Chris Jordaan

Experience

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  Deloitte

  Jan 2007 - Jun 2007

  Trainee

  Internship as part of the Bachelor program of the Hogeschool voor Economische Studies. Worked as a team assistant on external financial audit assignments.

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  Deloitte Consulting

  Jan 2008 - Oct 2015

  In my role as a Senior Consultant at the CFO Services department, I have worked on many different assignments in a variety of sectors. Main projects were around:- Finance Transformation- Working Capital Reduction- Cashflow Forecasting- Scenario analysis- Preparing Management Information and DashboardingBesides my regular activities, I was actively involved in the acquisition process; having sales conversations with potential clients, preparing sales pitches, and writing proposals. Show less During my role as a Financial Auditor, I gained a lot of experience in all aspects of accounting and auditing. I performed my activities for listed companies and Mid-Market Entities, in a wide variety of business sectors and operations. Activities mainly existed out of external audit services: - Audits of Financial Statements, including reviews of quarterly financial information;- Audits of internal control over financial reporting;- Agreed Upon Procedures; - Other attest related servicesIn this position I was the primary contact for my clients and responsible for these assignments; maintaining customer relations, securing timely progress of assignments, and supervising team assistants. Show less

  • Senior Consultant

    Jun 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Consultant

    Jun 2012 - May 2013

  • Senior Staff

    Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

  • Staff

    Jan 2008 - May 2011
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  Universal Pictures

  Nov 2015 - Nov 2019

  In this role as FP&A Manager, I supported the Managing Directors with maximizing business performance. All strategic business decisions were based on financial models & data. I was responsible for creating business cases, preparing financial models, calculating Return on Investment and for KPI reporting. This was a very commercial role where I interacted with many different stakeholders, for instance Sales, Marketing, Operations and General Management. I was also the main point of contact for our Headquarters in Los Angeles regarding financial planning. In this role I operated in multiple territories as I was partly based in Amsterdam and in Hamburg.Key responsibilities in this function were: Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Case Management, Performance Management and KPI Reporting, Driving Revenue and Profitability and ensuring Return on Investment. Besides, people management as I had direct leadership of 5 people. Show less

  • FP&A Manager

    Mar 2017 - Nov 2019

  • Senior FP&A Analyst

    Nov 2015 - Feb 2017
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  NBCUniversal

  Dec 2019 - now

  Strategic Finance Innovation Role to drive our journey toward Intelligent Finance Operations. This role focuses on harnessing embedded and natively built technology solutions to transform our financial processes and operations, ensuring readiness for the finance of the future. Besides, also focusing on upskilling our finance organization, and fostering a culture of growth and innovation. Leading a global team of 20+ professionals. In my role as Vice President of our Finance Technology Strategy Group, I focus strongly on people, processes, and technology, and designing and implementing strategies that enhance efficiency, scalability, and resilience in finance operations in a rapidly evolving landscape. As a key driver of innovation, I am ensuring seamless integration of advanced technologies, enabling data-driven decision-making and sustainable success, so that our finance function remains a competitive advantage. Show less Leading a strategic business team that is driving digital transformation within NBCUniversal’s finance organization. We use intelligent technologies like Gen AI, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation and Analytics to enable our workforce to be more effective and efficient and to also improve our vendor- and customer experience. We have strong focus on people to ensure that everyone gets ready for finance of the future.In my role as Senior Director of the Virtual workforce I am responsible for the overall program, and I am managing a team of 20+ people. Primary focus areas are strategic positioning, people, talent development, tooling strategy, service offering, return on investment, performance management, stakeholder management, socializing the concept of hyperautomation. Show less The Virtual Workforce team is part of the Corporate Controllership team based out of NBCUniversal offices in Amsterdam. The Virtual Workforce team is responsible for driving digital transformation within NBCUniversal’s finance community and for leveraging RPA technology to automate manual finance processes. In my role as Director of the Virtual workforce I am responsible for this program and I am leading a team of 20+ people. Primary focus is on (Finance) IT Strategy, Service offering, Robustness of RPA program, Return on Investment, Performance Management, Stakeholder Management. Show less

  • Vice President – Finance Technology Strategy Group

    Dec 2024 - now

  • Senior Director Virtual Workforce – Hyperautomation | Gen AI | ML | RPA | Analytics

    Mar 2024 - Nov 2024

  • Director - Virtual Workforce - Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

    Dec 2019 - Feb 2024