About

I sat in the CFO chair. These frameworks came out of it.

Candyce Thieken is a finance operator and M&A integration leader, and the Co-Founder and CFO behind a 10× private equity exit. She has owned full P&L across agriculture, manufacturing, and technology, integrated multiple acquisitions end to end, and built the executive reporting that boards and PE sponsors rely on to make decisions.

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Career

Co-Founder & CFO, Novus Ag

2013–2020

Scaled a greenfield agricultural business into a top-50 U.S. ag retailer and delivered a 10× return to private equity investors at exit. Executed three acquisitions end to end, from due diligence through ERP integration and synergy capture. Owned consolidated reporting for sponsors, lenders, and the board.

Director, Finance Business Intelligence, Nutrien

2022–2026

Global leader of finance reporting, BI, automation, and governance at a $26B enterprise, managing 70 professionals across a matrixed environment. Promoted from Senior Manager to Director within 12 months. Automated the 1099 statutory filing process, eliminating 98% of manual effort.

Vice President, Financial Analysis (AI/ML), JPMorgan Chase

2021–2022

Led valuation, governance, and performance reporting for a $9B technology investment portfolio. Built the KPI frameworks and dashboards that informed executive decisions and Investor Day communications. Received the Chief Data Officer award for excellence in executive communication.

Regional Finance Manager, Crop Production Services

2009–2012

Led finance across 140 locations and $1.6B in revenue. Tripled net income before tax in a single year through margin discipline and working-capital tightening. Delivered the company's most profitable region three years running.

General Manager, Agland Coop

2012–2013

President-equivalent role over a $30M agricultural cooperative reporting to the Board: six business lines, 75 employees, full P&L. Doubled seed revenue in a drought year through an early-order marketing program.

Founder

Lucirant

Co-Founder of a patented perpetual-memory AI system for operators. It holds your context, decisions, and patterns, then surfaces them the moment you need them.

3rd & Sycamore

Co-Founder of a profitable, self-financed personal care and corporate-gifting brand spanning retail, online, and wholesale channels.

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Every template in the shop was built from real capital approvals, board meetings, and integrations, not theory.

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