William Keene is a seasoned financial professional with expertise in finance, accounting, and business operations management. He holds an MBA in Finance and Management from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Management from Elon University. With progressive experience in financial leadership and executive-level advisement, Keene has a strong foundation in strategic planning, forecasting, budgeting, financial systems, operations improvement, organizational efficiency, and leadership.

Keene has a proven track record of overseeing annual budgeting, quarterly/annual forecasting, and financial reporting for several high-profile organizations. He is known for driving collaborative teams that lead to consensus in standardizing, simplifying, and creating transparency. As the VP Finance and Business Management for Consumer & Community Banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co., he played a crucial role in the company's financial transformation to a shared services model, resulting in a 32% staffing reduction and saving the company $23M.

Throughout his career, Keene has been an early adopter of innovative technologies and approaches operations with a continuous improvement mindset. He has significant experience leading functional technology/process transformations to yield more efficient and compliant results. Keene has held several other key positions, including Managing Director, Finance Transformation and BSO Solutions Delivery at BDO USA, LLP, Business Operations Manager at Alion Science and Technology, and Group Finance Manager at SAIC.

Keene's professional experience, expertise, skills, and interests revolve around finance, accounting, business operations management, strategic planning, forecasting, budgeting, financial systems, process transformations, organizational efficiency, leadership, compliance, and enterprise migration.