Certified Public Accountants

Stephen Combs

Practice Manager

PROFILE

Steve Combs is a practice manager with KSM Consulting, LLC (KSMC). Steve’s primary responsibilities include leading the Financial Performance practice, leading cost reduction projects and providing CFO On-Demand services for KSMC clients. His 20-plus years of financial experience has allowed him to develop expertise in helping management teams make better business decisions. 

Steve provides a very unique combination of Fortune 50 corporate finance experience and small business entrepreneurship. His corporate experience has strengthened his ability to create systems and processes that ensure control. Yet his entrepreneurial experience has taught him the importance of speed and of dealing with uncertainty.

In Steve’s 11-year career with a Fortune 50 corporation, he was responsible for the financial management of businesses ranging from $400M to $1B in revenue. His rapid advancement within the corporate financial organization included financial planning and analysis, manufacturing, product development, and international distribution and systems integration. Steve’s entrepreneurial experience includes the executive search industry as a co-founder and managing partner of a finance-oriented search firm. He also spent three years providing CFO On-Demand services for businesses ranging in size from start-up to $15M in revenue.

EDUCATION

Steve graduated cum laude from DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He also received a Master of Science degree in Industrial Administration from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management.

ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Steve is a member of the Indiana Venture Club, a past president of the Northside Business Builders, a member of the Washington Township Schools Foundation, treasurer of the Dyslexia Institute of Indiana, and a past member of the DePauw University Alumni Board (2003-2009).