Pooja Sund Email & Phone Number

Redmond, WA, US

Redmond

Engineering Finance Technology Leader- Providing organizational leadership for our Financial Experiences engineering organization.- Leading AI Upskilling Initiative for the entire Experiences org within Cloud and AI division at Microsoft.- Responsible for driving product growth for multiple internal and external facing products/portals leveraging AI, ML.

Redmond, United States

• Developed and scaled Global Analytics function for Audit group, defining analytics, reporting, and technology strategy including the implementation of Azure DevOps for IT audits, establishing key partnerships with.
• Influenced and shaped global strategy and processes to support Audit group including Internal Audit team, Enterprise Risk team, Fraud Investigation team, and Controls and Compliance team with key contributions to.
• Responsible to create executive quarterly reporting for our CVP, CFO on the quarterly basis, supervised the creation of reports, and monitored key performance indicators to be shared with Board of directors for the.
• Developed "Technology North Star Vision" for for 5 years by collaborating with engineering team and 4 sub groups within Audit Organization in Corporate Finance. Contributed to many Finance Transformation initiatives as.
• Participated in 100+ executive presentations till date to global fortune 500 companies on topics ranging from Technology advancements, Business Intelligence, Financial reporting, Data Analytics, Use of Machine.
• Implemented innovative solutions like AI LUIS BOT, AI Translation and 4 new Power BI Apps for the Audit group (90% adoption) to measure group performance, with integration of 30+ data sources.

Bellevue

• A&O Online Finance Team, Microsoft, July 2012 till date
• Managed and developed team of Finance and Technical professionals supporting $3B business 100+ HC organization maintaining strong work-group culture.
• Technology and Financial advisor for General Manager + leadership team, representing Search and Display business in key forums and demonstrating strong relationship skills across multiple senior leaders.
• Successfully executed on core financial and operations processes, including annual planning, target setting, monthly business reviews, forecasting, strategic products analytics, scorecard management, P&L and Headcount.
• Led finance reporting team that supports the centralized financial reporting needs for 13 area controllers and their subsidiaries.
• Led a team responsible for creating an OLAP reporting platform, integrating downstream systems through automated ETLs and SSIS packages.

* Responsible for Division's Long Range Plan of around $1B. * Providing end to end financial support to CRM and Retail business. partners.Publishing month-end CRM and Retail Scorecards and adding insight to business.* Responsible for preparing and sending Competitive update of our top competitors:SFDC and Netsuite to Microsoft's Senior leadership.

Worked for Microsoft's second biggest profit making division MBD-MBS(Microsoft Business Solutions).* Responsibilities included creating and updating Long range planning models for MBS's products ($1B revenue model), own and publish monthly scorecards and reports & send them to GM, Finance director and broader finance & marketing team.* Core person for.

US Client Finance Group, Microsoft Corporation, Aug 2006 to Feb 2007* Handled budget of $100M for OEM Client Corp.* Responsible for developing, interpreting and implementing financial models for financial planning and control.* Reviewed individual & Group marketing budgets & ensure adherence to MS Policies.* Collaborated with Account Marketing Managers &.

United States

Focused on providing consulting services and speaking services to clients globally. Keynote speaker and moderator. Advisor to many big clients.

Starting Oct 2021, I became a LinkedIn News Creator and have started getting my articles featured by LinkedIn news. Articles featured by LinkedIn News so far are mentioned below.1. NVIDIA's earnings soar- Aug 20242. How can we be our own voice and voice for others? Empathy plays a big role.3. Job churn lives: Poll4. Importance of Prioritization5. How to.

United States

United States

Seattle University Accounting Advisory Board Member since May 2020

* Specific job duties included financial analysis & reporting, planning and forecasting cycles. * Identifying and communicating risks and opportunities resulting from analysis, quarterly business reviews & mid-year reviews.*Target setting for financial goals, and business planning reviews.

Specialization -5 Courses, Leading People And Teams - Leadership Specialization, A+

Activities and Societies: Top Grade in the session and got excellent reviewer comments from University professors and cohorts.There are 5.

Specialization -5 Courses, Data Science, A

There are 5 courses in this online specialization from John Hopkins University offered through Coursera. 1. A crash course in Data Science.

Leadership And Management Program, A

This program focused on  Gain leadership skills  Enhance interpersonal skills  Learn the latest business trends and paradigms  Obtain.

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, A+

Certificate Program, Business Intelligence-Techniques For Decision Making, A+

Dissertation Title 1. "Economic Analysis of Developed Economies 2011" for Data Analysis Module. 2. "Sales Performance Dashboard 2012" for.

Mba, Finance

Activities and Societies: * Best Presentations prizes for two financial papers:“Management of Financial Services” in 2005 & “Economic.

Bachelors, Commerce, Computers

Activities and Societies: * Elected as Vice-President of R.K.S.D. College, Kaithal (1999-2002). * Chosen as Best Speaker of.