Meet the Speaker: Carol Anderson ’00 MBA

Carol D. Anderson ’00 MBA is the Managing Partner/Principal Consultant of Anderson Finance Consulting, LLC, an  Outsourced CFO Services Company she founded in 2018. This Consultancy expands the profit and  growth possibilities of small- to medium-sized companies, course-correcting from stagnant to declining  profits, or growing by new products, new markets, acquisition, or internationally.  

Ms. Anderson leverages almost 20 years of experience in Corporate Finance and FP&A, in ventures  ranging from entrepreneurial endeavors as a consultant to multi-million dollar initiatives as a corporate  employee in companies like Starbucks, Best Buy, Teledyne, and Westfield Corporation, to name a few.  Carol now leads Anderson Finance Consulting, LLC, creating superior value for client companies by  focusing on quality and sustainable profit generation, through a comprehensive strategic approach to  business planning and operations. She guides companies to maximize revenue growth, optimize  efficiency, and generate earnings that meet or exceed year-over-year profit goals.  

As an astute communicator and coach, Carol makes Finance palatable and easy to translate and execute,  via trainings, coaching, and development of business owners and leaders, especially non-finance  professionals, using her proprietary training modules to uplevel Finance acumen.  Carol D. Anderson holds an MBA, Finance, from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of  Business, and her undergraduate degree and a second masters, Master of Accounting, Corporate Finance,  from the University of Southern California. Concurrent with her professional life, Ms. Anderson is an  avid adventure traveler, sports enthusiast, arts aficionado, speaker, and writer, with her book Why JOY  Matters forthcoming by year-end. Carol resides in Los Angeles, California.