and global service delivery. He is an active content contributor on the topics of Finance Transformation and globalization and has presented at the IQPC Shared Services & Outsourcing conference and the CSC National Sales Conference in North America as well as the Lean Finance Forum in New Zealand. Steve has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and Auckland’s AMP Business morning program on TVNZ.
Steve started his accounting career in the audit group of Grant Thornton and served as an Accounting Manager and Controller in private industry. When the Y2K crisis hit, he led his company’s implementation of their accounting and reporting systems, and a new career was born. Steve left industry and joined Ernst & Young’s consulting practice implementing Oracle ERP to drive efficiencies in his clients’ finance organizations. He also served as a Director at The Hackett Group where he participated in numerous benchmark studies and transformation programs to enhance finance service delivery, improve internal controls and reduce cost to world-class levels. Prior to joining his current role, he was a Director in the Finance Transformation practice of KPMG.
Steve holds an MBA from The University of Florida and a BBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, he holds an active CPA certificate in the State of Georgia.
Steve holds an MBA from The University of Florida and a BBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, he holds an active CPA certificate in the State of Georgia and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He can be found on the web at SapientBPO and Stephen G Lynch, CPA.
Steve lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and is an avid amateur photographer. His work can be found at Steve Lynch Photography. A mediocre guitarist, Steve hopes to one day play in a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band.
