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

Susan Chiancone

Susan Chiancone


CFO

Northeast Ohio
About

Susan Chiancone is a proven leader with over 30 years of extensive financial and operational experience in retail, real estate development, construction, and not-for-profit industries. Susan works directly with business owners to problem solve and maximize their value and growth opportunities by providing significant experience in financial planning & analysis, real estate development, portfolio management, contract negotiation, cash flow management, debt and equity financing, and process & workflow improvement.

Get to know Susan’s other interests

Other Interests

  • What was your favorite vacation? Family trip to Italy in 2019
  • Something most people don’t know about you? Fitness instructor – taught step, spinning, yoga
  • What are your favorite activities?  Travel, golf, hiking, working out & patio nights

Before FocusCFO

CFO & Financial Executive for several medium-size entrepreneurial and family-owned companies in the construction, real estate development, and not-for-profit industries with mid-west and national presence. Senior Manager for several national companies with fully integrated manufacturing, distribution and retail platforms. Manager of financial planning and analysis for several large national retail chains.

What attracted you to FocusCFO?

Working with passionate entrepreneurs as their trusted advisors to help achieve their desired business goals while maximizing financial health and value. In addition, the ability to make a significant impact in these organizations’ financial and operational aspects via problem-solving, stabilizing, and creating an executable strategic path to reach their goals. The FocusCFO operating model, the franchise-wide collaboration, and the continuous learning environment ensure best-in-class service.

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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Production & Operations
Banking & Capital
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Foundation

Accounting Systems
Cash Flow Forecasting
Policies & Processes
Advisor Coordination
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