David Long Email & Phone Number

I am a dynamic and inspirational finance transformation leader and advisor with a wealth of expertise in delivering successful global strategic change programmes in large, complex multi-national public companies.I have extensive experience of successfully designing, building, running, and transforming global operations (Finance, HR and other) – from a people, process, and systems perspective. I have successfully set the vision & strategy and then built global finance & HR operations function from scratch, set up outsource and captive shared services teams, and developed global process teams and practices utilising robotic process automation solutions where appropriate.I am able to get to the heart of an operational challenge quickly, ask the difficult questions that others may not have asked, cut through complexity, and come up with practical solutions. I am naturally inquisitive and always seek to understand how things work, and the points of view of others, whilst having a strong sense of the right solutions. I have a track record of building high performing, engaged and loyal teams and have consistently delivered significant year on year cost savings and improvements in customer service within global operations & shared services. I have a reputation for rapid & successful delivery of large scale global ERP deployments – both Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics 365, together with global T&E solutions (Concur), global Treasury systems (Bellin), and global balance sheet systems (Blackline).I am very experienced in driving adoption of lean methodologies and RPA into finance operations and adoption of internal NPS (net promoter score) metrics to drive improved performance & customer service.I am used to working, advising, and influencing at Board and CXO level.Specialities: Finance and HR transformation, ERP (Microsoft D365 and Oracle) implementation programme management, Building large high performing multi-functional Shared Services Organisations, Driving leading edge employee engagement, Lean implementation in multi-functional shared services including finance operations, Robotic process automation, C-level stakeholder engagement, and cultural change.

Listed skills include Shared Services, Finance Transformation, Shared Services Implementation, Finance Operations, and 38 others.

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  University Of Surrey

  Mathematics