Jessica Hardesty

CEO

United States15 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

10+ years in strategic operations and finance leadership.
Expert in financial optimization and transformation.
Proven track record in cross-functional execution.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Finance and Operations leader with expertise in consulting and technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Financial Planning And Analysis (fp&a)Management Consulting

Other Skills

Product OfferingsFinance TransformationBusiness Process EfficiencyInformation SynthesisOperations ManagementMarketingGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)Brand AwarenessAd OptimizationMarketing Material CreationScrumIT Project & Program ManagementChange ManagementFinancial Close ProcessWebsite Updating

About

Strategic operations and finance leader with 10+ years of experience driving large-scale transformation, financial optimization, and cross-functional execution across technology, consulting, and high-growth environments. Known for synthesizing complex information, building alignment across executives and stakeholders, and delivering measurable business results. Adept at guiding organizations through operational change, strengthening processes, and enabling teams to execute with clarity and rigor. Tools: Anaplan, NetSuite, Coupa, Allocadia, Salesforce, Tableau, SQL, Jira, Asana, Google Workspace, Excel

Experience

15 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 11 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Confluent

2 roles

Senior Manager, FP&A, Finance and Business Strategy

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Remote

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Senior Manager, Corporate Operations

Apr 2022 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs · Remote

Capgemini invent

2 roles

Managing Consultant

Promoted

Feb 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

Serviced the Technology, Media, and Telecom industries. Namely my focus was on Tech clients.

Management Consulting

Senior Consultant

Jun 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

Management Consulting

Cognizant

2 roles

Senior Consultant, Cognizant Consulting

Promoted

Jan 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles

During my time at Cognizant, I worked with a major M&E client based in Los Angeles and a major Tech client in Palo Alto. Client engagements spanned across major Fortune 500 Media & Entertainment and Technology industries.

Management Consulting

MBA Summer Associate, Media & Entertainment Business Consulting

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 · 2 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

Engaged with a major entertainment company based in Los Angeles to make recommendations on how to optimize their programmatic marketing capabilities.

Usc marshall school of business

MBA Candidate

May 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos

Leadership: Vice President of Philanthropy, Philanthropy Core Representative: Raised $51,693 as VP and $12,698 as Core Representative for Challenge for Charity benefiting Junior Achievement and Special Olympics
Competitions: 2nd Place, Deloitte Technology Innovation Challenge
Membership: Marshall Consulting & Strategy Club, High Tech Association, Graduate Marketing Association, Business of Entertainment Association

Carillon capital, llc

Vice President

Jan 2014 – Apr 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

Operator (Strategy, Product and Account Manager) at Acquired Specialty Finance Company - Jan 2015 to April 2016
Vice President at Carillon Capital
Led across business development, product management, operations, financial analysis, account and project management, and marketing roles.
Executed product and project management of an online platform for marketing of the company’s loan portfolio. Conducted competitor market analysis, and sourced user interface designers and strategic partners for the launch of the platform.

Crowdfunder.com

Marketing and Business Development Associate

Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 · 11 mos · Venice, CA

I connected start-up social impact companies with investors, executed an event to bring social enterprise entrepreneurs and investors together to facilitate funding opportunities, and supported entrepreneurs with materials to better position their companies for early stage funding.
Company Mission: Connecting start-up companies with funding opportunities on a digital platform.

Bcbgmaxazriagroup

Junior Financial Analyst

Jul 2012 – Dec 2012 · 5 mos · Vernon, CA

Reconciled international financial accounts to meet US accounting standards and worked cross-functionally to aide with acquisition opportunity.
Worked directly under CEO, CFO, and CFO of International Finance for the nearly billion dollar fashion company.