Erdia Page

About Erdia Page

Erdia Page is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Texas with Big-4, Energy and F&A global business outsourcing experience. At Cognizant, she leads global F&A teams and is responsible for leading the best Go-To-Market (GTM) Finance & Accounting (F&A) transformative solutions related to global outsourced opportunities. At Just Energy (JE), she was a member of the Senior Leadership team responsible to manage, develop and implement operations strategies, policies, processes, and procedures to improve overall operational performance of its offshore BPO. Previously at JE, she was leading JE Change Management and Analytics group in managing JE transformational projects. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC), she was part of a distinguished national team with strategies and operations consulting/advisory, audit, financial reporting, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance implementation experience. She possesses deep Finance and Accounting expertise coupled with project management/change management and strategic analytical capabilities. Her areas of expertise include complex issues resolution, multifaceted project implementations, process improvement, regulatory implementation, and global business transformation.\"Leadership is a natural attribute, exercised and displayed informally without regard to title or position in the org chart.\"- By Charity Delich.

Experience

1. Director of Finance and Accounting (Presales and Solutions)

   Cognizant

   Jul 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is an international information technology services and consulting company headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey. U.S. Cognizant is part of the NASDAQ-100 and trades under CTSH. Areas of responsibilities are- Lead the best Go-To-Market (GTM) Finance & Accounting (F&A) transformative solutions related to global outsourced opportunities- Be a domain subject matter expert in key F&A processes (procure to pay, order to cash, record to report, financial planning & analysis, regulatory/compliance)- which includes digital technologies implementation- Lead the architecture of large, complex, technology-centric, global F&A solutions - from structuring solutions, apply technologies to gain efficiency, manage transitions and transformation processes to create sustainable global operational delivery- Lead multi-function, global teams on the solutioning and sales of F&A deal pursuits through all stages of the sales process.

Education

• University of Washington

  BA, Finance & Economics

  2003 — 2005

• Humboldt State University

  Accounting

  2006 — 2007

Skills

• Financial Analysis
• Assurance
• Securities
• Financial Services
• Financial Statements
• Investments
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Accounting
• Process Improvement
• Mutual Funds
• Risk Management
• Business Strategy
• Team Building
• Management
• Gaap
• Asset Management
• Project Planning
• Hedge Funds
• Partnership Taxation
• General Ledger
• Financial Reporting
• Great People Skills
• Internal Controls
• Regulatory Compliance
• Auditing
• Sec Filings
• Us Gaap
• Finance
• Accounting
• Valuation
• Cpa
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Manage Client Relationships
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Alternative Investments
• Private Equity
• Project Management