Louis Coale

Louis Coale

Greater Houston
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About

Financial Executive with proven success in building value through operational excellence, merger and acquisitions, and financial leadership in multiple industries and locations.

Decisive leader with unshakeable integrity; draws upon a hands-on finance, P&L, and data analytics background with strong understanding of R&D, supply chain, manufacturing, and distribution in guiding teams through complexity and ambiguity.

Draws upon an open-door policy and quickly bridges cultural barriers to establish relationships of trust, solidify strategic alliances, and maintain operational continuity.

SIGNATURE STRENGTHS

Finance Leadership - Global Business & Project Management - Merger and Acquisitions - Cost Control & Streamlining - Control and Risk Management - Finance Transformation – Data Analytics & Modeling - M&A - Due Diligence - Financial & Operational Excellence


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Experience

  • Coale's Consulting

    Houston, Texas Area

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    Houston

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    Houston, TX/ South America/ Asia-Pacific

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    Argentina

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Education

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Licenses & Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant

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Projects

  • Consulting & Advising

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    - Advising Fortune 500 Consulting Firm on Merger and Integration of two Oil and Gas service companies.

    - Strategic Advisor for Fortune 500/Transportation company on large-scale transformation program.

    - Led IT/Global Consulting firm to scale the organization, marketing, strategy, finance, partnerships and products.

    - Led Financial Planning and Analysis department for Paper Mill Company. Focused on Executive Presentations and cost control.

  • Financial Integrity

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    - Managed largest growth in company’s history within the Venezuelan market in the midst of a highly unstable/inflationary currency.

    - Transformed Argentina finance team from non- performance and control issues to the most profitable operation in the business.

  • Mergers & Acquisitions

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    - Led a large finance team in positioning billion-dollar business for divestiture in the midst of worst economic downturn in 50 years and possible Baker Hughes–Halliburton acquisition.

    -Created a commercial analytics model which became the foundation for developing carve-out financial statements supporting company’s M&A confidential information memorandum (CMI).

  • Project Management

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    -Navigated finance team in supporting division’s 30% year-over-year growth to billion-dollar annual revenue.

    -Identified and secured unreported revenue, increased cash flow and asset velocity, and drove operational excellence learning.

Languages

  • English

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  • Spanish

    Professional working proficiency

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