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latha - SAP Project manager

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Location: Houston, Texas, USA

Relocation: REMOTE

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DXC Technology, USA July 2015 2024 Financial Close and Product & Portfolio Management Program Manager Worldwide Month End Close coordination, including risk assessment, governance, communication, root cause analysis, and driving implementation of controls for continuous improvements. Manage the General Ledger, Intercompany, Master Data, Financial Reporting and Account Reconciliation financial processes to ensure systems produce efficient, effective, accurate and timely financial data for the Month End Close. Control and Support Production implementation of SAP S4/Hana impacting the Financial Close. Worldwide Finance project and portfolio management ensuring a comprehensive planning, execution, control and Business Units liaise of Finance impacted projects SAP implementation Finance Program Manager Drive and orchestrate design, transformation, development and implementation of SAP S4/Hana for Finance under the Record to Report area; ensuring the Company delivers a competitive advantage. Lead finance design decisions to a standardized and simplified processes across regions. Promote Agile practices. Coordinate interlocking across all program teams; provide clarity of outcome. Work closely with PMO to help communicating status to stakeholders. Drive escalations to resolutions, remove roadblocks, manage resources, delivering change impacts. Promote an innovation and transformation culture. Ensure timelines are maintained scheduled as planned. DXC Technology, IND 2012 2015. Software Commerce Senior Manager Agile squad/tribe leader for middleware technologies and applications key for the Order to Cash process for Digital and Software Sales Commerce domain with reports in US and Mexico. Effectively implemented Agile practices and principles, formed co-located teams, distributed the work following the agile methodology, established the measurements that matter and manage the domain finances. Promote constant innovation through deployment, testing and monitoring automation which has resulted in delivering much faster, reducing overall cost by 23%, and building the right things for our customers. Digital Commerce Operations Senior Manager Managing the Digital Commerce Operations team responsible for the overall operations, forecast and financial assessment under the Digital Commerce, Marketplace and SaaS teams. Set up new optimized processes, measurements and financial reports in preparedness for implementing Agile methodology. Outlined team new audacious goals, awards and recognition program across the domain and introduced social tools crucial for meeting our customer satisfaction. Application Management Sr Manager Managed the project team responsible for Southbury, CT hosting infrastructure environment with 200+ servers and 10+ apps. Ensuring efficient service delivery processes for key global Quote to Order and Order to Cash applications used by external and internal customers. This involved problem, security and change management, data privacy, separation of duties, disaster recovery, monitoring capacity, availability management, contract agreement, finances and ME/QE focal. SAP Data Integration Sr Manager Project managing implementation and data integration for finance legacy systems into SAP, addressing and resolving gaps, missing data, inconsistent integration, quality, reconciliation, accounting principles, etc. Promoted open communication environment amongst the different groups to enable creativity, innovation and enhancements to bring issues to an on-time resolution. Simplified processes, and managed risk and approvals required always succeeding to meet aggressive timelines. DXC Technology, IND 2006 2012. Americas General Ledger Manager Responsible for managing MEC process for Americas region (19 countries, ~300 entities). Successfully led and implemented a formal process to control overall fallout. Inaccurate entries in 2010 decreased 2000% by mid-2012, saving 15 direct HC, and improved significantly the accuracy of the financial statements. Key project reviewer and approver for SAP implementation, IFRS, financial flow improvements in areas like AR, AP and IC, system upgrades and sunsets, Puerto Rico Tax advantage, etc. Implemented LEAN to the GL close process and scored 100% green for all SOX Key Controls. Managed team with reports in Canada, Malaysia and Mexico. Responsible for all key financial controls and risk management for US and Local GAAP reporting for Canada country. Consolidation and liaison between the different business unit teams, GBS processes and the external customer. Led and planned the growth and location strategy from high to low cost sites. Identified as key leader for the EDS integration, financial Statements delivered with appropriate controls and on time. Responsible for Balance Sheet Reviews with each Business Unit, leading merger and acquisitions, SOX and audit controls, entity simplification, financial analysis, accounting compliance, policy changes, risk evaluation, tax reviews, account reconciliation, completing disclosure surveys and statutory reporting. Created and implemented standard financial reports used for Country reviews, audit reviews, as well as for the quarterly CEO financial reviews. Internal Audit Lead Lead for Operational, Financial, IT and SOX internal audits for Americas Region (19 countries). Analyzed and identified risks and controls under processes such as; Tax, Order Management, Sales, Accounts Receivables, Inventory and Intercompany. Executed tax and inventory corrections/adjustments in Brazil with $100M USD impact. Effectively worked with VPs/executives to communicate and expose risks and controls to be implemented. Worldwide Revaluation - Lead Coordinated SAP revaluation implementation, financial statement currency conversation and impact related activities for Americas Region. Forecast and hedging process under my supervision was always sunder control, risks addressed in a timely fashion and in compliance with US GAAP policies and FASB52. GRS- Global Reporting Services Subject Matter Expert Key super user for worldwide functional and financial support for the migration from legacy to Business Warehouse (SAP reporting). Provided analysis and resolution on financial statement reconciliation and on the security management implementation. Acted as a liaison between Finance and IT teams. Global Close Group Month End Close Coordinator Responsible for Month End Close activities such as reconciliation of data between financial processes (AR, AP, IC, FA, FITR, etc.) and the General Ledger, ensuring financial statements were complete, reliable & in time in accordance to US and local GAAP standards. Completed a successful implementation of the General Ledger from legacy to SAP. Prudent Technology, IND 2004 2006. Coordinated SAP revaluation implementation, financial statement currency conversation and impact related activities for Americas Region. Forecast and hedging process under my supervision was always sunder control, risks addressed in a timely fashion and in compliance with US GAAP policies and FASB52. EDUCATION Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application MBA - Master of Business Administration Finance Degree with honors Madhurai Kamraj University. Bachelor of Commerce - bachelor s degree with honors. Nagarjuna University. Keywords: sfour information technology Arkansas Colorado Connecticut