Raghu Garine
St Louis,MO
Summary
Accomplished IT leader with over 16 years of experience in SAP-led business transformations, specializing in SAP FI/CO including SAP HANA. Results-driven Digital Product Delivery Manager in SAP FI/CO specialized in Controlling (CO) module with more than 5 full cycle new set up of organization rollouts. Experienced in implementing FP&A Planning and Consolidations in a large matrix global organization including acquisitions. Subject Matter Expert in SAP Controlling, CO-PA, CO-PC and Material Ledger, Financial Planning & Analysis. Experience in implementing financial systems in Utilities industry. Strong leadership and team management skills to collaborate with stakeholders, client partners and other IT functions in delivering successful outcomes. Experienced in people management leading cross-functional global teams to deliver innovative digital products. Adept at managing complex projects, leveraging Agile methodologies, and fostering a collaborative work environment. Forward-thinking Delivery Manager equipped to handle large-scale delivery planning and execution. Proficient in driving sales and increasing customer engagement with hands-on approach at each stage. Trains, mentors and motivates staff for maximum performance.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Delivery Manager-Customer Platform
Bayer Crop Science
04.2022 - Current
- Drove the successful delivery of a digital transformation project in Commercial Planning and Forecasting, encompassing Demand Generation, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Revenue Planning (Gross 2 Net), utilizing SAP, Salesforce, and Kinaxis platforms
- Successfully led development of Finance Application (Offer Management Tool) for Rebates and Market Funding business process in US by utilizing SAP SD, FI/CO-COPA modules
- Successfully partnered RISE with HANA implementation project, responsible for integrating SAP HANA to Salesforce capabilities such as Order entry and pricing
- Successfully partnered with CORE SAP HANA global template build teams in design and execution of Sales Territory planning, Order Management and Service cloud business processes
- Collaborated with stakeholders on strategy, product roadmap and execution in building seamless experiences to global business customers
- Managed stakeholder communication and change management efforts, facilitating seamless transitions and user adoption
- Partnered with UX designers, Data and other platforms in ensuring timely delivery of High Integrity Commitments
- As a people manager responsible for hiring, coaching, mentoring and year end calibration
- Conducted regular performance reviews, setting clear objectives and development plans tailored to individual team member strengths and career aspirations
- Oversaw for cost center budgeting and forecasting ($5 Mn), successfully met various cost management goals of the department by managing both project and run costs
- Oversaw for License management of SaaS applications in portfolio and successfully optimized licenses spend of SaaS applications.
Digital Transformation Manager Financial Systems
Ameren
03.2020 - 04.2022
- Led a digital transformation initiative, focusing on modernizing financial systems and processes : Oracle EPM suite to Cloud
- Led discovery, contracting and implementation of transformation project
- Successfully led implementation of SaaS software solution for Income Tax department, involving internal business, digital teams as well as third party vendor (SI) and received 'Ameren - Digital Excellence Award'
- Successfully led upgrade of PowerPlan application (that supports Project, Asset accounting, Income tax) to latest version
- As a people leader, successfully completed goal setting, performance reviews, providing feedback to employees and succession planning
- Successfully managed contract negotiations and Master Service Agreements (MSA) for portfolio of applications.
Sr. Lead BI Reporting-Financial Systems (LEPSI Project)
Bayer Crop Science
03.2019 - 03.2020
- Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018 and LEPSI Project is to integrate legacy Monsanto SAP into Bayer's SAP instance
- IT functional lead to implement SAP reporting solutions for Accounting and Controlling (FP&A) areas during all phases of project life cycle that facilities SAP system integrations
- Managed a team of 8 cross functional resources towards building of IT solutions to meet project needs
- Lead workshops with business partners and IT implementation teams to identify gaps and define business requirements
- Responsible for facilitating design walk through with architecture teams and IT implementation teams for proper alignment.
Solution Architect- Financial Systems
Monsanto Company
03.2016 - 03.2019
- Successfully built business case for SAP HANA migration and presented to executive team along with 3rd party vendor
- Successfully implemented Digital Transformation project in FP&A; business process standardization and implementation of Oracle EPM suite for Financial Consolidations and Planning business process
- Successfully implemented integration of SAP actuals data into HFM and Hyperion Planning applications
- As subject matter expert in SAP Controlling successfully designed and implemented P&L applications (Cost Center, Revenue, Product Costing)
- Established global governance on building standard and scalable IT solutions in SAP Finance domain
- Enforced quality standards to global SAP designs and solutions
- Study, gather, evaluate, and organize information on Monsanto's SAP Finance software systems and procedures, identify gaps and issues and design solutions to help the organization operate more efficiently and effectively
- Responsible for successful onboarding of new SAP FICO consultants into company and acted as a single point of contact for all design reviews and approvals from client.
Sr. Business Analyst- Finance Systems SAP FICO
Monsanto Company
07.2007 - 03.2016
- Built Global template for FICO by standardizing process and tools in finance domain
- Integrated several acquisitions into Monsanto's global template and some of them are brand new product lines/segments
- Conducted a detailed work simplification and measurement studies on the requirements by organizing interactive sessions with Business owners, users, management, and vendors and translate the business requirements to technical specifications, perform AS-IS, TO-BE processes and GAP analysis
- As IT SME of SAP Controlling CO-PA, CO-PC and ML areas globally, responsible for all RICEF objects in the implementations
- Design Functional Specifications for the custom changes and coordinate with SAP ABAP Development team for Development/Testing of custom objects.
SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
Advansoft World wide Inc.
01.2006 - 07.2007
- Responsible for implementation of CO-PC (Controlling-Product Costing) and CO-PA (Controlling-Profitability Analysis) modules of SAP in various ongoing projects at Monsanto Company.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance -
Texas A&M University-Commerce TX
Skills
- ERP System Integration
- SAP FI/CO HANA Implementation
- SAP Controlling
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Financial Systems Management
- Digital Transformation
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Team Leadership
- Business Analysis
- Application support
Immigrationstatus
US Citizen
Personal Information
Title: Delivery Manager | SAP FICO, FP&A| Digital Transformation Leader
Timeline
Delivery Manager-Customer Platform
Bayer Crop Science
04.2022 - Current
Digital Transformation Manager Financial Systems
Ameren
03.2020 - 04.2022
Sr. Lead BI Reporting-Financial Systems (LEPSI Project)
Bayer Crop Science
03.2019 - 03.2020
Solution Architect- Financial Systems
Monsanto Company
03.2016 - 03.2019
Sr. Business Analyst- Finance Systems SAP FICO
Monsanto Company
07.2007 - 03.2016
SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
Advansoft World wide Inc.
01.2006 - 07.2007
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance -
Texas A&M University-Commerce TX
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