Shiva Kumar

About Shiva Kumar

Senior Finance Technology leader responsible for Global Finance Technology Strategy, aligned with business vision, leading global teams to deliver exceptional business value through innovative business solutions in an agile way. Lead J&J CBT Finance Transformation, Architect \"AI Assist\" Product -an innovative Gen AI / AI ML solution leveraging multiple LLMs for J&J Global Finance serving use cases across Treasury, Tax, FP & A, & Controller. Lead Treasury Process implementation including FX Hedge processes, TMS, for $50B+ currency transactions across J&J Global Finance. Well versed with multiple technologies, SAP S4 HANA, CFIN, Gen AI/AI & IA from Microsoft Azure, OpenAI, ServiceNow, IBM (TM1, PA, WatsonX), Anaplan, Tableau, BW, Workday and Teradata. Lead SMT (Service Management) and FP & A Transformation initiatives, and facilitate Setup of Global COE (Center of Excellence) for Analytics, AI/IA/RPA and optimized FP & A business processes, accelerating business value and reducing overall TCO. Passionate People Leader with focus on nurturing talent, diversity and inclusion, empowerment, promoting innovation, risk-taking, agility and adherence to credo values.Specialties: Technology Strategy, Finance Digital transformation, SAP S4 HANA, CFIN, Gen AI/AI/IA, ServiceNow, Performance Management, Practice leadership, Cloud Computing, Predictive Analytics, CRM, Business Process Re-engineering, Strategic Planning, Client Relationship Management, Technology Architecture, Systems Deployment, Mentoring, Lead Global Program delivery leveraging very large delivery teams ensuring agility and cost optimization

Experience

1. Senior Director, Domain Leader, Corporate Technology

   Johnson & Johnson

   Aug 2015 — Present · New Brunswick, NJ, US

   Lead one of the largest Finance Technology program serving Global user base of Operating companies) across Consumer, Medical, Pharmaceutical and Supply Chain Finance.Lead J&J CBT Finance Transformation, AI and architect AI Assist for Finance, serving various process areas within Global Finance including Tax, Treasury, Controllership, FP & A and Consolidations. Serve as Product Group Leader for ServiceNow ( Service Management), Multiple EPM ( Enterprise Performance management) Analytics platforms including TM1, Planning Analytics, PAX, Tableau, Anaplan and HFM, SAP HANA S4, Workday, Teradata, Salesforce CRM and ERP systemsSetup Analytics COE (Center of Excellence) focused on Agility, Innovation and ServiceNow, TM1/PA/EPM/AI Delivery in multiple global locations serving FP & A Regional COE, BUF (Business Unit Finance), Group Finance, and other finance business user

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  M.S (Tech.)

• LSU Shreveport

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

Skills

• Project Management
• Erp
• Data Management
• Pre-Sales
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Business Analysis
• Leadership P&L Management Operations Management
• Cognos Planning
• Data Modeling
• Analytics
• Tm1
• Olap
• Analysis
• Forecasting
• Databases
• Business Analytics
• Dashboard
• Etl
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Requirements Analysis
• Offshore Project Management
• Mdm Dw
• Business Intelligence Tools
• Cognos
• Data Warehousing
• Business Intelligence