Prior to founding the financial advisory company that bears his name, Bill Cochran served in key financial executive positions in manufacturing, service, and wholesale distribution sectors, as well as, an initial career position with a Big 4 public accounting firm. He served as Vice President of Finance/CFO for several regionally-based Cincinnati companies including; R&L Carriers, Inc., Multi-Color Corporation, Inc., and AluChem, Inc. He also served as Vice President/Corporate Controller of Decorative Concepts, Inc., a Milford, Ohio wholesale distributor, and has held numerous financial, controlling, and auditing positions with Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Libbey-Owens-Ford, Co., and Deloitte.

Bill possesses a solid background in financial management with an expertise of cash management in highly leveraged environments, debt restructuring business plan development, loan covenant development and administration, and turnaround strategies. He also possesses excellent knowledge in banking relations, financial department reengineering, management reporting, and budgeting and forecasting with an emphasis on cash flow maximization.

In his executive financial and compliance officer positions, Bill Cochran, displays a firm commitment to ethical business principals and has a high level of intergrity in his dealings with clients.

Bill Cochran is a Certified Public Accountant, (ia). Bill holds an MBA in finance from Xavier University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Indianapolis.

CFO Mentoring was established to create CFO Mindsets by Bill Cochran, President of William R. Cochran & Associates, a firm that has provided part-time CFO and cash management improvements services since 2001.

Bill has created a condensed hands-on training process focused on your most important asset:  CASH. Powered by MAXCashFlow® and personally instructed by Bill Cochran, an established CFO and Cash Expert, CFO Mentoring will elevate your lead finance department professional’s cash management skills.

Once the process is complete, your internal finance professional will provide CFO skills, techniques, and reporting to ease your fears about cash management and control.

Result: Your employee(s) will have the mindset of a seasoned CFO professional.