After 7+ years of corporate finance and accounting experience, Cody joined AlixPartners to advise clients on delivering performance improvement initiatives that improve profitability and enhance productivity across functions and industries. Clients benefit from his deep knowledge in the areas of shared services and operations and from his strong financial acumen.
He is a creative problem solver who brings a finance-first view to solving client’s most urgent challenges. He has proven experience in driving and communicating key insights for leaders at all levels of the organization. Cody has supported and led projects across the areas of 4-walls improvement, G&A cost optimization, and mergers & acquisition.
Cody joined AlixPartners after completing his MBA in strategy, finance, and operations management from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a registered certified public accountant.
At AlixPartners, Cody focuses on supporting clients within the Restaurant, Hospitality and Leisure industry.
Key Engagements:
- Supported 4-walls improvement initiative at national QSR chain with a focus on food waste and labor efficiency. Implemented labor optimization program focused on best practices across front and back of the house roles. Leveraged analytical rigor and creativity to model and implement a first of its kind store level performance targets for client
- Performed G&A organizational assessment for global hospitality company, including end-to-end organizational transformation across SG&A functions. Focused on workforce optimization and ways of working to streamline teams and reduce the overall cost to serve of back-office functions
- Performed buy-side due diligence for franchisor looking to assess the G&A integration and synergy opportunities of an acquisition target. Further assessed integration risks and transitional services requirements
- Leveraged deep knowledge of activity-based costing to create a customer and product profitability for services company to provide insight into the true profitability margin across product lines and customer base. Leveraged model to implement new pricing strategies and identify opportunities to reduce costs and simplify service-level offerings
