Abe Ryder
Fortune 500 Strategic Growth Executive⎮Transformational and Servant Leadership⎮ Civic Leader
- Role
- Senior Director, Transformation Strategy & Automation, Discover Finance at Discover
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Abe Ryder
Fortune 500 Strategy Executive delivering results. Translates Board/C-Suite visions to implementation, articulating corporate mission/goals to the enterprise that deliver tangible results. Drives organizational level transformation and sustainable change. Leverages data and human capital to increase efficiencies, returns and accountability. Fosters high levels of collaboration and engagement across all stakeholders via organizational alignment, execution, employee empowerment and continuous improvement. Positively inspires and motivates change in others. Big 4, management consulting and finance experience. External speaker.Boy Scouts of America and civic leader. MS, Accountancy, University of Notre Dame.BS Economics & German, University of Wisconsin.
Experience
Senior Director, Transformation Strategy & Automation, Discover Finance
Nov 2017 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
SENIOR DIRECTOR, TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY & AUTOMATION, DISCOVER FINANCE (Mar\'22-)DIRECTOR, ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA), DISCOVER FINANCE (Nov\'20-Mar\'22)DIRECTOR, DISCOVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DMS), DISCOVER FINANCE (Nov\'17-Mar\'22)Led newly created Transformation Strategy & Automation group, merged RPA/DMS roles and Finance project management office to establish/govern strategic technology and improvement roadmap. Drove behavior, culture, workplace routine changes to accelerate productivity. Reported to CFO/Controller.∙Increased productivity by ~90k hours and $10M+ sourcing cost saves.∙Led RPA team reorganization amid general ledger conversion: 25+ processes converted.∙CFO appointee to 11-person Finance Tech Council: assessed technology portfolio, market/competitors, new options.∙Led DMS strategy/implementation: reduced deployment lead/business facing time by 75%/20%.∙Conducted multiple Discover presentations: audiences up to ~700.∙External speaker: Lean Frontiers’ Lean Leadership Week and Illinois CPA Society Corporate Finance Conference.
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science, Economics & German
1995 — 2000
University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business
MS, Accountancy
2001 — 2002
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