Nagaraja Kariyappa

Experience

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  Infosys

  Mar 2007 - Aug 2008

  Senior Associate - FP&A

  ▪ Key role to prepare and publish Financial models, including creating, updating, and managing the corporate model inExcel using advanced Excel VBA programming. This is used for consolidating the budgets for all departments, creatinglong-term forecasts, and measuring actual results against forecasts. The output of the financial model was used indashboards, investor relations presentations, board reporting, and ad-hoc analysis.

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  PwC

  Sept 2008 - Oct 2014

  Assistant Manger Process automation and Risk consulting

  Led the team of 6-7 professionals in Systems and Process Assurance (SPA) to provide services related to controls around thefinancial reporting process, including financial business process and IT management controls. With various client range both inIndia and abroad.▪ Led several client engagements including working with Advisory team on ERP implementation, Finance transformation,Post implementation review, Data analysis, IT general control reviews and ERP automated and manual controls revies.▪ Top clients that I worked: Unilever, Toyota, IBM – SSAE16 and SOX engagements, Caterpillar, 3M, NetApp etc.▪ Generated value to client by ERP best practices, Process efficiency, controls, and cost savings. Show less

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  Deloitte

  Nov 2014 - Jun 2015

  Process transformation and Risk consulting

  Led a team of 5-6 professionals in audit & attestation engagements and managed various application controls reviews,internal audit, and IT Risk assessment engagements; helped various clients to improve their ERP controls and automateseveral manual ERP controls▪ List of key clients worked are: SEHA, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, Borouge, ADNOC, The One Club, AbuDhabi University & so on

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  Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  Aug 2015 - Jan 2016

  Internal Control and Risk Compliance

  Gained knowledge in various ERP applications with Oracle & SAP to help clients across industries like Healthcare,Manufacturing, Information Technology, Airlines, Education & Hospitality to enhance their business process and reducecontrol risk to a manageable low level▪ Led several data analytics engagements; conveyed importance of data analytics in risk assurance to 5 clientssuccessfully and designed several critical data analytics criteria that successfully addressed control risks orsubstantiated the findings in control testing Show less

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  Tesco

  Feb 2016 - now

  Manager - Tech Function, Finance Digital Transformation

  a. Key role in Reshaping the future of Finance at Tesco improving ability to provide value to customers. b. As Digital Transformation Accounting Program Manager, reporting to Digital Transformation Finance Lead, worked with finance professionals and business experts, realizing opportunities to develop an excellent finance foundation.c. Worked with Finance Business Systems to help implement digital technologies to improve operational effectiveness, compliance and reporting, incorporating digital enablers for end-to-end finance processes such as procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, record-to-report by assessing challenges/needs/gapsd, Diagnosed root problems and recommend end-to-end solutions that use digital workflows and tools and harness the power of robotic process automation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to reinvent and accelerate our work.e, Participated in process development and improvement discussions to help determine performance metrics.f. Identified process opportunities with a consideration for functional and logical system design and implementation.Cognitive and emerging technologies to digitalization, integrate and enhance services and decision making:1. Leverage Excel VBA, DW, DM, RPA, Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence and knowledge management to create a Technology Portfolio for self-service, and automate more interactions. 2. Automate manual, low judgement, repeatable, time consuming tasks across COE & market.3. Upskill Process Managers, Colleague to maintain the automation solutions, so that all impact can be reduced manual effort.4. Self-service and assisted digital solutions will be simple and effective, with automated interactions that are fast and reliable.5. Craft insight into a narrative by summarising key story points6. Best use of Technology to generate output7. Assured business value Show less