Daniel Rupinta Email & Phone Number

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

As a visionary leader in Global Business Services (GBS), I am passionate about transforming organizations into agile, efficient, and customer-centric entities. With a proven track record of over 10 years in executive leadership, I have spearheaded successful GBS strategies that drive operational excellence and deliver significant cost savings.In my current senior leadership role, I have been responsible in the set up of the GBS legal entity and operationalize various best-in-class programs. I manage a high-performing team responsible for overseeing end-to-end service delivery across multiple business functions.

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

* RESPONSIBILITIES / ACHIEVEMENTS *1. Responsible for the strategy, operations/service delivery and talent management of the Grace Global Business Services (GBS) located in Manila, Philippines. The service center is the sole Global In-House (GIC) or captive center of W.R. Grace - a US$2 Billion specialty chemicals business with its global headquarters located in Columbia, Maryland, USA. Under its scope, the service center supports all countries where W.R. Grace has Sales, Manufacturing and other business operations..2. Works closely with the Global Process Owners (GPOs) in fulfilling their mandates in relation to the various work activities being performed in the Manila Center.3. In-charged with and managed the migration of work from the various regions to the service center in Manila including the planning, work-shadowing & knowledge transfer to the stabilization of the processes.4. Oversees over 150 staff (with 5 direct reports) which support mainly the following processes: - Purchase to Pay (P2P)- Order to Cash (OTC)-related processes- Record to Report (RTR): Cash Management, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Statutory Activities, Month-end Close, Treasury, Tax, FP&A- HR Operations- IT Global Help Desk- Internal Audit operaitons5. Is responsible for the execution of the "site" management programs geared towards four key areas: People/Talent, Customer, Expense Management, Process & Controls and Continuous Process Improvement6. Reports to the Global Finance Head (VP) based in Columbia, Maryland, USA.

Manila, Philippines

* RESPONSIBILITIES / ACHIEVEMENTS *1. Manages the Global Finance Service Center of Vestas Wind Systems S/A based in Manila, Philippines. The service center is the sole Global In-House (GIC) or captive center of Vestas Wind Systems S/A - the world's largest wind energy company in the world with its global headquarters located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Under its scope, the service center supports over 75 countries in 6 continents where Vestas WS S/A has Sales, Construction and/or Manufacturing businesses.2. In-charged with and managed the migration of work from the various regions to the service center in Manila including the planning, work-shadowing & knowledge transfer to the stabilization of the processes.3. Oversees over 180 staff (with 3 Directors) which support mainly the following processes: - Purchase to Pay (P2P): External/Internal Billings, External/Internal Vendor Invoice PRocessing- Order to Cash (OTC)-related processes- Travel and Expenses-related processes- Record to Report (RTR): Cash Management, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Statutory Activities, Month-end Close- Business Information Management: Internal/External Reporting, All Controlling support activities4. Is responsible for the execution of the "site" management programs geared towards four key areas: People/Talent, Customer, Expense Management, Process & Controls and Process Re-engineering.5. Reports to the Global Shared Service Head (SVP) with a matrix reporting line to the Global Finance Head (SVP)

San Jose, Costa Rica

* RESPONSIBILITIES / ACHIEVEMENTS *1. Manages the Financial Reporting (FinRep) team in Citi Shared Services (CSS) Costa Rica. Fin Rep Costa Rica is part of the Financial Reporting Operations (FRO) Shared Services Network which has sites located in Tampa (USA), Manila (Phils) and Mumbai (India). FRO Costa Rica mainly supports/services the Country Finance teams in South America, Central America, Carribean and North America.2. Oversees over 125 staff (with 6 Vice Presidents) which supports mainly the following processes: Head Office/Corporate Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Local Regulatory Reporting, Balance Sheet Review and month-end Closing process and Tax Reporting. The major businesses supported are located in USA, Mexico and Brazil.3. Is responsible for the execution of the "site" management programs geared towards four key areas: People/Talent, Customer, Expense Mgt and Process & Controls.4. Reports to the Costa Rica CSS Head (Managing Director) with a matrix reporting line e Global Reporting Head (Director)

(Manila, Philippines)

* RESPONSIBILITIES / ACHIEVEMENTS *1. Established the Asia-Pacific Credit Risk Management Services (CRMS) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Manila in May 2007. CRMS CoE Center in Manila is one of the four CRMS CoEs globally; the other regional centers are located in Warsaw (Poland), Buffalo (New York) and Sao Paolo (Brazil). Was responsible for the successful migrations and right-placements of several processes and reports from various Asia-pacific countries (High-cost & Medium-cost locations) to Manila (Low-cost location).2. Established "site" management programs geared towards four key areas: People/Talent, Customer, Expense Management and Process & Controls. 3. Managed 85 staff (with 3 Vice Presidents). The team handled the Credit Administration and Reportorial requirements for 16 Asia-Pacific countries:a) ASEAN (7 countries): Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bruneib) Greater China (3 countries): Hongkong, China, Taiwanc) Australia & New Zealand (2 countries)d) India sub-continent (2 countries): India, Nepal e) North Asia (2 countries): Japan, South Korea4. Key achievements: a) Maintained the lowest Fully-loaded cost per FTE and the lowest attrition rate of all regional centers in Citi Philippines (8% average for the past four years)b) Asia-Pacific CRMS CoE was ISO 9001:2000 certified in Dec 2007 and was recertified in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The ISO certification was upgraded to ISO9001:2008 in Dec 2010.c) Chairman of the Citi ROHQ Retirement Plan Committee; manages the maximization of returns of the Retirement Fund.5. Reports to the Regional CRMS Head based in Singapore.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration & Accountancy (Baa)

Graduated Cum Laude (with Honors)

Advanced Diploma In Global Business Services (Gbs), Global Business Services