Sonny Spencer

About Sonny Spencer

Results driven Finance Transformation leader with more than 15 years experience driving operational excellence and building Finance functions from the ground up for both PE-backed and Public companies in the SaaS industry. Driver of Finance technology strategy through planning and execution of multi-year roadmaps, aligned with company growth and M&A strategies. Delivered multiple successful ERP and FinTech implementations, built to scale. C-Suite thought partner that excels in stakeholder management to drive change, at a high velocity. Currently serves as Director of Finance Operations for Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV). Translator between and partner to Finance and IT; focused on the build and execution of the Finance Transformation roadmap on a global scale, at speed.Builds and scales global Finance operations from Quote to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, FP & A, Tax and Treasury. Partners with cross-functional leaders to support operational excellence across enterprise-wide initiatives.Builds highly effective, customer-centric teams. Promotes transparency and high integrity across all business operations.Oracle NetSuite ERP thought leader and enthusiast. Certified NetSuite Administrator, Certified NetSuite Consultant, published NetSuite content creator and SuiteWorld speaker. Executed numerous successful ERP and CRM transformations, including complex inbound/outbound integrations.

Experience

1. Director of Finance Operations

   Veeva Systems

   Dec 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Reporting directly to Veeva\'s Chief Accounting Officer, I am responsible for leading the global Finance organization\'s operational needs around scaling processes, systems and tools. This includes the following areas:• Partnering with leaders across Q2C, P2P, R2R, FP & A and Treasury to deliver operational excellence across people, process and technology.• Working with the IT organization to deliver system enhancements and implementation of new applications.• Defining the long-term strategy for the overall financial systems roadmap; driving prioritization and analyzing trade-offs.• Overall program management and delivery, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and adhering to our company values (do the right thing, customer success, employee success and speed).• Provide thought leadership and offer best practices across the entire Finance organization: FP & A, Data Strategy, Tax, Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Quote to Cash, Collections, Hire to Retire and Treasury.• Working directly with our CAO, CFO and Finance leaders on strategic initiatives to provide the best possible service to our customers (internal and external).Q2C technology transformation:Finance operational leader responsible for execution of a global Q2C technology transformation, partnering with cross-functional operational leaders across the company to deliver a successful implementation. Led data structure simplification initiative to minimize data silos across business functions.

Education

• Kaplan

  Accountancy

  2008 — 2010

• BPP, London

  Accountancy

  2010 — 2013