We move small-to-large companies and nonprofits forward, toward more profitable outcomes and greater financial clarity.
Founded in 2012, Barker Associates is dedicated to solving each client’s financial challenges by overcoming barriers to reach strategic and successful financial independence. Making sense of financial chaos takes expertise and business acumen. Mindy Barker, CPA, is intensely focused as a natural enterprise builder and analytical problem solver. She and her professional staff measure client success by implementing metrics to increase profitability and cash flow while maintaining the highest ethical standards, character and integrity with professional discretion.
Our goal is to show you how to manage your business into the future.
Mindy Barker, Founder and CEO, Barker Associates
Long-term goals are imbedded in our collaborative management style
We work independently as well as in collaboration with staff. By encouraging our clients’ staff to “ask” probing questions, we develop tactics, address immediate issues, and solve problems with long-term solutions. As a contract CFO with private equity experience, Mindy’s clients range from small-to-large clients, especially serving entrepreneurs and nonprofits.
She will:
- “Deep dive” into your business, then think on the macro level to address your needs using Lean Six Sigma techniques
- Discuss process improvement opportunities and integrate collaborative ideas into the management of all business aspects
- Implement a judicious approach to solving issues armed with the financial facts
- Be empathetic to those involved while honing leadership skills to navigate difficult periods
- Be a “quick study” of your financial status because of her laser focus to detail
As a powerful influencer and change agent, Mindy moves clients forward at record speed while keeping in focus the BIG picture
Her innate ability to get things done by using the right financial tools yields an improved bottom line for your company. Recognized for her brilliant engineering of financial strategies to drive value, Mindy has garnered a strong record of accomplishments by using small steps resulting in big gains – on time and on budget. Simply put, failure is not an option in her strategies.
Mindy’s personal passion is exemplified by her volunteer time commitments, which engage, for instance, small business owners of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce.
Mindy is a strong leader with a business mindset for success. She handles a variety of clients and is well known for her spirit of giving, as demonstrated by her philanthropic endeavors.
Ellen Sullivan, Director, Jacksonville Women’s Business Center
The Barker Dream Team offers leadership and accountability through two-way trust
The Barker Dream Team staff rebuilds client confidence and enhances customer experiences through efficient and effective management of resources. Success is measured by her 100%+ sustained revenue growth since inception.
Why Barker Associates is different
Mindy’s 7 years with a private equity firm gives her unique insight into private equity issues. Her love of teaching entrepreneurs and business owners how to reach financial clarity is key to her success. SOLUTION Barker Associates can help small-to-large businesses, especially entrepreneurs, improve performance and increase financial stability.
About Mindy Barker
As a CPA, Mindy’s career includes professional experience working for the “Big Four” accounting firms, specializing in private equity and growth companies. She learned early on how to build deliberate forward progress through the development of thoughtful financial strategies and execution. Her broad experiences, trustworthiness, and unique entrepreneurial spirit allows expertise in providing focused recruitment and executive placement of individuals to develop financial strength and leadership to prepare for successful growth. Her love of teaching leadership to small businesses and nonprofit organizations as well as private and entrepreneurial businesses include direction on how to improve performance and increase financial stability is exemplified in her successes.