Debbie came to us when we needed an outside look at a company’s finances during a turnaround effort, and with cash at a premium, we needed someone to be efficient. My firm lacked visibility into how the company might be struggling, and she brought good clarity to the situation, providing answers quickly. She helped my client’s company find its footing. With her efficiency and a better understanding of the company’s financial health, she’s since been able to further help with budgeting. My clients entrusted me to bring in the right professional to assist their finance team, and Debbie was the right fit. She doesn’t make assumptions and asks great questions as she understands each company is unique. Debbie is not aggressive, threatening, or heavy handed at all; she lets the data speak for itself. She’s very responsive and approachable. All these characteristics make her a truly valuable team member.
Having more than two and a half decades of corporate accounting expertise, Debbie McGrath excels in forging strategic alliances between business and accounting departments in various domestic and international settings. Ms. McGrath is a dynamic and cooperative individual with a profound understanding of finance, accounting, reporting, as well as human resources and business operations.
Ms. McGrath has a solid reputation for understanding the big picture and directing financial business matters from the highest levels to the ground-floor departments and human resource channels that mobilize solutions. Along with providing rigorous oversight of accounting practices and procedures, she has experience delivering strategic insights to support financial planning, analysis, and reporting functions across a variety of industries, such as software development, technology, publishing, marketing agency, chemical manufacturing, and education.
Additionally, Ms. McGrath possesses robust leadership and organizational abilities. She has overseen the management of business connections involving auditors, banks, insurers, suppliers, clients, legal professionals, and benefit providers. Furthermore, she has developed business procedures and strategies, effectively carried out initial and multi-year audits, addressed cost control and cash flow challenges, all while establishing a high level of confidence in the financial standing of the company among top-level executives.
Prior to re-joining Rankin McKenzie, Ms. McGrath spent several years at Kurtosys Systems where she was promoted to oversee strategic accounting, financial planning and analysis, financial review, business operations and audits for companies in the US, UK, South Africa, and Luxembourg generating annual revenue of $18 million.
Ms. McGrath attended The Ohio State University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting.
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