Prashanth M.

About Prashanth M.

With over 20 years of IT, people, and functional leadership experience, I manage multiple platforms and enable strategic initiatives at Pearson, the world\'s leading learning company. I lead a globally diverse team of IT professionals who support the enterprise systems (ERP, EPM, ancillary solutions) for various business functions, such as O2C, PTP/STP, RTR, and SCM, across different regions and domains.I am passionate about enhancing, optimizing, simplifying, and expanding the IT capabilities that enrich the customer experience and meet organizational goals. I ensure the compliance with stringent reporting, audit, GRC, GDPR, and other local-international regulations, as well as the alignment with the M&A activities. I also mentor and motivate my team to develop a culture of learning and growth, and to reflect the values of Pearson in their work.

Experience

1. Senior IT Manager

   Pearson

   Jun 2021 — Present · Durham, NC, US

   I manage multiple platforms including Enterprise Platform Management with Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, Essbase Reporting and planning, Data Relationship Management and integrations-mapping (ODI/FDMEE), North America School Assessment Business line\'s including an ERP instance & Ancillary applications, the Global ERP Source to Pay WorkStream.Leading a globally diverse team of employees, associates, and consultants - IT enablement and support for the Annual/bi-annual AOP, Financial Street reporting, Stat modeling, Global Source to Pay function (including Kofax/Coupa/iProcurement), and SCM of the School Assessments in the North America region.Monitoring KPI’s and SLA’s for daily operations and supporting monthly, quarterly, annual processes related to audit, financial management.Creation of standard operating procedures and guidelines for the team and ensure compliance and regulatory standards such as SOX, GAAP, and ITGC. Partnering and managing 3rd party vendor relations and engagements.Evaluate and prepare the roadmaps for supporting technology platforms to meet internal Pearson business customer needs for the future. Creation of business cases and seek buy-in from senior executives and governance boards in efforts to seek funding and meet project KPIs.Responsible for the acquisition, development, and retention of talent globally for the responsible areas.Ensure the financials in the budget are planned and adhered to.

Education

• Ramaiah Institute Of Technology

  BE, Information Science

  1996 — 2000

• Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, IT/Finance/International Strategy

  2019 — 2021

• Alliance Manchester Business School

  Master of Business Administration - MBA