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10 Chick-fil-A finance leaders
These ten current and former Chick-fil-A finance leaders, including a former chief accounting officer, have held vice president, executive director, senior director and director roles at the Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center. A reader can learn from their work in financial services, FP&A, tax, capital asset reporting, internal assurance and finance transformation.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andy Poelman
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, FP&A Consulting · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Former Sr. Director, FP&A Consulting at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center (2022–2026), and Sr. Director, Cathy Family Office there since August 2026. His other Chick-fil-A roles include Sr. Principal, FP&A - Supply Chain (2021–2022) and Principal, Department Finance - Supply Chain (2020–2021).
Austin Thomas
LinkedInExperience: Director, Department FP&A · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Director, Department FP&A at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center since 2024, a Finance & Accounting role per the profile. His other Chick-fil-A roles include Sr. Principal Team Leader, Department FP&A (2023–2024), Sr. Consultant, Restaurant Financial Consulting (2022–2023) and Consultant, Restaurant Financial Consulting (2021–2022).
Daniel Kelley
LinkedInExperience: Director, Financial Transformation · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Director, Financial Transformation at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center since 2021, a Finance & Accounting role per the profile. He was Director, Financial Education (2015–2021), Manager, Financial Consulting (2010–2015) and Financial Consultant (2000–2010) at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center.
Dave Fader
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Operational Financial Services · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Senior Director, Operational Financial Services at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center since 2024; the profile describes a team dedicated to serving the Source-to-Pay, Billing-to-Cash and Payroll operations activities. He was also Senior Director, Financial Solutions (2021–2024) and Senior Director, Capital Asset Reporting (2019–2021) there.
Doug Uhl, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Director Financial Enablement & Internal Assurance · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Director Financial Enablement & Internal Assurance at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center since 2024. He was Director Corporate Accounting Policy (2024), Senior Principal Corporate Accounting Policy (2021–2024) and Principal Corporate Accounting Policy (2019–2021) there, and Principal Technical Accounting, Corporate Financial Reporting (2019).
John Arnold
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Payroll Tax and Business Tax Services · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Sr. Director, Payroll Tax and Business Tax Services at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center since April 2026, a Finance & Accounting role per the profile. He was Director, Payroll Tax there (2019–2026), and his other Chick-fil-A roles include Sr. Principal Team Lead, Payroll Tax (2018–2019) and Senior Manager, Payroll Tax (2018).
Kimberly Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Corporate Financial Services · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Vice President, Corporate Financial Services at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center since October 2024, the only role shown in the listing. Her profile says she has the privilege of leading and supporting teams across Corporate Financial Services at the Chick-fil-A Support Center.
Mike Calano
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Financial Enablement · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Executive Director, Financial Enablement at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center since 2024. His other Chick-fil-A roles include Executive Director, Enterprise Analytics (2021–2024), Executive Director, Field Finance (2020–2021), Senior Director, Field Finance (2018–2020) and Senior Manager, Field Finance (2017–2018).
Sandi Moody
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Risk and Financial Enablement · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Vice President, Risk and Financial Enablement at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center since October 2024, a Finance & Accounting role per the profile. She was Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer there (2015–2017), and her other Chick-fil-A roles include Vice President, Enterprise Viability (2019–2024) and Vice President, Enterprise Analytics and Enterprise Risk Management (2017–2019).
Trisha Wicker
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Capital Asset Reporting · Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
Former Senior Director, Capital Asset Reporting at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center (2023–2024) and Director, Capital Asset Reporting there (2021–2023). She has been Senior Director, Staff Technology Solutions there since 2024, and was Sr. Principal Team Leader, Corporate Financial Reporting Systems (2019–2021).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a franchised restaurant company plan and forecast when most revenue is earned in operator-run restaurants?
- 02What does a corporate finance team need to run payroll, billing and payables services for thousands of restaurants?
- 03How should a restaurant company track and report capital spending on new and remodeled restaurants?
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