Ken Houston
Manager Digital Finance - Wipro Consulting Services @Wipro
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WORK HISTORY
Manager Digital Finance - Wipro Consulting Services @Wipro
GB
Expertise • Delivery Lead / Project Management • Finance Transformation • Stakeholder Management Currently R2R Stream Lead in a Finance Transformation programme for a Global Telecoms business PMO Lead -Global IT Risk Management project for a Global Financial Service organisation. Programme Manager of an Application remediation project for UK based Financial Services company Delivery Lead -SAP BI for a Global Pharma implementing single instance SAP V6. Utilising onshore/offshore teams. Successfully led the delivery of multiple SAP BI projects running concurrently. Key strengths were improving client relationship and reducing escalations to 1 in 1 year PM for Multiple SAP projects for a Global retailer. Three streams: SAP BI (SAP Hana/Cognos reporting), Integration (Middleware development), and Legacy enhancement. Lead sign-off for BPV phase to sign-off. Finance Process Lead for a Global telecoms client. Blueprinting Oracle project designing global process templates Finance. Successfully delivered design documents through workshops. Global O2C Lead for Fashion Accessory retailer based in the US, driving an onshore team to deliver a large high quality SOP\'s in a short period as part of BPO project. PM for a European based mining/smelting organisation. In the Supply Chain Space I recently worked a portfolio of up to 8 SAP focused projects simultaneously, delivering change in a challenging organisation with little or no experience in Project/Change Management. Financial Reporting SME role within Utilities Shared Service area and delivered consolidated reporting stack for O2C and P2P - utilising SAP\'s Business Objects PMO engagement within Global Financial Services. Implementing processes and procedures aligning Financial Governance and Resource Management into a multi-million pound infra-structure programme- Financial Forecasting - Project and Regulatory Governance
EDUCATION
Self Study
Prince 2 Practitioner, Project Management
The Knowledge Academ
AgilePM, AgilePM Practitioner, Pass
The University of Salford
MICM(Grad), Credit Management
The Manchester Metropolitan University
ACCA, Accountancy
ABOUT KEN HOUSTON
Digital Transformation Manager and IT Programme & Project Manager with strong focus on successful delivery, on time and within budget across a wide variety of industries and geographies. My approach is to lead teams to deliver benefits to clients through collaboration, communication with a common cause of sharing knowledge and flexibility to change. Currently in a Change Management role as part of an SAP implementation programme for a global food manufacturer. I led project delivery in the following Sectors- Pharmaceutical- Global company - Financial Services - FMCG - Global Manufacturer of Retail Products - Utilities - Energy Provider - UK - SAP Business Objects - Commodities & Mining - Global Zinc mining and smelter - Telecoms - Global Telecoms corporation - Retail - Multiple Fashion brand Programme Manager - Banking - End to end delivery of Application Remediation programme on MS platform, comprising of 600+ applications- SAP BI Engagement Lead (Global Pharma)-Phenomenal Stakeholder Engagement, Leading onshore/offshore teams on SAP BI/BW/BODS projects, Business Development - Project Manager for 3 projects: BI, Middle-ware and legacy enhancement project as part of implementation of SAP Finance programme- Finance Process lead for an Oracle EBS project, delivered the Global Template design across F&A process and S2P - Delivered benefits on multiple projects running concurrently. A Qlikview/SAP project alone, delivered a payback in excess of $20m- Led cross-functional collaboration with Finance, business managers and 3rd party BPO providers to co-ordinate delivery of P2P workflow tool- Redefined reporting stack for O2C and P2P for a Utility company\'s SSC functions selecting SAP BO as the tool for future reporting. Benefits: reduced reporting volumes and Dashboards Certifications: FCCA, CICM, Blackline, Agile PM Skills- Digital Finance Transformation - IT Programme and Project Management - Client Relationships - Microsoft Office - SAP/ORACLE/JD Edwards
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