Jonathan Jacobs

Background

About Jonathan Jacobs

Jonathan Jacobs is a contracts, risk, and compliance management professional with experience across the information technology, financial services, professional services, and industrial manufacturing industries. With a robust background in contract management, regulatory compliance, and risk management, Jonathan is motivated by the challenge of accelerating business growth through effective contract lifecycle and deal management. As a Risk Manager at Deloitte, Jonathan provides contracting and risk management support to business leaders and service delivery teams as they go to market to sell and deliver merger, acquisition, and restructuring services to strategic and private equity clients. In this capacity, he drafts, reviews, and negotiates a variety of client service contracts and third-party access agreements; advises teams on business, financial, legal, reputational, contractual, and third-party risks; analyzes engagement independence, conflict, and ethical wall issues; and consults on deal structures, client and third-party acceptance, confidentiality, data security, and use of tools and technologies. As an experienced contract management professional, Jonathan has a strong track record of successfully structuring, negotiating, and managing complex contracts involving cloud services, software as a service (SaaS), software licensing and support, professional and managed services, hardware, and product resale. Working with sales, services delivery, operations, finance, legal, and procurement teams, he is able to successfully balance a short-term focus on closing deals expeditiously with management of long-term enterprise risks and objectives. Prior to moving into contract management, Jonathan served in progressive division and corporate level compliance roles, where he developed and implemented compliance programs, tools, and processes to maintain regulatory compliance, improve operational performance, and reduce costs. As a lean six sigma certified black belt, Jonathan brings a continuous improvement and entrepreneurial mindset, with proven experience successfully leading global and cross-functional teams to achieve business process improvements and cost reductions.