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Finance Transformation & Enterprise Program Leader | Oracle EPM & Financial Close Specialist

Bangalore, India
Worldwide
Executive MBA in Financial Management, IMT, 2025
Bangalore, India
Worldwide
Executive MBA in Financial Management, IMT, 2025

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Scrum MasterAgile LeadershipCertified Project Management ProfessionalOracle Hyperion Financial ManagementITIL CertificationsLean Six Sigma Black BeltOracle Business Intelligence Enterprise EditionOracle DatabasesSQL Databases
Oracle EPM & Hyperion Suite
Expertise in Oracle EPM and Hyperion Suite including HFM Administration and Development, FCCS, ARCS, EDMCS, Smart View, EPM Automate, Financial Close and Consolidation, Intercompany Eliminations, Journals, and Period Open/Close management.

Finance Transformation & Financial Close
Deep experience in driving large-scale financial reporting modernisation, financial close and consolidation, statutory and regulatory reporting aligned to IFRS and GAAP standards across global banking, capital markets, retail and consulting environments.

EPM Architecture & Governance
Proficiency in Metadata Management, Chart of Accounts Redesign, Entity/Account/Scenario/Currency Dimensions, Hierarchy Redesign, Data Validation, Reconciliation, Controlled Deployments, and Zero-Disruption Releases.

Cloud ERP Modernisation & Migration
Hands-on experience with HFM-to-FCCS Migration, EPM Cloud Migration, Azure Migration, ETL Pipelines, and Oracle DB, supporting cloud-first ERP transformation strategies.

IFRS & GAAP Compliance
Proven track record in designing and executing IFRS 16 implementation programmes, ensuring regulatory compliance across multi-GAAP environments with zero non-compliance risk.

M&A Integration & Restructuring
Experience in leading post-M&A reporting architecture restructuring, including hierarchy redesign, cost centre and equity structure realignment to close data gaps and strengthen statutory reporting.

Pre-Sales & RFP/RFI Leadership
Active involvement in pre-sales activities, RFP/RFI responses, client demos, solution workshops and effort sizing to support EPM Cloud revenue growth across banking and global engagements.

ITIL4, Incident & Change Management
Application of ITIL4-led incident, problem and change governance for metadata, rules, reporting and release management, reducing recurring production issues across AMS delivery.

ETL, Data Warehousing & Reporting
Background in ETL pipelines, data warehousing, and financial reporting, including standardising HFM integrations and consolidation workflows across cross-market EPM support processes.

Budgeting & Cost Governance
Competence in budgeting, cost governance and vendor and third-party governance to deliver measurable cost efficiency and reporting excellence across enterprise finance programmes.

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2024

Languages

EnglishNative speaker

Project history

Program Manager - FinRep Applications (Oracle EPM/HFM AMS)

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
Hired to stabilise and transform LSEGs financial reporting landscape following a wave of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures and to evaluate a unified cloud-first ERP strategy. Built and led a 30+ member techno-functional team across 15 countries, optimised HFM performance by 85%, stabilised Oracle EPM/HFM production operations, enabled breach-free month-end and year-end submissions, cut close-cycle runtime by 30-40%, and embedded GDPR and ITIL4-led change controls within the finance systems landscape.

Delivery Lead - FinRep Applications (Oracle EPM/HFM AMS & Transformation)

Infosys
Led Oracle EPM delivery for Reckitt Benckiser and expanded Infosys finance transformation consulting pipeline across multiple global sectors. Delivered 25% close-cycle compression and 30% downtime elimination, maintained >95% SLA compliance, led on-premises EPM to Azure migration, and improved global delivery consistency by standardising ETL pipelines and HFM integrations.

Senior Principal Consultant - Oracle EPM SME

Oracle Corporation
Recruited as a core product team member for Oracles financial reporting application suite. Shaped Oracle financial reporting product and delivery strategy, enabled IFRS and multi-GAAP reporting readiness by leading Oracle FCCS and HFM implementations for global, MENA and UK banking clients, and supported EPM Cloud revenue growth through pre-sales inputs and RFP/RFI responses.

Associate Vice President (AVP) - Finance Applications & Transformation

Royal Bank of Scotland - FinTech Business Unit
Led end-to-end transition of financial reporting applications from Financial Services business unit to FinTech, ensuring continuity of mission-critical financial close processes. Drove new finance business initiatives collaborating with internal SMEs, vendors and business stakeholders.

Technical Lead - Financial Reporting Applications

Accenture
Served as Technical Lead for Financial Reporting Applications at Accenture.

Assistant Manager - Financial Reporting & Oracle Applications

Royal Bank of Scotland
Served as Assistant Manager for Financial Reporting and Oracle Applications at Royal Bank of Scotland.

Techno-Functional Consultant & Team Lead - ETL & Data Warehousing

Steria
Worked as Techno-Functional Consultant and Team Lead specialising in ETL and Data Warehousing at Steria.

Techno-Functional Consultant

Verizon Data Services India
Served as Techno-Functional Consultant at Verizon Data Services India.

Technical Consultant - Java & Enterprise Applications

Sapient Corporation
Worked as Technical Consultant focusing on Java and Enterprise Applications at Sapient Corporation.

Consultant (Java Developer)

Capgemini
Worked as Consultant and Java Developer at Capgemini.

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