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Chelmsford, Ma, Us

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Overall leadership of the Global Finance Business Services (GFBS) organization, responsible for finance transactional processes in the areas of Order-to-Cash, Requisition-to-Pay, T&E, Record-to-Report, Payroll & Controls & Compliance. Additionally responsible for 3rd party BPO service provider relationship & managementKey Focus Areas:• User Experience & Stakeholder partnerships: Enable a seamless, simple, scalable and standardized experience for internal and external stakeholders, forging strong relationships and establishing GFBS as a trusted business partner • Transformation & Implementations: Lead business process & technology transformations (Coupa, Blackline, ADP, WalkMe and others), support the implementation of strategic corporate initiatives and optimize existing technology investments to maximize value• Operational Excellence: Optimize and evolve our infrastructure and enhance service delivery in collaboration with external service providers• Policy, Controls & Compliance: Refining policy and governance around process and master data, addressing control gaps to ensure compliant business processes• Right-shore & Right Source: Building a lean and scalable service delivery and service placement model in collaboration with external service provider(s)

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Global responsibility for Requisition-to-Pay including process ownership, business process and technology transformation, service delivery and overall team leadership including BPO service provider.Key Focus Areas:• Transformation: Transforming S2P into a lean, simple, integrated, efficient & effective business process leveraging technology (Coupa) as enabler/accelerator• User Experience: Enabling a seamless, user-friendly S2P process supported by an integrated enablement & support model in collaboration with Sourcing & other support functions• Policy, Controls & Compliance: Implementing a robust policy, controls and compliance framework to monitor, identify and mitigate key business and operational risks • Operational Excellence: Defining and refining operating model, benchmarking and improving service delivery by leveraging best practices and continuous improvements• Master Data Governance: Establishing policies and procedures to govern S2P related master data ensuring data quality and facilitating transaction processing• Reporting & Visibility: Providing timely and accurate visibility and meaningful insights to support decision making and improve process performance & compliance

Waterloo, On, Ca

Support VP, FP&A and the Executive Leadership team on strategic initiativesKey Accomplishments• Strategic Projects: Supporting the Executive leadership team on strategic initiatives aimed at workforce planning, margin improvements, cost optimization, performance management and efficiency improvements• Cost Optimization: Identifying, prioritizing, executing on and monitoring cross-functional cost management initiatives in collaboration with business functions• Capital Investments: Planning and budgeting for capital investment projects in collaboration with sponsors, tracking and monitoring of progress and benefits against business case • Cash Planning & Forecasting: Ongoing short & long term views of working capital items working closely with functional owners on bottoms-up & top-down approaches• Financial Modeling & Analytics: Supporting various Finance functions with financial modeling & analytics - Tax, Transfer Pricing, Investor Relations, Controllership, Accounting

Waterloo, On, Ca

Global responsibility for Procure to Pay. Led and optimized large globally distributed team (80+) including offshore, driving business process & technology transformationKey Accomplishments• Leadership, Workforce Management & Optimization: Led and optimized large globally distributed team (80+) including offshore driving operational excellence – ensuring right skills and experience in the right role at the right location at the right cost• Accounts Payable Transformation: Led simplification, standardization and automation of Invoice receipt, capture, processing, exception handling and payment of 125K+ invoices annually• Procure to Pay (P2P) Consolidation & Standardization: Implemented standardized purchasing, simplified approvals, 3-way match while consolidating ERP platform (SAP) to provide better visibility and control $800M+ annual spend• Acquisition Integration: Led seamless P2P & T&E onboarding, assimilation, integration and work centralization of 9 acquisitions including asset buy-outs• Vendor Data Governance: Led organization-wide initiatives for vendor data quality, ensuring timely payments and accurate spend reporting• Metrics & KPIs: Defined, baselined, managed and improved key operational metrics pertaining to cycle-time, accuracy and compliance. Consistent over-performance on working capital management (40% increase in average DPO)• Policy & Internal Controls: Led a zero-deficiency control environment for Source-to-Pay, while defining, implementing & refining key corporate policies and mitigating risk through effective process & system controls• Customer Experience & Support: Defined and implemented business super-user program, integrated support model and escalation process to enhance customer experience, provide timely and effective support to internal/external stakeholders and manage change• Financial Reporting & Period Close: Implemented expense accrual process for timely and accurate recognition of expenses, and accelerated period close

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

Key Accomplishments• Procure to Pay Consolidation & Standardization: Implemented simplified enterprise-wide Procurement Process, system (SAP SRM) and policy (No PO No Pay) to increase control and visibility of $1Bn spend. Responsible for Phased roll-out, System Change Management, Workflow Automation, Master Data Management, Policy Enforcement, Increasing Adoption through Process Consulting, Support Model• Accounts Payable Transformation: Led Offshore outsourcing of function, while transforming and standardizing the business process, enforcing policies and migrating to a new set of systems - 100K+ invoices annually. Responsible for Process Blueprinting, Requirements Management, Service Provider Training, System Testing and Cutover, Change Management, Documentation and Support Model • Vendor Rationalization: Reduced Vendor list by over 80% through overhaul of supplier data management policy to increase controls and ensure usage of preferred vendors resulting in cost savings and avoidance. Responsible for Policy Design, Enforcement, Vendor Categorization, Data Enrichment and System Changes• Data Governance: Implemented Business Entity Framework for governing information across 30+ systems and facilitating integration, synergies and reporting across Lead to Order, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report. Responsible for Data Principles, Rules & Procedures, Data Enrichment & System Design

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Business Analytics assignments for leading Norwegian Retailer; leading a cross-functional global (including offshore) delivery team of analysts & consultants.Account Management for Key Nordic Accounts; Responsible for Delivery Program Management, Client Relationship Management and TargetsBusiness Development for Retail & Consumer Goods Industry prospects in Nordics Region

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Strategy & Planning for Global Technology Office (GTO) – the CTO’s Organization at Cognizant- Working with the CTO to set up and run Technology Centers of Excellence (CoEs) under the GTO umbrella – Start-up plan, Budgets, Performance metrics, Program Management Office (PMO) Operations- Business Development Support for all Technology CoEs (RFIs, RFPs, SoQs, Presentations, Demos)- Business Technology & Market Analysis on key emerging technology trends and drivers to define “Technology Focus Roadmap” for the organization; especially around SOA- Partnership Management for key technology partners including IBM; including Evangelization initiative for IBM Rational Products Suite at Cognizant

Mba - Pgdm, General Management

B.Tech, Textile Technology

Mba, Visiting Graduate