Hariharan Viswanathan

Background

About Hariharan Viswanathan

Around 2 decades of Progressive Leadership Experience in Finance & Accounting Shared Services Operation & Transformation which spreads across:> industries like Services - Shipping & Logistics, BFSI - Financial services, Manufacturing/FMEG > heading Global F&A operations with 400+ employees across 2 sites Pune & Chennai for 80+ countries for a Business with $3 billion turnover - comprising of Accounting, Reporting & Regional Controlling for 2 Regions (Americas & Asia) and Global RTP / AP, Global OTC / AR & Global MDM with annual vendor invoice volume of 1.5 million > heading & transforming e2e F&A operations team of 150+ employees for a $5 billion turnover business - comprising of ATR/GL, OTC/AR, RTP/AP, Reporting & Controlling and Market Intelligence > leading virtual teams across sites for 6+ years > BPI lead for 800 employee F&A department of 7 different group Business Units using different ERPs across 3 sites in India & China - driving & supporting transformation agenda, process improvements, automation, value-adds and Control & Governance > transitioned and led a team of business process owners supporting & approving changes in SAP > partnered with HQ in 3 SAP ERP projects > coaching & delivering value-add projects worth above $5mn over the years I have been privileged to work & lead teams in 5 cities (Chennai, Chengdu, Pune, Gurgaon & Kochi) including 2 deputations in 2011 (Chengdu) & 2013 (Pune). My Specialties: Management, Leadership, Virtual team, Coaching & Mentoring, Transformation, Accounting, Finance, Governance, Control, Project management, Process Improvements, Service Delivery, Multi-tasking, Learning, Stakeholder / communication management, Supervisory skills, Six Sigma, Scorecard, Reporting, Dashboards, Analysis, SAP, System Implementation, Accounts Payable / RTP, Accounts Receivable / OTC, Inter company, In-house Banking, Process metrics, Finalization My Preference: Leadership, Coaching & Mentoring, Accounting, Dashboards, Analysis, Process Improvements, Challenges, Governance & Control