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Christian Bell

Managing Director
Richmond, Virginia

With more than 20 years of experience, Christian is a strategic, hands-on finance executive who partners with management teams and private equity sponsors to strengthen financial discipline, build high-performing finance organizations, and improve decision-making within complex operating environments. With deep expertise across financial planning and analysis, reporting, controls, and operational finance, he helps clients assess the effectiveness of their finance and accounting functions, identify capability gaps, and implement scalable processes that support sustainable value creation.

Over the course of his career, Christian has held senior finance leadership roles within public and private-equity-sponsored manufacturing organizations, leading businesses ranging in size from approximately $150 million to $1.1 billion in revenue and working across multiple manufacturing sectors and operating models. His experience spans enterprise finance transformation, M&A integration, ERP and data modernization, and the development of finance teams that operate as true business partners to operations, executive leadership, and private equity sponsors-supporting integration, operational improvement, and exit readiness.

FUNCTION & SPECIALIZATION

  • Interim and Fractional CFO/Controller Leadership
  • Private Equity Portfolio Company Support
  • Budgeting, Forecasting, and Variance Analysis in Complex Operating Environments
  • Value Creation Planning, Execution, and Performance Tracking
  • KPI Design, Deployment, and Performance Management
  • Accounting Operations, Close Acceleration, and Balance Sheet Integrity
  • Finance & Accounting Function Assessment and Transformation
  • Audit Readiness, SOX Compliance, and External Stakeholder Support
  • Team Building, Talent Evaluation, and Capability Development

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS & PAST EXPERIENCES

  • Resource Label Group
  • Silgan Dispensing Systems
  • Knowles Precision Devices
  • Xylem, Inc.
  • Intel Corporation

EDUCATION, LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

  • Master of Business Administration (Finance), College of William & Mary, Mason School of Business
  • Bachelor of Arts (History), University of Virginia
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA)