Steven Dykstra
FP&A Leader at Kirkland & Ellis
- Role
- Head of Fp & a at Kirkland & Ellis
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Steven Dykstra
Finance executive with 17+ years of global experience leading transformation, FP & A, and operational finance across complex, high-growth, and matrixed organizations. I’ve owned end-to-end finance functions, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and P&L accountability for business units generating over $2B in revenue, and have partnered directly with CEOs, CFOs, and boards to drive performance improvement, structural change, and long-term value creation.Previously a Senior Director at BCG, I led North America’s finance transformation strategy and SAP deployment. Prior to BCG, I served as Global Head of Finance at JLL Work Dynamics, where I led FP & A and operational finance strategy across a global team, directly supporting region CEOs and CFOs.I bring deep experience in building modern finance organizations, implementing enterprise systems (SAP 4/HANA, Peoplesoft, and BI platforms), and driving sustained margin improvement through organizational redesign and product lifecycle management. My leadership style balances structure and speed, with a focus on scalable processes, team development, and decision-ready insights.
Experience
Head of Fp & a
Aug 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Responsible for the global FP & A function, including consolidation and analysis of revenue, cash flow, expenses. I lead the strategy and tactics behind the budget and forecast cycles, the weekly and monthly reporting cycles to executives and partners, as well as all ad hoc analyses. Also responsible for driving the move to PowerBI for all reporting and data modeling for ad hoc and routine analysis.
Education
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.S. Business Administration, Finance
2009
Skills
- Finance
- Management
- Analysis
- Variance Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Managerial Finance
- Accounting
- Hyperion Epm
- Peoplesoft Financial
- Peoplesoft
- Financial Analysis
- Tm1
- Hyperion Planning
- Microsoft Excel
- Hyperion Hfm
- Essbase
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