Megan Gardner
Senior Director, Global Payment Services @ Dow Jones | Shared Services, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, T&E, and Payroll professional
- Role
- Senior Director, Global Payment Services at Dow Jones
- Location
- Laramie, WY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Megan Gardner
I’m a results-oriented accounting operations leader with extensive experience overseeing…
Experience
Senior Director, Global Payment Services
Jan 2022 — Present
Direct and lead Dow Jones payables teams including: Accounts Payable, Procure to Pay, Travel & Expense, and PayrollSAP, VIM, Open Text, BCC, ServiceNow, UKG Ultipro, & ConcurProvide leadership and direction for the team, ensuring the accuracy and efficiency in disbursements; while adding value to organization through analysis and reviewEnsure payable/travel activities are in line with overall goals/strategy and policy of the companyFacilitate and lead cross-functional teams with key business partners/principals to develop effective cost reduction strategies, implementation plans and achieve the optimal service levels.Manage growing shared services business for other NewsCorp companies through partnering with internal customers and striving for continuous improvementResponsible for over $1 Billion in payments made annually; over 200k invoices processed, in 34 currencies, 47 business units and 15k suppliers/vendorsResponsible for overseeing the travel team which handles over 50k reports, upwards of $30M in expenses annually in 28 countriesResponsible for overseeing the regional Payroll teams; for a multitude of separate legal entities, currencies, countries and shared servicesManage related vendor relationships within payable teamOptimizing process, implementing change and managing associated riskAlign communications strategy to keep business partners informed of progress/benefits relating to strategic projects and initiatives, and update payables collateral with key best practices in the industry; measure and track performance relating spending, and define budgetary impact
Education
Central Michigan University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration and Management, General
2005 — 2007
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