Pradeep Kumar

About Pradeep Kumar

Highly accomplished and result oriented finance professional with demonstrated experience leading business process transformation initiatives, innovative finance solution strategy and roadmap. Forward thinking technology leader with a proven track record of delivering next generation enterprise applications.Principal IT Product Manager/Sr. ManagerPalo Alto Networks Inc, San Jose, CA. August 2014 - PresentTranslate business strategy into product roadmap to achieve business outcomes, development of innovative and scalable programs and application solution delivery for record to report, tax compliance, technical accounting, commissions reporting, banking, sales operations, and procurement functions. Develop positive, and effective relationships with business partners and cross functional leaders to influence the solutions roadmap and lead the key initiative and their implementation.Successfully led, designed, and delivered several end-to-end cross functional high value global IT/finance programs encompassing strategic planning, execution, roadmap development and transformation integrating several SaaS applications with a strong architectural vision. Lead large scale cross functional transformational initiatives collaborating with PMO, IT, Corporate accounting, Sales Operations, Channel Partners, Revenue systems, and GTM/SFDC business partners to align existing system supply chain structure, also to manage the risk of double taxation Managed several end-to-end finance system transformations, and provide expert guidance Identifying and implementing scalable solutions for corporate accounting, Opportunity to Cash, tax and other SAP FICO modules Led the design, develop, and deploy several M&A initiatives collaborating with Corporate/Technical accounting VPs and other senior business leaders Designed and delivered Global Next, the newest version of OneSource tax Integration for SAP enabling the automated tax determination for Sales/Use Tax for SAP, SFDC and Ariba Invoicing Involved in strategizing, designing, developing, testing, and deploying ASC 606 - Revenue Accounting & Reporting, migration and consolidation Expertise working with data analysis/BI team to build accounting/revenue SOX reporting capabilities using SAC, GCP and Tableau Designed & developed Reporting capabilities using SAP Group reporting for Consolidation Managed several AI automation efforts for accounting, revenue, tax and transfer pricing team Managing the Global IT Finance Production support team onsite and offshore to ensure timelyresolutions of helpdesk tickets

Experience

1. Sr Mgr Principal, Finance Business Systems

   Palo Alto Networks

   Nov 2022 — Present · US

Education

• Institute of Cost Accountants of India

  ICWA, Costing & Financial Management

  1998 — 2003

Skills

• Business Process
• Erp
• Materials Management
• Accounts Receivable
• Management
• Project Planning
• Sd
• Oracle
• Sap Implementation
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• General Ledger
• Accounting
• Idoc
• Sap Fi
• Sap Crm
• Sap R/3
• Sap Erp
• Business Analysis
• Co-Pa
• Sap
• Sap Products
• Interfaces
• Sdlc
• Sap Fico
• Sap Netweaver Business Warehouse (Sap Bw)
• Integration
• Sap Bw
• Business Objects