Director Of Strategy And Acting Cfo
CurrentJump Associates is the world’s leading independent strategy and innovation firm. We work with the world’s most admired companies to solve their most pressing growth challenges. Over the last twenty-five years, Jump has partnered with companies like Google, Nike, Samsung, Target and Virgin. In a world that’s mired in yesterday’s data, we use a future focused approach to help these organizations grow in times of dramatic change.2018 - Present: Acting CFO2017 - Present: Leadership Team2013 - Present: Director of Strategy2009 - 2013: Strategist• Lead finance on leadership team as acting CFO. Manage annual planning, forecasting, cash flow, operating expenses, budgeting and vendors. Improve profitability and sales effectiveness. Refine metrics, management systems and sales tools.• Lead Jump’s most complex innovation projects. Develop trusted, long-lasting relationships with senior leaders. 70% of projects continued to follow-on phases.• Advise senior leaders on how to make their organizations more customer-centric. Representative clients include Target, FedEx, AT&T, Samsung, P&G, General Services Administration and USDA.• Guide innovation, insights and CX teams to critical insights. Directed 50+ strategy projects. Personally facilitated 500+ hours of customer ethnographic interviews. Managed teams leading 2,000+ more.• Facilitate alignment to build momentum and navigate change. Designed and led 60+ major client work sessions that frequently inspire reactions like “we achieved more today than over the last 9 months.”• Invent new business design methods. Create tools for prototyping new businesses by integrating financial forecasting, human-centered design, facilitation and rapid experiments. Teach Jump’s strategists.