Michael Battles
Member Board of Directors @ Clean Harbors
About
Hello! and Thank you for viewing my profile today. Let’s connect. This may be the start of something great! Michael I am strategically focused CFO with a strong background spanning 30+ years in all aspects of all aspects of financial and accounting management, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, all aspects of M&A, and risk management to accelerate overall business growth. I have proven excellence developing and executing strategic process improvement initiatives and FP&A best practices and systems to optimize organizational efficiency and productivity. I am recognized as a as a key differentiator, assisting senior leadership and key stakeholders on effective business strategies and financial plans for long-term growth. I am proficient at leading, coaching, motivating, and empowering diverse cross-functional teams committed to attaining collective goals and shared vision. I enjoy leading other people, but I am also a team player. I enjoy a good quality of life, establish/strength relations, passionate about what I do, entrepreneurial mindset, innovative, negotiator, leader, team player, analytical-driven, solution provider, and a trainer. In addition to this valuable experience, below are some of my notable career achievements that I attained: • Played a key role as a CFO by driving multi-year double-digit organic growth in Revenue, EBITDA, and Free Cash Flows over tenure at Clean Harbors. • Developed and strengthened key relationships with large investors, bankers and sell-side analysis leading to stable shareholder ownership, oversubscribed debt offerings, and a 90% “Buy” ratings of Clean Harbors’ 13 coverage analysis. • Led strategic and tactical effort to successfully finance, acquire and integrate 15 public and private companies with a cumulative value of over $2B over the past 6 years. • Proven leader focused on people development and succession planning; many finance professionals hired and mentored current private and public company CFO’s today. If you think I’d be a great fit for your organization, please contact me directly or feel free to email me at michaelbattles4@gmail.com. I’m looking forward to exploring a rewarding and challenging career opportunity with you.
United States
Norwell
Environmental Services
Revenue Recognition, US GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Reporting, Mergers, Due Diligence, Financial Modeling, Cost Accounting, Forecasting, Consolidation, Auditing, Internal Controls, Acquisition Integration, Financial Analysis, Divestitures, Corporate Finance, Strategic Financial Planning, Process Improvement, Accounting, GAAP
Experience

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Norwell, Massachusetts, United States
Supervise and manage financial operations of the organization and report directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Partnered with CEO on all aspects of the organization with the focus on maximizing company’s growth. Oversee strategic review, finance support, and the integration of over 15 acquisitions and 3 divestitures. • Led sustainability initiative to produce Clean Harbors’ first sustainability report compliance with an accepted framework in the company’s history. • Improved the budgeting and forecasting process that aided in exceeding Street expectations for 19 consecutive quarters. • Spearheaded all aspects of captive insurance and risk management program resulting in saving $20M in taxes and lowering corporate tax rate by almost 10%. • Implemented finance programs which strict adherence to Return on Invested Capital, including ROIC as an executive compensation target; doubled ROIC over past 5 years. • Built world-class finance organizations focusing on leadership development and succession planning. • Recapitalized the debt structure that raised over $1.6B over 5 years, including implementing multiple risk management strategies; saving $20M in interest and costs.

Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Norwell, MA
At Clean Harbors Inc., I led, coached, and empowered a team of accounting and finance professionals to manage day-to-day accounting and external reporting functions; reported to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). I implemented financial rigor and key controls around the balance sheet and cash flow through financial statement review procedure. Below are my notable achievements that I attained: • Served as a project lead for annual budgeting/capital process, including setting assumptions/guidelines and driving long-term financial profitability. • Implemented strong accounting and external reporting rigor resulting in a world-class accounting and control environment. • Built monthly operating review cadence and template, as well as a succession plan for accounting leadership.

Member of the Board of Directors
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDQ: CWST)
Rutland, Vermont
Publicly traded environmental services company serving residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers across the Northeastern US. A member of the Board of Directors and serves on the Audit Committee and Nomination and ESG Committee

Vice President Chief Financial Officer - Human Health
Waltham, MA
As a vice president, I directed all aspects of strategic and financial planning to drive organizational revenue and profit growth across three business units which rolled under Human Health segment of PerkinElmer. I also facilitated employees, board of directors, and investment community with internal/external business growth strategies and effective pre/post-M&A integrations. Below are my notable achievements that I attained: • Led organization in the largest acquisition in PerkinElmer’s history, from original strategic rationale, financing, and integration leader and acquisition success. • Met or exceeded budget every year with focus on strong cost disciple and price improvements.

Chief Financial Officer - Interim
Watham, MA
Directed global financial function. Met or exceeded quarterly external analyst expectations and grew annual earnings per share 15%. During one year CFO search period, led or participated in all actions of CFO role (Board meetings, annual and strategic planning cycles, organizational reviews, analysis presentations and quarterly calls, acquisition and divestiture strategies).

Americas Controller/Technical Accounting Controls and Compliance
Led global team in all aspects of technical accounting and reporting. Provided accounting support to senior leadership for decision making. Served as primary liaison with external and internal auditors for global financial statements and Sarbanes-Oxley audits. Prepared and reviewed SEC filings (annual and quarterly filings, annual proxy, stock and debt offerings).

Senior Manager
Led senior manager for multinational audit engagements with teams of 10 – 12 individuals. Led audit teams of multi-billion dollar international clients such as Fisher Scientific International Inc., Particapted in 2-year management development program in national office focusing on technical research.
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