Priyadarshan Behera

About Priyadarshan Behera

Senior finance leader with experience across Big 4, management consulting, and global industry roles, combining strong financial stewardship with transformational leadership. Brings deep ownership of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and statutory reporting, supported by a strong professional foundation (CA, DipIFR, CS) and hands‑on accountability for IFRS and local GAAP compliance. Proven strategic partner to senior leadership, translating financial and operational data into actionable insights that support enterprise growth, resilience, and long‑term value creation.Proven in leading large‑scale finance transformation and modernization, applying a consulting‑driven problem‑solving mindset to process excellence, operating model redesign, and SAP ECC / S/4HANA–enabled change. Increasingly focused on AI‑enabled finance, intelligent automation, and agent‑based operating models, with a pragmatic, value‑driven approach to adoption across exception management, predictive insights, continuous controls, and decision support—while maintaining strong governance, risk management, and audit readiness. Known for building high‑performing finance teams and embedding scalable, future‑ready finance capabilities.

Experience

1. Finance Manager

   Thomson Reuters

   Nov 2021 — Present

   Global Finance Transformation: Lead strategic initiatives under the Finance Change Program, aligning with organizational vision and global objectives.• Executive Stakeholder Engagement: Act as liaison between global business stakeholders and project teams, ensuring business needs translate into actionable solutions.• Strategic Finance Partnership: Collaborate with Finance leadership to define and prioritize capabilities across SAP FICO, O2C, Revenue Accounting & Reporting (IFRS 15), FICA, Banking, Treasury, Asset Accounting, and Project System.• Project Delivery Leadership: Drive execution for Accounts Payable and related streams covering SAP, Ariba SLP, Sakon, Fieldglass, Alliant, Dell Boomi, and integrated applications.• Data & Analytics Enablement: Support design and integration of Data Lake and OneStream for planning, budgeting, and forecasting.• Technology Alignment: Partner with Technology teams to implement S/4HANA, reporting tools (BEx, FIORI, BW, Data Lake, OneStream, Power BI), and automation solutions.• Requirements Governance: Lead collection and validation of business requirements for new processes and systems.• Cross-Functional Leadership: Facilitate meetings to align priorities and ensure timely updates.• Solution Architecture: Drive identification and agreement on solutions, considering upstream/downstream impacts.• Testing & Quality Assurance: Oversee validation to ensure seamless integration of changes.Change Management: Deliver training and communication strategies for the adoption of new processes and systems.• Operational Readiness: Coordinate with technical support and master data teams to ensure system readiness and business continuity.

Education

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  CA, Accounting and Finance, Taxation, Audit, Law, IT

• SVM College , JSPur

  Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Accounting and Finance

• ACCA

  DipIFR, Accounting and Finance

• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

  Project Management (IT), Project Management

  2016 — 2016

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

  CS Executive, Company Law , Taxation, Drafting etc.

  2008

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  DISA, Information Technology

  2016 — 2017

Skills

• Tax
• Vendor Reconciliation
• Income Tax
• Budgeting
• Management
• Sd
• Internal Audit
• Sap Fico
• Sap Implementation
• Grc Pc
• Financial Forecasting
• P2p
• Auditing
• Variance Analysis
• Business Process
• Project Management
• Forecasting
• Application Control
• Management Accounting
• Financial Statements
• Financial Audits
• International Financial Reporting Standards (Ifrs)
• Internal Controls
• Segregation of Duties
• Business Process Improvement
• Sap Fi/Co Configuration
• Sap R/3
• Team Management
• Management Information Systems (Mis)
• Financial Reporting
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• General Ledger
• Cost Accounting
• Financial Accounting
• Equities
• Integration
• Accounts Payable
• Leadership
• Corporate Finance
• Accounting