Guru is a Senior Director and Solution Architect with nearly 2 decades of experience with technology driven transformations in Finance and Supply-Chain. He specializes in the use of integrated cloud applications to right-size implementation footprints towards industry specific needs.
Guru has progressive consulting experience as an audit analyst, assistant controller, data admin, accounting supervisor, financial lead, interfaces architect, packaged applications implementer, post-merger integrator, and solutions architect.
Guru has consulted with clients on process standardizations and IT transformations across various industry verticals – banking, capital markets, insurance, life sciences, medical device manufacturing, pharma, energy and consumer products. He has won commendations from executive management for helping them better understand their business by providing reporting insights, improving tech operations, impacting growth, and maximizing profits through strategic transformations.
He has also served as a program manager in multi-phased global implementations. In this role, Guru has a proven record of orchestrating ERP/SCM/CRM initiatives driving working capital optimization, systems selection, shareholder value map, CBA analysis, tech division profit center, divesting of non-performing assets, post-merger synergy, implementing security/controls, SOD analysis, and reducing risk through streamlined internal controls and managed services.
He is well versed with the latest paradigms enabled using Agile implementations on various SaaS applications. Guru has also spoken on transformational topics regarding transfer pricing, profitability insights, touchless operations, continuous financial close and leavers of self-service.
Guru’s educational background includes B.S in Computer science and Information systems from University of Mumbai and M.B.A. in Finance and Project accounting from JIU Boulder. He also has active certifications in packaged applications, IFRS, PMP, implementation paradigms and Operational Finance.