Meredith Gay

Senior Advisor, Office of CFO and Finance Transformation

Helping organizations build scalable finance functions through growth, acquisition, ownership transition, and operating change.

Meredith Gay is a finance and business transformation leader with more than 25 years of experience across startups, middle-market companies, private equity-backed businesses, and public-company environments. She helps organizations strengthen finance, improve operating performance, and build the infrastructure required for sustainable growth.

Her work spans financial services, insurance brokerage, and regulated businesses, with deep experience in finance-function transformation, profitability improvement, process and systems modernization, and acquisition integration. Meredith began her career with Arthur Andersen and KPMG and has held senior roles with Highland Capital, Regions, and Insight.

She is a CPA and CGMA, holds undergraduate and master's degrees in accounting from the University of Alabama, and serves on the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy.

Representative experience

Led profitability improvement, finance process modernization and acquisition integration through periods of growth.

Outside the office

Meredith lives in Vestavia Hills with her husband and their triplets and enjoys family, church, and exercise.