Troy Fahey

About Troy Fahey

With more than two decades of experience at McDonald’s across Australia and the United States, I’m a senior finance and transformation leader passionate about modernizing complex organizations and helping people thrive through change. I began my McDonald’s journey in as restaurant crew in Australia and advanced through operations, franchising, and finance roles before relocating to the U.S. to take on broader leadership responsibilities. Today, I serve as a Senior Director leading Global Finance Modernization’s Organization Activation work, drawing on deep experience in strategic planning, FP & A, commercial finance, and enterprise transformation.Throughout my career, I’ve built a reputation for strong commercial acumen, high‑level negotiation, and developing scalable financial processes and internal control frameworks. I’m energized by work that integrates people, process, and technology to create long‑term value.I am also a values‑driven leader committed to advancing inclusion and equity. As National Chair of McDonald’s Pride Employee Business Network / Employee Resource Group, I help steward a global community focused on ensuring every LGBTQ+ employee feels seen, safe, and supported at McDonald’s, and that we can use McDonald’s size and scale for good by being active in the communities we serve. Beyond McDonald’s, I serve on the Board of Directors for Center on Halsted, the Midwest’s largest LGBTQ+ community center, helping expand programs that strengthen families, health, and belonging. What motivates me most is developing people, simplifying the complex, and driving transformation that delivers measurable impact, while building cultures where teams can do their best work.

Experience

1. Sr Director, Global Finance Modernization Organization Activation Lead

   McDonald's

   Dec 2024 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Role Purpose- Lead and coordinate teams and initiatives of Organization Activation (OA) for McDonald\'s Global Finance Modernization (GF Mod) program, which is a program designed to create a more modern and efficient Finance organization that enables business growth by modernizing systems, standardizing processes, and enhancing the experience of Finance employees. These teams include Learning & Development, Communication, Change Management, Organizational Design and Transition Coordination.Principle Responsibilities- Operationalize people strategies: lead the effective activation of the future state organization, implement people strategies that reflect our commitment to putting people first, align and coordinate initiatives across OA teams, leverage materials/approaches from Global COE\'s- Lead and integrate capabilities: foster a collaborative culture by uniting diverse teams and collaborating across all three legs of the stool, promote horizontal integration across departments to enhance efficiency and innovation, orchestrate and ensure connectivity across teams within the functional modernization programs- Support key stakeholders: provide expertise and guidance to ensure people strategies align with transformation objectives, influence and advise leaders on best practices embodying integrity and transparency- Enhance organizational alignment: coordinate efforts to maintain consistency and alignment across various programs and initiatives, promote behaviors that reflect our commitment to serving customers, supporting our people and contributing to our communities- Simplify processes: translate complex strategies and concepts into clear, understandable actions for employees, provide training and support to ensure successful adoption of new practices.Key Stakeholders- Global Finance Senior Leadership and Market CFO\'s (incl. their Leadership Teams)- Global People Leadership and Market CPO\'s- Modernization Transformation Leadership

Education

• University of Adelaide

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting and Business/Management

  2004 — 2009

• Rostrevor College, Woodforde SA

  South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE)

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• P&L
• Strategic Planning
• P
• Microsoft Excel
• Profit
• Franchising
• Cash Flow
• Financial Statements
• Training
• Managerial Finance
• Accounting
• Inventory Management
• Management
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Reporting
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Internal Controls
• Budgets
• Food
• Finance