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Manuel Arens
Member Board of Directors @Patelco Credit Union
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WORK HISTORY
Member Board of Directors @Patelco Credit Union
Dublin, CA, US
Provide financial governance and oversight for a $10B regulated financial institution, including budget approval, internal controls, risk management, and audit readiness.Member of Finance, Risk/Audit, and Cybersecurity Committees.
EDUCATION
The Johns Hopkins University
Computing for Data Analysis with R - The R Project for Statistical Computing., Computer Programming, Specific Applications
Harvard Medical School
Physiology, General
UC Berkeley Extension
Certificate Program, Business Process Management
Stanford University
Machine Learning
University of Augsburg
Bachelor of Science - BS, Political Science and Government
University of Augsburg
Master's degree, Political Sciences
Harvard Medical School
Immunology
SKILLS
ABOUT MANUEL ARENS
Finance transformation leader with 18+ years in operational finance and controllership, including 7+ years leading enterprise-scale modernization across Procure-to-Pay (P2P), expense governance, close enablement, and headcount planning.I specialize in designing and executing future-state finance operating models that improve efficiency, control effectiveness, and data quality - while scaling with global complexity. My work spans SAP S/4HANA transformations, AP automation (VIM), internal controls (SOX), working capital optimization, and cross-functional delivery across Finance, FP & A, Treasury, Tax, Compliance, and Engineering/BI teams.I bring a pragmatic, outcome-driven approach to automation and AI in finance, applying analytics and machine learning to reconciliation, validation, anomaly detection, and automated control monitoring - always grounded in auditability and adoption.Complementing my Google background, I serve in board-level financial governance roles within regulated institutions, contributing to budget approval, risk management, and audit readiness.I’m most effective in complex, high-scale environments where finance transformation must balance speed, rigor, and change management.
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