ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Ellen Zimmer has joined Tarlton as chief financial officer and vice president to oversee the company’s financial strategy, accounting, treasury and long-term planning initiatives.
Zimmer brings more than 20 years of accounting and finance experience in the region to Tarlton’s executive leadership team. A certified public accountant, she previously served as controller for a national design-build general contractor headquartered in St. Louis, where she spent eight years developing expertise in construction accounting and risk management. Most recently, as director of finance for a global wholesale distributor and manufacturer, she led strategic acquisition integration, built and developed high-performing teams and spearheaded company-wide AI strategy implementation.
An advocate for the accounting profession, Zimmer serves on the board of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Zimmer holds both a bachelor’s degree in science and a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia.