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Steven Eklund

PartnerConnecticut – Darien

Leads transformative strategies in finance and operations

Steve is a partner in McKinsey’s Connecticut office, where he leads initiatives in corporate finance and business functions. His expertise lies in transforming financial and operational processes to enhance efficiency and drive growth across industries such as advanced industrials, transportation, and high-tech sectors.

Steve guides organizations through complex financial and other functional transformations, including redesigning end-to-end processes (e.g., budgeting and forecasting), optimizing operating models, and implementing global capability centers.

His recent client engagements include:

  • leading an AI transformation for a top industrial company, helping the organization deploy agentic AI to streamline enterprise processes and improve efficiency by 50 percent
  • transforming a leading US tech organization’s record-to-report process, accelerating the closing process by 40 percent
  • designing a productivity program for a basic materials manufacturer, enhancing performance across multiple functions

Steve also leads a McKinsey advisory board comprising a group of senior executives shaping the future of finance leadership.

Education

UVA Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
MBA

Babson College
BA, corporate finance and economics