End-to-end redesign of finance operations: process mapping, root-cause analysis, and Lean Six Sigma-based improvement to remove waste, reduce cycle time, and free working capital. Background includes leading multi-entity transformation programs spanning hundreds of millions of dollars in AR and a multi-generational DPO improvement initiative with measurable cash-flow impact.
Practical AI adoption for finance functions: automated credit decisioning, data-driven risk scoring, and workflow automation built on existing ERP and CRM systems. Focused on real operational use cases, not buzzwords: identifying where AI removes manual effort and where it doesn't belong.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt-led DMAIC projects to diagnose and fix recurring process breakdowns, from billing accuracy to vendor term governance, with an emphasis on quantifiable, board-presentable results.
Advisory support for finance leaders navigating shared-services migrations, M&A integration, governance design, and organizational standardization across multi-subsidiary environments.
End-to-end shared services design and migration advisory, from operating model design and L1-L5 process mapping through knowledge transfer, parallel run, go-live, and hypercare stabilization. Practical experience standing up GBS centers and governing multi-tower finance operations, with emphasis on KPI and SLA governance frameworks that hold up after the migration team goes home.
Credit policy, collections strategy, and AR governance for organizations looking to modernize their O2C function, offered as a complement to broader transformation work, drawing on two decades of hands-on credit and collections leadership.
Catalyst Finance Solutions was founded by Joe Lange, a finance transformation leader with two decades of experience driving process improvement, AR/credit governance, and digitization across large, multi-entity organizations.
Joe's background spans finance transformation, credit and collections leadership, and shared-services migration at a multi-billion-dollar global distribution company, where he led Lean Six Sigma Black Belt initiatives that delivered millions of dollars in documented financial impact, including a multi-generational DPO improvement program projected to free tens of millions in annual cash, and an AI-enabled credit decisioning build that helped cut aged receivables from 17% to 5% on a $375M portfolio.
Catalyst Finance Solutions is a newly formed independent practice. Engagements are taken selectively, and capacity is currently open for new clients.