Andy O. McLeese presenting on AI Finance Transformation at a Deloitte event

Career progression

Experience

From political strategy to Finance Transformation; applied AI and Chief of Staff leadership.

Jan 2026 – Present

Current
Deloitte

Chief of Staff Finance Transformation AI

Deloitte Consulting | Finance Transformation · Amsterdam, NL

Central coordination point for the Finance Transformation AI practice; supporting the FT AI Lead and sponsoring Partner by structuring priorities, governance, decision materials and delivery across the practice's strategic and commercial AI agenda.

Owned

  • Setting and structuring leadership agendas, governance forums and initiative tracking
  • Converting broad strategic ambitions into clear workstreams, milestones and ownership
  • Supporting pipeline visibility and commercial prioritisation for AI-related opportunities
  • Co-authoring Deloitte Netherlands' biannual CFO Survey — Digitalisation and AI section
  • Coordinating AI-enabled Finance strategy and implementation projects as programme manager
  • Use-case identification, prioritisation, value articulation and activation roadmaps

Supported

  • Offering leads, industry representatives and functional contributors across Finance Transformation
  • Design of an AI-enabled Finance strategy for one of the world's largest private trading groups
  • Multiple Finance strategy labs and digital AI labs
  • Clients defining AI governance, ownership models and operating-model implications across FP&A, Treasury and Finance Operations
  • End-to-end Finance process redesign across Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay

Jul 2024 – Dec 2025

Deloitte

Management Consultant

Deloitte Consulting | Finance Transformation · Amsterdam, NL

Advising CFOs and executive teams on large-scale digital and Finance transformations across Public, Consumer and TMT sectors, with particular focus on GenAI-enabled process improvements, global service-centre optimisation and operating-model recommendations.

Owned

  • Project Lead for finance transformation programme in the public sector
  • Assessment and optimisation of global service-centre structures for a multinational semiconductor technology company
  • Strategic modelling, data analysis and GenAI-enabled process opportunities
  • Driving digitalisation and AI advocacy within the Finance Transformation offering

Supported

  • Co-authoring the biannual CFO Survey
  • Operating-model recommendations combining strategic modelling with data analysis
  • Management of junior team members

May 2022 – Jun 2024

Deloitte

Management Consulting Analyst

Deloitte Consulting | Finance Transformation · Amsterdam, NL

Delivering Finance transformations including ERP implementation, SOX compliance and digital finance programmes, while building programme-management and digital-alliance expertise.

Owned

  • PMO for the Digital Finance Team
  • Certification across all digital alliance partner systems
  • Co-organising the Touchless Finance event
  • Supporting leadership in defining and translating digital finance ambitions into tangible strategy

Supported

  • S/4HANA implementation for a leading Benelux retailer
  • SOX compliance implementation for a global REIT — risk assessment and internal control frameworks
  • Cross-functional stakeholder management

Sep 2021 – May 2022

Deloitte

Staff Audit

Deloitte Audit | Financial Services Industry · Amsterdam, NL

Executing financial-audit procedures for Dutch and multinational institutions, developing a practical understanding of how reliable data, governance and controls support decision-making and organisational trust.

Owned

  • Financial-audit procedures for Dutch and multinational institutions
  • Assessment of financial reporting, internal controls, regulatory compliance and risk

Feb 2021 – Jun 2021

PwC

Audit Assistant

PwC Audit | Financial Services Industry · Amsterdam, NL

Supporting audits across diverse industries — conducting financial reviews, evaluating internal controls and delivering client-specific research on audit and financial management topics.

Owned

  • Financial reviews and evaluation of internal controls
  • Client-specific research on audit and financial management

Jan 2020 – Aug 2020

Rasmussen Global

Strategic & Political Advisor

Rasmussen Global · Copenhagen, DK | Amsterdam, NL | Washington D.C., US

Supporting policy strategy and stakeholder engagement for the office of Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Prime Minister of Denmark and Secretary General of NATO — preparing research, briefings and engagement materials for senior political and institutional audiences.

Owned

  • Research, briefings and engagement materials for senior political and institutional audiences

Supported

  • Client programme that contributed to advancing previously stalled EU accession discussions
  • Policy research and strategic advisory work for senior political and institutional audiences

Jan 2019 – Aug 2020

Alliance of Democracies

Analyst & Programme Coordinator

Alliance of Democracies Foundation · Copenhagen, DK | Amsterdam, NL

Helping plan and deliver programme elements for the Copenhagen Democracy Summit — coordinating partnerships, international engagements and executive materials; contributing research and strategy to the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity.

Owned

  • Two core panels per year at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit
  • CRM, database and partnership-development work
  • Reports, speeches and external communications for executive audiences

Supported

  • Research and strategy for the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity
  • International partnership coordination

Qualifications

Education

RSM Erasmus University

Accounting and Financial Management — Selected Modules (24 ECTS)

Rotterdam School of Management · 2020–2021

Reporting Analysis and Valuation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Analytics in Accounting & Financial Management

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Copenhagen Business School

Master of Science in International Business and Politics

Copenhagen Business School · 2018–2020 · GPA 3.7

Industry Valuation; Market Risk Assessment; Global Trade Law; Advanced Quantitative Methods; Policy Strategy

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AMS

Honours Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Economics and International Relations

Amsterdam University College (UvA / VU) | Thesis with Johns Hopkins University D.C. · 2014–2017 · GPA 3.4

Micro- and Macroeconomics; Advanced Statistics and Logic; International Relations; Public Policy; Negotiation

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Professional development

Certifications

Deloitte

Certified Global FinanceAI™ Leader

Deloitte US · 2025

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Deloitte

Designated AI Commercial Lead badge – EMEA (BENELUX/DACH)

Deloitte University Paris · 2025

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CodeCamp

Full Stack Developer Curriculum

CodeCamp · 2024–2025

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Deloitte

Corporate Financial Management — Full Certificate Course

Deloitte / Udemy · 2024–2025

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Deloitte

Deloitte Global Finance and Performance Leadership Certificate

Deloitte · 2024

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Deloitte

Six Sigma Green Belt

Deloitte · 2023

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Johns Hopkins University

Advanced Diplomacy and Negotiation

Johns Hopkins University · 2017

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Communication

Languages

Professional proficiency

Claimed as a working competency

English
C2

Native

German
C2

Native

Dutch
C2

Fluent

French
B1

Intermediate

Source: AOMcLeese_CV · last reviewed June 2026

Languages I love learning

Not sold as a professional skill; reflects a genuine love of cultures

Spanish
B1

Intermediate

Italian
B1

Intermediate

Hebrew
A2

Elementary

Russian
A1

Basic

Korean
A1

Basic