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Niju Chandran

Senior Program Manager
Leicestershire

Summary

Creative Senior Program Manager with exceptional background in Finance Domain in Manufacturing Industry. Highly effective in leading and directing Large Scale Transformation programs, Business Process Reengineering and Performance Improvement Projects to streamline businesses and processes for maximum effectiveness and efficiency. Proven success in building and motivating program teams to meet project goals. Demonstrated leadership in rolling out systems implementation globally with multi-year roadmaps.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language

Work History

Senior Program Manager

Amazon
London, UK
11.2021 - Current
  • E-Invoicing in EMEA: Modernizing Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables operations and systems for Amazon's Retail Business
  • Retail Launces in Countries: Creating solution design and collaborating with Business Partnering, Finance Operations and Product teams to roll out retail launches in EMEA region
  • Compliance Projects: Rolling out compliance projects in EMEA with Tax and Accounting teams to make sure Amazon has appropriate Tax Controllerships in place.

Senior Manager, Finance Systems

Cummins Inc
Rugby, UK
10.2013 - 11.2021

Global Business Owner for General Ledger and Accountable Payables modules in Oracle R12
Lead the Global Change Control Board (GCCB) for analysing and approving Business/System change requests in the global Oracle ERP applications.
Transformed and integrated legacy processes and systems used in Distribution Business in North America into the standardized global Cummins process and policies.
Digital Transformation of Cummins Financial Applications into new BOLT (Oracle R12 ERP) system along with DBU Reporting Business Intelligence tool.
Business Requirements Owner responsible for signing off on requirements for project releases within the bigger transformation program roadmap.
Responsible for trainings on Oracle processes and system features to Regional Finance Teams.
Supported the Program Roadmap by working along with Deployment Teams and Corporate IT.
Assumed the role of Finance Process Champion in Currency Revaluation and Remeasurement for Africa Distribution Business Transformation program.

Senior Business Analyst (SME)

Renault-Nissan Technology Business Centre
Chennai, India
05.2011 - 07.2013

Designed a BPRM reference model for Nissan Sales Finance Processes [Nissan BPRM]

Defined the to-be state processes for wholesale sales finance business in Nissan Thailand [NLTH]

Conducted process workshops with NLTH Business followed by a Gap Analysis Workshop for Implementing Netsol Financial Suite Application

Adepts in signing-off the Gap Analysis Document and Functional Specification Document

Responsible for creating UAT Test Cases and Conducting UAT

Defined End to End Process for Wholesale & Retail Sales Finance Business

Agile Business Analyst

Ford
Chennai, India
05.2010 - 05.2010

Created Business Owners View Document for Warranty Finance Application

Created High-Level Functional Specification Document for Warrant Finance Application

Created a Low-Level Functional Specification Document

Conducted UAT with Business users for rolling out functionalities in the systems.

Contributor to the agile stand-up calls.

Software Developer

EMEDSOL PVT LTD
Cochin, India
05.2005 - 05.2009

Designed multiple projects for Healthcare Companies across Europe and North America

Developed customized solutions for managing healthcare services

Engaged in gathering requirements from the client and preparing a software requirements document

Developed wireframes in Visio for client walk through and for UI designers

Designed and coded front-end functions in .NET software applications

Prepared technical documentation at both the program level and user level

Assisted in developing the architectural design and functional specifications.

Education

Engineering - Information Technology

Cochin University of Science and Technology
India
05.2001 - 05.2005

Skills

Process Improvement and Automation

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Certification

Oracle R12 General Ledger

Timeline

Senior Program Manager

Amazon
11.2021 - Current

Senior Manager, Finance Systems

Cummins Inc
10.2013 - 11.2021

Senior Business Analyst (SME)

Renault-Nissan Technology Business Centre
05.2011 - 07.2013

Agile Business Analyst

Ford
05.2010 - 05.2010

Software Developer

EMEDSOL PVT LTD
05.2005 - 05.2009

Engineering - Information Technology

Cochin University of Science and Technology
05.2001 - 05.2005
Niju ChandranSenior Program Manager