Jim Kendall

Jim Kendall currently serves as the Senior Director of Finance at Sidley Austin LLP, where leadership encompasses financial operations and transformative initiatives across various functions. Prior to this role, Jim held significant positions at Aon, including Vice President of Financial Solutions, where responsibilities involved leading global standardization of finance and procurement operations for a $12B professional services firm, as well as overseeing merger and acquisition finance integration. Additional experience includes positions as Senior Director at Aon Hewitt, where Jim drove finance transformation during a major merger, and as Director and Business Information Officer at Capital One, where a shift from spreadsheet analytics to systematic forecasting was implemented. Early career roles include Senior Manager at Accenture, managing financial transformations for multiple clients, and a brief stint as a stockbroker at Olde Financial. Jim holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from Michigan State University.