Dr. Joy Dahl is a senior executive advisor developing effective strategies and removing barriers for organizational growth, expansion, and transition. With 30+ years of experience, Joy offers visionary leadership, strategic business acumen, and diverse organizational knowledge including start-up ventures, high-growth companies, and nonprofits. She develops and implements organizational infrastructure, expansion plans, accounting and operational systems, and critical metric reporting. She also cultivates dynamic culture by building diverse, cohesive teams. Consistently recognized for excellence in performance, innovation, and high-impact leadership, Joy facilitates collaboration as an integral component of organizational success. She works with executives to assess the needs of customers, employees, and stakeholders, including leaders at various levels within the organization, to develop consistent communication of mission, strategy, branding, and results. As a trusted advisor, Joy identifies key issues and diligently creates solutions to complex problems... SEE MORE
Joy's extensive experience and expertise include:
- Financial and accounting operations management
- Financial reporting and analysis
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Cash management and cash flow forecasting
- Business intelligence, key performance indicators (KPI's), and other metrics
- Executive dashboards
- Inter-company transactions
- Sales compensation
- Process improvement
- Cost reduction
- Controllership and decision support
- System implementation and conversion
- Organizational assessment, structuring, and expansion
- Organizational restructuring and turnaround
- Vision and strategy development, implementation, and tracking
- Collaboration and C-Level Communication
- M&A due diligence
- Integration of acquisitions
- Internal controls evaluation and revision
- Banking, debt, and debt covenant compliance
- Audit management
- Investor relations
- Risk management
- Personnel strategy
- Team building and staff development
- Recruiting
- Managing external relationships with attorneys, lenders, auditors, vendors, and key customers
Joy began her career as an auditor at Price Waterhouse, transitioned into private equity, and then headed accounting and reporting operations for international and national telecommunications companies. Joy was appointed CFO for a regional broadcasting company in New York where she upgraded systems and operations while working with lenders on debt refinancing and covenants. Joy's entrepreneurial drive then led her to start her own CFO consulting practice which she ran for 10+ years with clients in Washington DC, New York, and Texas. Most recently, Joy served as Executive Director for a regional nonprofit, leading the organization through executive transition and expansion to a national platform. Joy's experience includes a vast array of industries, with specific focus on media and broadcasting, commercial real estate, telecommunications, event management, social networking and online platforms, and law firms.
A licensed CPA, Joy earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with a concentration in Accounting at the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce. Joy also earned three degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary: Master of Christian Education, Master of Biblical Studies, and Doctor of Ministry. Joy continues to provide professional development training with a faith-forward perspective, and she teaches on Theology of Work. Joy blogs monthly on Bible.org and she was the visionary behind the BOLDLY Conference––the premier Faith+Work for Women Conference. Joy and her husband share life with their beloved rescue pups. Joy's favorite things include: international travel, dark chocolate, running, horses, big dogs, and adventure!
