My Story
Hi, I'm Jessica Nikolich, owner and founder of Niko Financial Consulting.
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I am a chartered accountant, fractional CFO, product and program manager to name a few. But most importantly I'm an entrepreneur with a passion to make things easier for other business owners like myself. I'm on a mission to upskill and empower as many business owners as I can with financial literacy skills so that they can create, grow and expand the business of their dreams, all underscored by a solid financial strategy.
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When I was eleven, my father sold our family business. What should have been a moment of pure elation and triumph for my father was replaced with a punch to the stomach when I said "But Dad, I was going to run that business one day".
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Entrepreneurship is in my blood, but I am thankful today that my father sold that business as it has given me the thrilling opportunity to build mine from the ground up.
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Having spent 15+ years delivering at the highest level in Finance & Accounting roles in big Corporate (12+ years at Amazon), I am excited to leverage that vast array of skills to support entrepreneurs, business owners and non-financial business leaders. My mission is to empower entrepreneurs and business leaders with the financial literacy skills to drive business growth, and meet their objectives, no matter how big and gnarly they may be.
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Thriving at Amazon over a 12+ year period is not for the faint at heart, but in those dog years of experience I amassed a wealth of skills that I will be forever grateful for. I have partnered with businesses across Amazon to launch new products and services such as Prime into India & China, launch Amazon Video to 200+ territories, Amazon Bookstore, Whole Foods on Prime Now and more. I have integrated major businesses such as Whole Foods Market, and Souq into the Amazon infrastructure and finance systems. I have built FinTech products from scratch, and implemented 3rd party Finance Technologies. Through these many experiences and more, I now bring my Finance, Accounting, Product Management and Program Management skill set to your business in one neat package.
It is this experience in combination with my chartered accountancy qualification (ACA through ICAEW), and experience mentoring small business owners through SCORE, that will be a game changer for your business. I balance bringing the finance controllership and insights to your business with a highly strategic mind that can understand how high growth businesses operate.
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If you think my skillset could be useful to you or your company, reach out and start a conversation.
Emily Smith-Pirello
"Jessica was an invaluable partner to us during a moment of leadership transition. Not only did she quickly ramp up, bringing the technical skills and financial insights to analyze, model, and assess our complicated financial needs, she brought a level of strategic vision and leadership that we sorely needed during that period of time as the financial voice and expert in the room."
Amanda Kelso
"Jessica always saw and understood the larger organizational picture and goals, while identifying and solving for existing or potential challenges to our success. Her financial acumen as well her clear communication skills allowed her to both deliver and distill information to finance and non-finance leaders alike. I cannot recommend Jessica highly enough as time and time again she proved herself reliable, efficient, and thoughtful. If you are looking for a fractional CFO, you can stop your search at Jessica."
Connie Murray
"Jessica has a unique mix of skills and abilities that are crucial and hard to find. She has deep accounting knowledge, systems knowledge as well as leadership and teaming ability to properly engage, prioritize priorities and deliver the best solution for her business and accounting stakeholders."