Lyle Varghese

Managing Director
Lyle Varghese
HOME BASE
Dallas
BEFORE ACCORDION
  • EY

  • Deloitte
  • K.E. Andrews & Co

ALMA MATER
  • SMU Cox School of Business, M.B.A. Finance

  • Texas A&M University, B.S. Economics

HOME BASE
Dallas
BEFORE ACCORDION
  • EY

  • Deloitte
  • K.E. Andrews & Co

ALMA MATER
  • SMU Cox School of Business, M.B.A. Finance

  • Texas A&M University, B.S. Economics

Lyle is a Managing Director in the Finance Transformation Practice with over two decades of corporate finance experience.   He brings deep expertise in the areas of global shared services (GBS), outsourcing, finance operating model redesigns, core finance process improvements (i.e. order to cash, procure to pay, and record to report), and technology driven improvements.  Lyle prides himself on being a solution architect that focuses on outcomes above singular initiatives.

Prior to joining Accordion, Lyle was a Partner in EY’s Business Consulting Practice where he held leadership roles in the areas of GBS, Order to Cash, and CFO Strategy Consulting.  Lyle has served as a long-term advisor to the CFO by clearly defining near and long-term objectives, rationalizing their portfolio of projects, and delivering the necessary programs to achieve those objectives.   Lyle has also worked for Deloitte Consulting and a boutique valuation and tax firm.

Throughout his consulting career, he has working in a myriad of industries including life sciences, healthcare, oil & gas, consumer products, retail, advanced manufacturing, media & entertainment.  Lyle is also able to bring expertise from serving a variety of clients sizes from small privately held firms to Fortune 100.  His experience has covered all lifecycles of a transformation from strategy, assessment, design, implementation, to “hyper-care”.

Lyle graduated with from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Economics and from SMU – Cox School of Business with an M.B.A. in Finance.

Something you should know
  • Texas native currently living in Dallas with his wife and two sons
  • Gearhead that loves cars, motorcycles, or any machine with an engine
  • Loves a good debate, especially when his perspective is challenged with new information
Noteworthy
  • "Million Miler" who has worked on every continent but Antarctica
  • Led a CFO Excellence program tasked with defining personal roadmaps for Fortune 500 CFOs
  • Deep Finance operating model expert with 20 years of experience optimizing back-office operations