Laetitia Dowd

The post-pandemic environment added new challenges for nonprofits and small or new businesses CFOs. Controllers skills are essential but no longer sufficient as board members and donors or investors expect organizations to successfully navigate inflation, outsourcing, and greater risks, all in a context of tighter resources.
We will help you develop a CFO function you can rely on as a strategic partner to fulfill your mission.
Our offering includes:
- Mission Ready – Leverage… Show more

The post-pandemic environment added new challenges for nonprofits and small or new businesses CFOs. Controllers skills are essential but no longer sufficient as board members and donors or investors expect organizations to successfully navigate inflation, outsourcing, and greater risks, all in a context of tighter resources.
We will help you develop a CFO function you can rely on as a strategic partner to fulfill your mission.
Our offering includes:
- Mission Ready – Leverage Budgeting Cycles As a Strategic Tool
- Financial Metrics – The Key Mission-Driven Metrics Your Board, Donors or Investors Want to See
- Business Efficiency – Evaluate Operating Effectiveness and Find Efficiencies
- Team Performance - Setting up Your Financial Staff for Success

Expand your social impact and influence your organization’s success.
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The mission of Communities in Schools (CIS) is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Working directly inside schools, CIS connects students to caring adults and community resources to help them succeed inside and outside the classroom and reach their greatest potential. Currently CIS Charlotte provides school-based support in 56 CMS schools to 5,000+ students. The annual operating budget is $10.4 million with major supporters… Show more

The mission of Communities in Schools (CIS) is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Working directly inside schools, CIS connects students to caring adults and community resources to help them succeed inside and outside the classroom and reach their greatest potential. Currently CIS Charlotte provides school-based support in 56 CMS schools to 5,000+ students. The annual operating budget is $10.4 million with major supporters including CMS and Mecklenburg County. Show less

Designed and implemented production processes to forecast, allocate and manage capital efficiently in the context of newly published Basel regulatory capital rules, and business growth. Focused on process efficiency, transparency, documentation, and controls. Established a culture of good team work - the role involved coordinating 50+ business partners.

Participated in the founding of a non profit created to fund families impacted by the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (a rare X-linked recessive immunodeficiency disorder), as well as to fund research.

Led a team of 7 to forecast income and analyze market risk for a $200 billion balance sheet. Managed the redesign of reporting and forecasting routines, focused on speed to delivery and quality of analysis delivered to executive management, the asset and liabilities committee, the board of directors, and regulators. A key project was to significantly improve financial models used to analyze the credit risk associated with a $20 billion portfolio of mortgage-backed securities.

Helped establish a new PRMIA chapter in Atlanta, GA (member of the Steering Committee)

Helped a family victim of the Rwandan genocides relocating from refugee camps in Tanzania to Atlanta, GA.

Developed financial modeling and negotiation skills to support mergers & acquisitions, debt restructuring transactions, debt & equity financing, and dividend payouts strategies for large corporations in the energy sector.

Developed financial modeling and reporting, risk monitoring, performance review, and negotiations skills pertaining to managing a portfolio of power plants as well as gas and oil storage established in deregulated markets (18,000-megawatts; $8.5 billion revenue portfolio). Practiced financial scenario modeling in support of key transactions such as financial restructuring negotiations with bondholders and other stakeholders.