Tax • Accounting • Advisory
Mark is proud to collaborate with RC Advisory Services to assist in selling privately held companies
Mark Sabo brings over three decades of experience as a finance and operations executive to his FINANCIAL HORIZONS clients. His skills were honed over the entreprenuerial kitchen table to the corporate boardroom. Mark’s work history begins with his own “grassroots to NASDAQ” story in which his family’s single auto parts store in Detroit grew to a publicly traded chain of seventy stores with 1,500 employees and $100 million in revenues. His hands were on every aspect of the business, from sales clerk to senior manager. Mark has worked for regional and international CPA firms servicing large and small clients, including Ford Motor Company and the United States Department of Labor.
His subsequent 14 years were spent in the broadcast industry as Controller for two large- market television stations, WKBD-TV, Detroit and KIRO-TV, Seattle. These years boosted his expertise in business strategizing and the complex issues surrounding ownership change, business valuation, goodwill analysis and internal controls structure. Mark Sabo founded FINANCIAL HORIZONS in 2003 and holds an MBA in Finance from Seattle Pacific University. He has been a lecturer at the University of Washington Business School, Highline Community College and Central Washington University. Mark has been an Adjunct Professor in the MBA program at Seattle Pacific University and at the Leadership for Education Adult Program at Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington.
"Mark goes far beyond the level of engagement of a typical consultant and participates intellectually and emotionally as a part of our executive team. Trustworthy, knowledgeable, and compassionate, Mark has a sensitivity to business that has helped us keep pace with our loftiest expectations"
"Mark Sabo has defined and instilled accounting processes and business finance strategy for our company for over 5 years that have met both our immediate needs and our long-term growth goals. Most recently, he has helped us identify and collect tax credits for which we were eligible, that without his involvement and expertise we would have not been aware of. Through his work, Mark was able to not only help us uncover and receive a substantial refund, but we now have a more accurate reporting model that is providing long-term savings for the business."
"I have known Mark Sabo for the past 13 years. Mark came to work for my company from 2013 to 2017 at a time when my company was growing rapidly and in need of sound counsel and financial guidance. Mark stepped in as our new CFO / GM and performed as we had hoped. Mark’s vast experience in finance and business operations were certainly instrumental in our companies growth, success and subsequent sale. When an unexpected offer was made to purchase my business, Mark was there for guidance and direction at every step during a very challenging time of discernment. Mark’s ability to provide sound counsel and foresight provided the means for a smooth financial and operational transition of the sale. I would highly recommend Mark Sabo for business financial counsel, coaching and guidance and advice in most any business environment. His expertise is very rare today and would be a benefit to any business."
"Mark is a person of integrity, loyalty and honesty. With Mark’s help the station has been able to reduce expenses dramatically over the past five years, while still maintaining the core elements which have kept KIRO a strong market competitor. In addition, Mark is more than a solid senior finance person; he has consistently demonstrated strong strategic thinking an action that has benefited the entire enterprise. Mark has a strong entrepreneurial background and I’m sure would be a major asset to any company or organization in need of an experienced business professional."