Led the global technology working group across London, Paris, Denver and Dublin to define technology integration requirements and test planning across trading, middle and back office and investment data warehouses systems due to the Fund Accounting and Transfer Agency change from CITI to JP Morgan and IFDS for the daily NAV valuation of the Irish Funds

• Directed the decision to select SAP ERP using the new general ledger as the go forward ERP for the newly formed company• Led and delivered integration of private account billing (Revport), Concur Expense, SAP U.S. payroll, and sales compensation (Xactly Incent) systems to the new consolidated ERP. Project was completed within 6 months across Denver, London and Singapore offices, resulting in statutory filings for the newly formed company on schedule without errors.• Led and delivered global expansion of Bank of America’s corporate card program with corresponding Concur Expense configuration across EMEA and APAC regions resulting in the following benefits: one-time sign on bonus of $500k, increased quarterly rebates, decommissioning of the legacy expense reimbursement system, and selection of Acquis as the strategic implementation and support partner• Drove the software selection and led the implementation of a global transfer pricing solution using Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Operational Transfer Pricing with the corporate tax team. This resulted in consistent global transfer pricing entries and reporting across the group per the new global transfer pricing policy.• Led and delivered database migration from SQL Server 2008 R2 to SQL Server 2016 powering SAP ERP 6.0 for all global SAP HR and U.S. payroll functions resulting in the following benefits: condensed 5 month implementation timeframe with no errors in the hire-to-retire process (including SAP U.S. payroll) for all 2k+ employees• Completed a business case and cost options for migrating to SAP Employee Central from SAP on-premise solutions for all global HR and U.S. payroll processes leading to approval of a detailed discovery phase• Created the outsource agreement and oversaw the transition of all SAP Basis Functions for the SAP ERP 6.0 and GRC on-premise systems supporting the enterprise.

• Promoted to Director of Corporate Technology reporting to the CTO hiring 40% of the organization ensuring we had the right individuals in the right positions• Reduced portfolio level performance errors by upgrading Simcorp Dimension (Investment Book of Record) and converting a portfolio level performance measurement system from Wilshire Abacus onto the Simcorp Dimension software platform• For FY 2015, spent $155k under budget whilst ensuring that key projects were delivered to the business such as Coric v12 Upgrade for Institutional Client Statements. Simcorp Dimension v5.7 upgrade (Investment Accounting Book of Record Upgrade), P&L Planning and Forecasting and Statement of Cashflows using SAP BPC.• Developed and rolled out product roadmaps for the SAP Application and Simcorp Dimension Application Portfolios• Supported the rollout of institutional client statements on the institutional client facing website using Coric• Supported the development of the technology target operating model between Janus Capital and Henderson Investors as part of the merger.• Led the U.S. Mutual Fund Merger that required a successful 10 day NAV valuation parallel for 11 mutual funds involving 5 teams (BNP, State Street, CITI, DST and Janus/Henderson I.T. Teams) across 4 locations in the U.S. and EMEA resulting in this initiative being delivered on time & meeting all expectations with no NAV errors for the day 1 integration of Janus Capital Group and Henderson Investors.

• Achieved significant application rationalization and modernization by upgrading the SAP Portfolio, replacing unsupported custom-built applications with Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) software, leading to improved application support. Managed cross functional business and development teams for Finance, Corporate Accounting, Human Resources, Corporate Services, Legal and Compliance.• Led and implemented an SAP ERP (v4.7 to SAP ECC6.0) and SAP BW Upgrade (v3.5 to v7.0) and an Operating System (UNIX to Windows) and Database Migration (Oracle to SQL) on new hardware over a 5 month period culminating in a successful go-live over a 72 hour cutover window for all Corporate Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis, HR and Payroll Functions delivered within budget.• Migrated all Private Account Billing Functions from Advantage to Revport for all separately managed clients• Implemented a Purchase to Pay Solution using Readsoft Invoices and custom developed a Purchasing Card Solution using READSOFT integrating with SAP ERP for payment processing and SharePoint for document archiving and searching• Replaced a legacy IBM Expense system with Concur Expense, integrating with SAP ERP to facilitate payment processing with American Express Corporate Cards and payroll for out of pocket reimbursements for all company expense reimbursements• Led the implementation of SAP Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) for step and group consolidations in support of the 10K and 10Q• Led the conversion from SHPS/ADP to Benefit Focus with integration to the SAP ERP HR and Payroll modules for U.S. Employees• Prepared and presented strategic and tactical technology plans that align with business objectives to the CFO, CTO, SVP of HR, Controller & various directors within the corporate functions.• Evaluated the current SAP portfolio to other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, resulting in a strategic decision to fully leverage the firm's investment in SAP & SuccessFactors.

- Managed a team to effectively deliver and support SAP ERP and Business Intelligence financial and human resource solutions despite a 36% reduction in staff.- Provided leadership through functional analysis and design of the security for the SAP ERP application. This resulted in compliant Segregation of Duty access to the SAP ERP Financial, Human Resources and Information Technology components within a 4-month period due to the urgency of an audit deadline.- Led a team in delivering an optimized solution leveraging SAP Business Warehouse and SEM-Business Planning and Consolidations for allocating revenues and expenses resulting in Faster management reporting close times from 3 to 1.5 days, increased data integrity and transparency of the financials. Highly formatted management (crystal) reporting for the Executive Committee.

Effectively managed a team that delivered a global financial reporting solution that included the design, development, testing, training and rollout of uniform balance sheets, income and cash flow statements that met external and internal reporting requirements across the organization

Five years of progressive responsibility culminating in the leadership of SAP Financials and SAP Business Intelligence solutions teams. Responsibilities included directing work teams and performing hands-on configuration of Financials and Cost Accounting Solutions at 7 publicly traded large cap companies

Responsible for SAP systems design, configuration, testing and implementation of cash management and accounts receivable modules at Masstores (Retail Company), the South African Mint and Eskom, South Africa’s public utility.