Wendy Biava founded CFO ReStart, LLC to help start ups and established business owners to maximum shareholder value and profit by simplifying accounting operations, instituting best practices and process, incorporating strategy, focus and budgets, solving complex accounting challenges and building growth opportunities.
The company’s founding principle is to restructure or outsource financial operations to give clients more time to focus on the much more important contribution they make to the world in the product or service they bring to the marketplace. CFO ReStart’s core business units include Interim CFO and Controller Services, Bookkeeping Services, Forensic Accounting Services and Human Resources Consulting and Recruiting. CFO ReStart’s typical client is any entity that wants to improve its processes, impact and/or bottom line. The only requirement is that management is willing to commit the time and resources to making change so that they can enjoy the benefits of the hard work as the entity progresses along the CFO ReStart engagement.
Mission
Business Owners that bring amazing products or services to the world shouldn’t be held back because they don’t know accounting and finance.
Our mission is to provide excellent value and accurate and timely financial information to our clients so that our clients can use this information to grow their business and catapult their financial future.
Core Values
Integrity & Honesty
We’re proud to implement integrity and honesty into every action we take. You won’t ever have to worry about black hat strategies or rule-bending recommendations.
Servant Leadership
At CFO ReStart, we utilize fearless innovation and time-tested techniques to improve the financial state of your business. We’re experts in accounting. But at the end of the day, we know you’re an expert in your field, too. Your decision is final, and if it’s not in line with our recommendations, we’ll regroup and overcome your challenges from a different angle. .
Positivity and Engagement
Like a team of high-level athletes, we love to impress under stress and are always ready to shine when it’s time to work. From foundational accounting system overhauls to strategic financial planning, we provide clutch performance with a smile.
Self-Improvement
We take constant self-improvement very seriously and believe that a day without learning is a day wasted. By bettering ourselves today, we can benefit your business tomorrow and for years to come.
Why Clients
Love Us…
Simply put, clients love us because we treat them like our one-and-only. In a world of slow service and unfulfilled promises, CFO ReStart is a shining light of responsiveness and actionable advice you can count on.
About Wendy Biava
Wendy Biava, CPA, CFE, CGFM, SHRM-SCP, is a serial entrepreneur who knows small business.
Biava graduated with honors from the University of Maryland, Global Campus, with a B.S. in Accounting with an Emphasis in Business and Management. Biava founded Papagjika & Associates, a CPA firm, in 1999. She sold it 10 years later to run her two software companies – Mobomo and Altum.
With her partners, she grew Mobomo from $700K to $21M (2011-2022) and Altum from $300K to $14M (2000-2016). She sold her Altum interest in 2016; she is still active as an investor with Mobomo and serves on its board. Biava also owned a small commercial real estate venture that she sold in early 2021.
Awards: Biava has been recognized as a seasoned professional and been the recipient of many awards including a coveted Smart CEO Magazine Executive Management Award. This program recognizes the leadership and accomplishments of the region’s management all-stars — CFOs, CIOs/CTOs and COOs that uphold the highest ethics, lead collaboratively and creatively, and enhance and support the organization’s mission. Biava was also recognized as a winner of SmartCEO Magazine’s Smart CFO Award. Her fellow finalists selected her as the “Valedictorian” Smart CFO, top of her class.
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