Dylan Stanke
Bowling Green
Summary
Dynamic finance leader with a proven passion for entrepreneurship. A leader at Cheetah Clean Holding Company, excelling in strategic finance and cash flow management as well as GTM assessing for new locations in different markets. Well-versed in financial modeling and process design, I drive efficiency and growth in high-pressure environments, while fostering cross-functional partnerships. Adept at executive communication, I deliver impactful insights that inform decision-making in the race for innovation.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Real Estate Agent
Keller Williams First Choice Realty
Bowling Green
09.2025 - Current
- Run a self-directed GTM motion including lead generation, pipeline management, outreach strategy, and conversion tracking.
- Manage P&L for personal book of business; allocate marketing spend based on ROI and performance data.
- Apply market analysis, pricing strategy, and negotiation to drive client outcomes.
- Developed marketing strategies to promote listings across various platforms effectively.
Lead Accountant /Financial Controller
Cheetah Clean Holding Company
Bowling Green
01.2025 - Current
- A leader in the accounting and finance department at a 500-employee, PE-backed company with a 16-location portfolio, in the absence of a controller or analyst layer, reporting directly to the CEO, CFO, and board.
- Oversaw GTM opportunities to expand to 18 locations with the CEO.
- Manage cash flow visibility across multiple bank accounts, and support short- and medium-term liquidity planning and forecasting.
- Lead end-to-end accounts payable operations including invoice intake, validation, approval workflows, payment execution, and reconciliation.
- Implemented process improvements to enhance efficiency in financial operations.
- Reconcile revenue, AR receipts, and fleet-account invoicing to ensure accurate books and timely reporting.
- Build internal reporting and ad-hoc analyses to track vendor exposure, spending trends, and location-level performance.
- Quickly assumed an expanded scope due to demonstrated precision and the ability to operate autonomously in an unstructured environment.
- Managed monthly financial close processes for accurate reporting and compliance.
- Oversaw audits to ensure adherence to accounting standards and regulations.
- Developed budgets and forecasts to support strategic decision-making initiatives.
- Reviewed and approved journal entries for accuracy and completeness.
- Managed month-end close process including preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, adjustments.
- Performed variance analysis between actual results versus budget and forecast expectations for management review purposes.
Founder & CEO
MyScholarSafe
Louisville
06.2024 - 07.2025
- Founded and scaled a fintech-adjacent startup focused on reducing college costs by approximately 30% without student loans.
- Built financial models for pricing, subscriptions, and unit economics; presented analyses to investors and university partners.
- Managed budgeting, corporate assets, vendor relationships, and operational execution under ambiguity and tight resource constraints.
- Designed scalable processes while balancing growth, efficiency, and financial discipline.
- Managed day-to-day operations and logistics of educational programs.
- Identified needs of customers promptly and efficiently.
- Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems.
- Utilized advanced technical skills and expertise to troubleshoot complex problems and implement solutions.
- Conducted comprehensive research and data analysis to support strategic planning and informed decision-making.
- Identified sources of additional funding or resources needed for program success.
- Conducted research on current funding priorities among various granting institutions.
Underwriting Intern Associate
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance
Louisville
02.2024 - 07.2025
- Evaluated commercial insurance applications with focus on risk assessment, documentation accuracy, and pricing inputs.
- Led operational clean-up projects to improve agent submission workflows and internal efficiency.
- Partnered with agents and internal stakeholders to resolve data gaps and process bottlenecks.
- Analyzed insurance applications to assess risk and coverage options.
- Prepared reports summarizing underwriting assessments for management review.
Founder & CEO
Thinksold LLC
Bowling Green
10.2020 - 12.2023
- Developed Thinksold, a mobile app using vertical stories to make buying and selling more contextual and entertaining. Using Swift for the UI, and Flutter for the back end.
- Secured over $10,000 in early funding and managed company finances end-to-end.
- Expanded product offerings, negotiated partnerships, and led a team of four employees toward growth targets.
- We optimized our relationship with the University of Princeton, resource centers, and alumni.
- Owned forecasting, budgeting, and execution across operations and strategy.
- Utilized a variety of analytical tools including SPSS, SAS, R-Studio, Excel.
- Drafted reports detailing findings from various analytical projects and presented them to internal stakeholders.
- Interpreted and evaluated data from a variety of analytical techniques.
- Developed software solutions to enhance user experience and system functionality.
- Integrated third-party APIs to expand application capabilities and streamline processes.
- Optimized existing codebases for improved efficiency and reliability.
- Deployed server-side components across multiple environments.
- Utilized source control systems such as Git to manage project files.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Louisville
Louisville12-2025
Skills
- Strategic Finance
- GTM Finance & Operations
- Financial Modeling
- Forecasting & Planning
- KPI Development
- Dashboard Reporting
- Guerrilla marketing strategy implementation for GTM
- Cash flow management
- Spend and AP operations
- Process design and scaling
- Cross-Functional Partnering
- Executive communication
- High-Growth Environments
- Excel
- Swift UI Development
- Flutter back-end development
- AWS
- GoDaddy Management
- Accounting and ERP systems
- AP and payments platforms
- Quickbooks
- Raising Funds from VC
- Budget forecasting
- Financial statement preparation
- CRM tools
Values And Working Principles
- Operate with integrity, precision, and accountability
- Build scalable systems that enable trust and long-term value
- Use data to guide decisions while exercising sound judgment in ambiguous situations
- Working to find the solution to every problem, and how to implement
Certification
Kentucky Real Estate License
Accomplishments
Graduated University as Dean's Scholar in less than 2 years
Affiliations
Community Outreach: Over 300
hours volunteering in schools as assistant teacher for 2nd grade class.
hours volunteering in schools as assistant teacher for 2nd grade class.
Timeline
Licensed Real Estate Agent
Keller Williams First Choice Realty
09.2025 - Current
Lead Accountant /Financial Controller
Cheetah Clean Holding Company
01.2025 - Current
Founder & CEO
MyScholarSafe
06.2024 - 07.2025
Underwriting Intern Associate
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance
02.2024 - 07.2025
Founder & CEO
Thinksold LLC
10.2020 - 12.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Louisville