Tom Conaway
Director of Finance
Tom Conaway is responsible for planning and implementation of all accounting functions, including the monthly financial close process, budgeting/forecasting, P&L management, financial and variance analysis, billing accuracy, revenue assurance and risk-management compliance. He has worked at the center for more than six years.
Conaway started his career at Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) and served as an auditor in the West Palm Beach, Fla., office, for four years. He then went to work for Comcast and held various positions, including regional manager of financial planning and analysis, and successfully managed the budget process for six years. Conaway moved to Knoxville to become director of business operations for Comcast’s Knoxville market for seven years, during which time key year-vs.-year cash flow growth steadily increased from +2 percent to +15 percent.
He has been a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant and is a 2008 graduate of Introduction Knoxville. Conaway served as a “loaned executive” with United Way of Greater Knoxville and as a treasurer for two years with Farragut Youth Baseball. He has assisted with Junior Achievement functions and is active with Third Sunday Ministries at First Baptist Church of Concord.
Conaway, who was born, adopted and raised in West Palm Beach, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Florida in 1984.
