Robert Carey

- Provided expert consultation on Digitalization strategy, helping organizations to develop roadmaps for digital transformation through automation.

- Drove design and development of new FACT Contract Assessment solution.

- Drove design and development of Automated Invoicing Solution.

- Trained teams on Ericsson process steps and quality expectations.

- Analyzed Ericsson operational gaps and proposed process improvements.

- Developed standard operating procedures for new or improved processes that comply with regulatory requirements.

- Collaborated with stakeholders across the organization to identify potential process improvements.

- Coordinated closely with IT department on data management initiatives related to digital transformation projects.

- Lead cohesive digital transformation strategy across end-to-end order-to-invoice process and aligns roadmap with business and IT stakeholders.

- Direct product strategy for low-code workflow application on OutSystems platform, guiding enhancements for more than 3,000 end users.

- Shape data and analytics direction to support self-service analytics, standardized reporting, and scalable delivery within complex IT environment.

- Partner on ERP change-out program from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA by defining business process and IT requirements for migration and upgrade.

- Orchestraes demand management across operational, corporate, process management, and IT teams to prioritize and deploy requests across core tools and processes.

Managed a team of 10+ Senior Professionals with responsibility to receive, apply accounting (IFRS15) rules and book all customer contracts/orders to our ERP system (SAP). Ensuring compliance and audit trail responsibility on revenue recognition and all applicable internal and external accounting directives. Also responsible for profitability performance and business case follow-up for said contracts. Heavy interaction and interfacing with both sales (CRM/CPQ) process, as well as Operations (Project & Program Mgmt) units.

Lead a team of 20+ Financial Analysts for Ericsson's North American Region. Main responsibilities include, Drive the Financial Forecasting Process, Perform Period End Closing, Support the Governance Process, Perform Financial Analysis, Working Capital Management, Business Case Development Support, Employee Development/Coaching, Mentoring.

Defined strategy for global contract analyst function.

Aligned global process design and operating practices across regions.

Led informal leadership network of 50+ individuals to build and develop contract analyst capability.

Responsible for all internal cost analysis and financial forecasting for a ~1Billion USD Sprint Managed Services Contract.

Supporting project managers with financial advisory services in regards to project/contract setup, planning, execution, revenue and cost recognition, performance vs. budget.