Michael Williams

Senior Director
Michael  Williams
HOME BASE
Chicago
BEFORE ACCORDION
  • FCM

  • NIQ

  • R1 RCM

  • Nielsen

ALMA MATER
  • Miami University, B.S. Finance

HOME BASE
Chicago
BEFORE ACCORDION
  • FCM

  • NIQ

  • R1 RCM

  • Nielsen

ALMA MATER
  • Miami University, B.S. Finance

Michael is a Senior Director and finance executive with 15 years of progressive experience at Fortune 500 data companies and industry-leading technology firms. He helps private-equity clients evaluate investments and supports portfolio companies in the financial aspects of acquisition integration and performance improvement.

Before joining Accordion, he partnered with CFOs to deliver enterprise transformation as a Principal at FCM. Prior to that, Michael was the finance leader for BASES, a $200M standalone business unit within consumer-data company NIQ. Prior to that, he led financial planning and analysis (FP&A) for the Digital Transformation Office at R1 RCM, a revenue cycle management firm. In this role, Michael developed long-range plans, financial targets and tracking mechanisms to help digitize the customer experience while reducing costs by automating millions of back-office tasks. Earlier, he spent 10 years in leadership roles across FP&A, controllership and global finance transformation at the audience-measurement company Nielsen. During this time, Michael directed profit-and-loss accounts for businesses with operations in 100+ countries and excelled in Nielsen’s Corporate Audit Staff as well as its Finance Leadership Program.

Michael graduated from Miami University with a B.S. in Finance.