Kumararaj Balachandran

About Kumararaj Balachandran

A Finance Leader and Chartered Accountant with 20+ years of experience in Global Financial operations and Finance transformation.Strengths include Global Finance Operations, DEI Champion, Strategic Leadership, Building Partnerships with business, Building teams for the future, Leadership behaviour, Change Leadership and Technology deployments on a global scale. I have lead culturally diverse teams as part of Finance operations and as part of Technology deployments in multiple global projects during my career. I have been a core contributor in transformation of the Finance function and also have lead transformation projects for sub functions within the overall Finance operations domain. With a flair for numbers, leading change & driving results, I have lead and implemented projects that have addressed revenue leakages & delivered cost saving opportunities acr5oss different roles. Passionate about working with people, providing opportunities, exhibit great sense of ownership, loves autonomy and does not get bogged down with failure and multiple changes; I thrive in a fast changing environment and can help my teams go through the change by leading the change from front. Believe in continuous learning at every given opportunity.I am proud of being a DEI Champion in my current organization and lead the LGBTQ+ workstream with an objective to be more inclusive not just at work place but help people build a more inclusive society that we live in.

Experience

1. Senior Director and Finance Operations Lead

   Cargill

   Jun 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Lead Finance vendor payments process for Europe, Middle East & Africa accounting for 40% of the global business. Accounts Payable lead for the food business reporting to the Global business Controller. Part of the core group for Technology solutions deployment across Europe E-invoicing & Vendor Invoice Management automation solutions. Automation, Partner with business to improve end to end process from contracting to payments, Internal controlsDEI Champion and Corporate Social Responsibility Sponsor for the India Capability Centre

Education

• Lions School

  High School, High School

  1981 — 1994

• INSEAD

  Catalyst Leadership Learning, Leadership

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  ACA, Finance & Accounting

  1997 — 2000

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

  CS, Corporate & Business Laws

  1997 — 2000

• Loyola College

  BA, Economics

  1994 — 1997

Skills

• Auditing
• Problem Solving
• Operations Management
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Service Delivery Management
• Offshoring
• Team Management
• Sap Erp
• Process Improvement
• Organizational Development
• Management Information Systems (Mis)
• Performance Management
• Microsoft Office
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Accounts Payable
• Financial Analysis
• Tem
• Business Analysis
• Collaborative Problem Solving
• Change Management
• Accounting
• Vendor Management
• Statutory Audit
• Management
• Business Control
• Financial Reporting
• Organizational Design
• Corporate Finance
• Working Capital Management
• People Leadership
• Leadership
• Coso Framework
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Acumen
• Mis
• Senior Stakeholder Management
• Project Management
• Analytical Skills
• Finance