Financial Operations
Outsourced Back Office for Ecommerce and Consumer Brands: Finance and Accounting Operations
An ecommerce brand can look profitable on Shopify and still be losing money once inventory, shipping, fees, returns, and sales…
John Schenk
CFO & Head of Media & Consumer Goods
John has 20+ years of finance and operations experience working for global media brands including Sony BMG Entertainment, Capitol Records, and Tickets.com. John has served as CFO for a number of early-stage high growth tech companies, and most recently for an early-stage cryptocurrency / blockchain company called Make Sense Labs. John has an MBA in finance from New York University's Stern School of Business, and a BS degree from Indiana University. He is also an actively licensed CPA in the state of California.
8 articles by John Schenk
Written from the desk, not from a content brief.
Financial Operations
Fractional Controller vs. Full-Time Controller: Which Is Right for Your Business?
Once you know your business needs a controller, a second question follows: do you hire one full-time, or bring on…
Financial Operations
What Drives the Cost of a Fractional CFO?
It is the first question most business owners ask about a fractional CFO, and the hardest to answer with a…
Financial Operations
Outsourced Back Office vs. In-House Finance Team: Build or Outsource?
Every growing business eventually reaches the same fork in the road. The books have outgrown a single bookkeeper, financial complexity…
Financial Operations
What Is a Financial Controller? Role, Duties, and When You Need One
As a business grows, someone has to make sure the numbers are not just recorded, but right, on time, and…
Consumer Goods
Ecommerce Accounting Services: What Online Sellers Actually Need
Selling online generates a firehose of financial data, and most of it does not fit neatly into a standard bookkeeping…
Consumer Goods
Inventory Accounting 101: Navigating Costing Methods and Their Impact on Financial Health
For consumer goods companies, managing inventory efficiently is critical—not just for operations but also for financial health and risk management.…
Leadership & Growth
CG Startups: How to Keep Costs Low While Scaling Operations
Consumer Goods Startups: How to Keep Costs Low While Scaling Operations Scaling a consumer goods startup requires a careful balancing…
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