Jose Thomas

About Jose Thomas

Forward-thinking and direct leadership to drive significant, complex transformations in the insurance and finance industry, offering a blend of Technology Leadership and Business acumen.Ability to guide technology initiatives, IT roadmaps, Architecture, and strategies and provide oversight for project concept, design, delivery, and lights on transition.Responsible for the Finance Close Process acceleration Enterprise-wide initiative – High-performing finance team leading to operational excellence to achieve financial accounting close by Workday 3,4, delivering accurate financial results to the enterprise faster, benefiting finance expertise in organizational initiatives and decisions to drive growth and probability. The outcome brings the top-performing finance team in the CFO org and team to focus on high-value work, resulting in increased efficiency and effectiveness.Implementing SAP\'s State-of-the-art products for Digital Finance to maximize the value of the investments SAC – SAP Analytics Cloud, the company\'s unified Financial Dashboard/Storyboards and Business Intelligence platform, delivers real-time performance results across more than 200 KPIs, complete with historical trends. Datasphere – This cutting-edge data warehouse platform by SAP is the backbone for integrating and reporting SAP and non-SAP data, ensuring data lineage. SAC-P – A futuristic planning module powered by AI algorithms that enables simulation of \"What-if\" scenarios to create and analyze financial plans and forecasts.

Experience

1. Executive Director, Finance Business Transformation and Digital Finance Initiatives

   Farmers Insurance

   Oct 2021 — Present

Education

• N M A M Institute of Technology, NITTE

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  1997

Skills

• Business Objects
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Pre-Sales
• IT Strategy
• IT Service Management
• Informatica
• Siebel
• Information Technology
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Program Management
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Requirements Gathering
• Insurance
• Databases
• Business Process
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Consulting
• Web Services
• Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Business Intelligence
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software Development
• Vendor Management
• Business Analysis
• Global Delivery
• Db2
• Project Delivery
• Agile Project Management
• Eai
• Sql