Catherine Newman is a Senior Finance Leader and seasoned operator with extensive post-acquisition execution experience within the $20M–$100M revenue market. She specializes in institutionalizing scalable GAAP processes, fortifying internal controls, and accelerating financial reporting for private equity-backed and lower-middle-market organizations.

Throughout her career, Catherine has been a key driver in high-stakes environments, leading:

• M&A Lifecycle Management: Executed end-to-end buy-side and sell-side diligence and post-merger integrations, consistently delivering accelerated timelines and superior reporting quality.

• Operational Excellence: Engineered a "best-in-class" month-end close process, reducing cycles from 10+ days to a high-precision 3–5 day window.

• Treasury & Cash Transformation: Overhauled complex treasury operations—including ACH, Positive Pay, and covenant compliance—to maximize liquidity, cash visibility, and credit performance.

• Team Leadership: Built and mentored high-performance accounting teams of up to 9 professionals, fostering a culture of operational discipline and technical accuracy.

A proven expert in audit readiness and transaction support, Catherine is known for transforming fragmented financial functions into clean, reliable, and scalable operations that support long-term enterprise value.