Georgene Giroir

Georgene "Happy" Giroir has over 39 years of financial experience with a specialization in improving corporate and divisional profitability in the banking, manufacturing, and the industrial services sectors. She currently serves as Providence’s CFO and manages the operations of the accounting, human resources, risk management, and information technology departments. Her professional experience includes financial reporting, operational budgets and projections, successful completion of tax audits, and directing fiscal functions of the organization. She has managed the implementation of new accounting and inventory systems, and successfully completed acquisitions that led to increased corporate revenue. Her professional skills include profit and loss management, strategic financial planning, operational management, and assessment and evaluation of accounting systems and processes. Her unique skillset includes financial efficiencies for small to medium-sized companies. She has secured both federal and state tax incentives that totaled approximately $1.6 million at her previous organization, and has experience in implementing the accounting and process infrastructure needed for rapid revenue growth momentum and corporate transformation - providing the successful framework that increased revenue from $6 million to $55 million annually during her previous professional role.

Ms. Giroir is a graduate of the Louisiana Bankers Association (LBA) School of Banking and the Louisiana Banking School of the South and is also a Notary Public.