FINANCE LEADERSHIP × SYSTEMS THINKING
FINANCE EXECUTIVE & NETSUITE TRANSFORMATION LEADER
I’m Mark Zapanta, a finance executive and systems leader. I bring financial strategy, operational understanding, and technology together to help businesses move forward.
Grounded in finance.
Built for a changing world.
01 / SELECTED WRITING & COVERAGE
Finance, technology, and the operating decisions
that shape what comes next.
PPAI quotes me on documentation, lender communication, and planning for pandemic-relief funds while serving as Summit Group’s VP of Finance.
Read the PPAI coveragePPAI Staff · Historical coverage, not current lending advice
A workplace feature on Summit Group, listing me among its executive team as CFO. Recognition of the company and its culture, not an individual award.
View the magazine featurePPAI Magazine · July 2023, p. 96
THE PERSPECTIVE
The best finance strategy connects to how the business actually runs.
Across 17+ years in finance, accounting, and business systems, I’ve worked from full-cycle accounting to the CFO seat and into enterprise systems transformation. That range lets me connect the detail behind the numbers with the decisions leaders need to make.
I bridge finance, operations, and technology: strengthening financial visibility, bringing discipline to complex processes, and designing systems that support growth. My experience spans ERP recovery, revenue recognition, and post-merger integration, with a focus on making the business easier to understand, control, and scale.
02 / VALUE TO YOUR ORGANIZATION
Growth puts pressure on revenue models, reporting, and the systems underneath. I connect financial leadership with technical execution to address that friction at its source.
A former CFO’s perspective on ERP architecture: connect the investment to cash-flow visibility, operational margins, and audit readiness, not just a software go-live.
Translate GAAP and ASC 606 requirements into structured quote-to-cash, billing, and revenue workflows, with compliance and financial accuracy designed in.
Bring structure to complex NetSuite implementations and ERP recovery, then automate high-volume financial processes around the needs of the business.
Align finance, systems, and reporting across post-merger and multi-entity environments, creating a more consistent operating foundation as the organization scales.
CORE COMPETENCIES
The disciplines behind the work.
FP&A · EBITDA optimization · Cash flow & working capital · Board & stakeholder reporting
NetSuite implementation · Advanced Revenue Management (ARM) · Systems integration · Process automation
GAAP · ASC 606 · Audit readiness · Quote-to-cash workflows
Post-merger financial integration · Multi-entity consolidation · Utilization & margin optimization
03 / PRACTICAL AI
AI is part of how I work.
Not a replacement for knowing the work.
I bring a finance-first perspective to new technology: start with the problem, apply the right tool, and keep judgment and accountability with people.
Human judgment. Technology-enabled.Start with the process, the people, and the decision that needs to be made.
Look for practical ways to reduce repetitive effort and support clearer analysis.
Review the output. Protect the context. Stay accountable for the result.
04 / EXPERIENCE THAT CONNECTS
years in finance, accounting,
and business systems.
The throughline: understanding the numbers and building the systems that make them useful.
ERP delivery governance · Financial solution architecture · Consultant leadership
Lead end-to-end NetSuite ERP implementations, bringing finance expertise and solution architecture together to guide complex engagements from requirements through deployment. Serve as a strategic counterpart to client executives, translating accounting, revenue, and operational needs into scalable system designs. Direct and coach consultants, align cross-functional teams, and govern scope, budgets, risks, and delivery quality.
Finance leadership · ERP recovery · Reporting & controls
Led finance, accounting, planning, treasury, and ERP systems, connecting executive financial leadership with hands-on systems transformation. Recovered a stalled ERP implementation and directed NetSuite optimization, rebuilding the financial-systems foundation around reporting and audit readiness. Aligned financial strategy with operational requirements to support a more scalable, disciplined business.
Post-merger integration · Quote-to-cash · ASC 606 / NetSuite ARM
Led financial-systems strategy and post-merger integration following the combination of The Knot and WeddingWire. Connected CRM, billing, revenue recognition, and financial reporting across global business units through scalable quote-to-cash workflows. Applied NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management and automation to support ASC 606, working with auditors to align accounting treatment and systems design.
Accounting leadership · ERP architecture · Finance automation
Led accounting operations and financial reporting in a private-equity-backed professional-services business. Combined controllership responsibilities with ERP architecture, developing NetSuite billing automation, expense workflows, bank integrations, and reconciliation processes. Connected day-to-day accounting needs with executive reporting and systems improvements, bringing a finance-first perspective to technology modernization.
Full-cycle accounting · NetSuite migration · SuiteFlow automation
Built a hands-on foundation as a full-cycle accountant, performing every accounting function while taking on NetSuite administration and financial-process design. Led the transition from QuickBooks to NetSuite and developed SuiteFlow workflows and automation to improve month-end close. Connected financial reporting and daily operations with the underlying ERP.
Career history, not company endorsements. Merger link provides corporate context; my role was post-merger systems integration.
05 / START A CONVERSATION
Finance leadership. Systems transformation.
A more practical way forward.
