Brian Burgess

Background

About Brian Burgess

CFO-level finance leader with 25+ years of experience driving financial strategy, planning, and performance across Fortune 500 fintech, large-scale servicing operations, and public-sector infrastructure. I’ve led organizations with budgets and spend of $500M+ in complex, regulated, technology-driven environments.Most recently, I served as CFO for Ports of Indiana—supporting a three-port system (Burns Harbor, Jeffersonville, Mount Vernon) generating $8.7B in annual economic impact, supporting jobs, and handling 12M+ tons of cargo annually.Previously, as Divisional CFO at Fiserv, I helped grow divisional revenue from $30M to $102M and supported market share expansion from 20% to 65%, increasing managed loan volumes from 29M to 101M loans.I partner with CEOs, executive teams, and boards to bring clarity and disciplined execution around forecasting, cash flow visibility, profitability, pricing strategy, capital allocation, and board-ready reporting. I’m particularly effective when an organization is scaling, navigating complexity, or going through transition.Open to fractional/interim CFO engagements and select full-time CFO leadership roles. A 1-page capability statement and engagement overview are available in the Featured section.