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About McKinsey’s work on the future of finance in the US government
About our findings on the future of finance
▪ Based in McKinsey’s Washington, DC office
▪ Core member of Public Sector Practice and Co-Leader
of Public Finance, Fiscal Management, and CFO
Service lines
▪ Serves national / federal, state and local clients on
financial management, fiscal transformation, and
government performance
▪ Degrees from Harvard and Johns Hopkins in social
studies, international finance and economics
About me
Sara Slayton O’Rourke
Sara_O’Rourke@McKinsey.com
+1 312 363 7336
In 2016 / 2017, we worked with the U.S.
Department of Treasury, the Office of
Management and Budget, and CFOs /
financial managers across 25+ agencies
We focused on challenges and
opportunities facing financial managers in
the public sector, then identified trends
across private and public sector CFO
functions to drive the next level of change
Since then, we have refreshed our
findings through continued agency
engagement as well as evolving trends
coming out of the private sector
