FOUNDATION
  • Accounting Systems
  • Cash Flow Processes
  • Advisor Coordination
HEALTH
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Production & Operations
  • Banking & Capital
GROWTH
  • Strategic Financial Planning
  • Risk Assessments
  • Revenue
  • Operating Rhythm
VALUE
  • Succession or Exit Planning
  • Readiness & Attractiveness
  • Price/Multiple

CFO

Columbus Metro
About

Jim has more than 30 years experience providing senior financial management to small and mid-sized businesses.  His expertise includes forecasting, long-term resource planning, profitability analysis, refinancings, mergers/acquisitions, cost accounting and financial modeling.  

Curated insights by Jim Zins

Get to know Jim’s other interests

Other Interests

  • Favorite ways to spend time: With my wife and three kids
  • Favorite Food Fixes:  Skyline Chile, Roosters wings, Graeter’s dark raspberry chip
  • Favorite songs: Down on the Corner and Suzy Q by Credence Clear Water Revival
  • Passionate Volunteer Activity:  Marriage coaching of blended family couples (my wife and I are in a blended family)

Before FocusCFO

Jim has served in senior management roles including Oberfields, BriskHeat, Desco and Ernst & Young.
Jim received his BSBA in Accounting from John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio and played defensive end for the Blue Streaks.

What attracted you to FocusCFO?

The opportunity to help entrepreneurs achieve their dreams.  I have become a much better CFO due to the outstanding colleagues and the collaborative team approach within FocusCFO.

At FocusCFO, we help you direct your financial strategy and achieve your goals, giving you the freedom to change your life.

FocusCFO provides expert to help entrepreneurs like you overcome these obstacles and achieve sustainable, transferable business value.

Our fractional CFOs provide the expertise of a full-time CFO at a fraction of the cost, with the flexibility to scale your support as needed. You will gain a clear understanding of your financial performance, streamline your operations, and develop a strategic roadmap for success.
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Part of Your Team

Our experienced CFOs become an embedded part of your leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance to drive growth and profitability
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C-Level Experience

Benefit from the insights of seasoned financial executives who have decades of experience working in industry, not just for it, as financial executives and entrepreneurs.
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Team Approach

Leverage the collective wisdom of our collaborative team of CFOs - decades of expertise and best practices derived from a culture of collaboration and teamwork.

THE VALUE PYRAMID PROCESS

Guiding entrepreneurs on the climb to building sustainable, transferable business value

Our fractional CFOs provide the expertise of a full-time CFO at a fraction of the cost, with the flexibility to scale your support as needed. You will gain a clear understanding of your financial performance, streamline your operations, and develop a strategic roadmap for success.

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Accounting Systems
Cash Flow Forecasting
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Advisor Coordination
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