Amit Mahamune
Pune,MH
Summary
Dynamic Chartered Accountant and PMP Certified professional with over 20 years of extensive experience in optimizing accounting processes, leading ERP implementations, and driving finance transformation projects. Proven track record in managing complex projects from business blueprinting to post-go-live support, ensuring seamless operational enhancements and compliance with US GAAP standards. Expertise in consulting and project management within finance, risk, and regulatory reporting across diverse sectors, including investment banking, oil and gas, education, and services. Results-oriented leader adept at fostering high-performing teams and leveraging advanced analytical tools such as R Programming, Python, Tableau, and Microsoft Power BI to deliver exceptional business outcomes and elevate customer experiences.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Director (ERP Consolidation Head(
XBP Global (Previously Exela Technologies)
11.2023 - Current
- Role to lead the ERP consolidation projects and head the in-house production support teams (Reporting to Group CFO)
- Head the in-house production support teams for SAP, EPICOR and JD Edwards
- Lead successful transition and knowledge transfer of existing applications (Travelled to the US)
- Currently working on below two initiatives in functional/Project Management/Overall lead role
- Successfully completed migration ERP for European entities (outdated GDI and CEGID ERP entities) to SAP Business by Design (ByD)
- Project Management of Planful implementation to replace the SAP BPC used for Consolidation and Reporting
- Cross functional teams’ co-ordination and leadership for initiatives involving Finance Systems
Specialized Consulting Manager
Wolters Kluwer
04.2022 - 09.2023
- Specialized Consulting Manager in Professional Services Vertical for Implementation/Support of OneSumX Finance suite of products in the Finance, Risk and Regulatory Reporting Division (FRR) integration with Tagetik
- Functional Consulting/Project Management of Integrated ERP Implementation of OneSumX Finance, OneSumX Risk and OneSumX Regulatory Reporting
- Project Management of Implementation: Capital Adequacy Ratio reporting for Australian Bank (APRA regulations)
- Act as SPOC and Project Manager for Implementation of Finance and Risk functionalities
- Project Management of Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) assignments
- Steered governance meetings in the weekly cadence calls with clients and internal stakeholders
- Monitored the status of the project, JIRA dashboards
- Prepared and provided presentations to the client
- Led the project in Senior Management status calls
- Functional Consulting of OneSumX Finance and CECL (Current Expected Credit Loss) suite of products
- Gathered CECL requirements i.e., product portfolio, segmentation, CECL methodology, data modeling, etc.
- Performed OneSumX configurations and testing
- Liaised with the client in UAT completion
- Stakeholder management
Senior AVP- Finance Change (Roles as Project Manager/Functional Consulting SME for ERP Implementation/Accounting Process Streamlining projects)
Credit Suisse
07.2017 - 04.2022
- Swiss GAAP/USGAAP Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) Accounting Standards - GL Automation (2019 - 2022): Phased Global Implementation project of Impairment Program within the bank completely led from Pune for the Investment Banking entities (Phase I being Implementation of USGAAP CECL in Jan 2020)
- Understood the complete flow of CECL accounting across Risk and Finance Systems and related business processes role as Functional Lead for GL automation workstream
- Led end-to-end implementation of business processes related to CECL Accounting/Reporting across bank
- Involved in all the phases of the Project right from Requirement Gathering, Build, UAT, Go-Live, and Post go-live support
- Coordinating with all the Business and IT Stakeholders and transforming requirements into relevant documentation such as BRD, FRD, Training Documents, and BAU Handover documentation
- Liaised with all business stakeholders as Legal Entity Controllers/Statutory Reporting/BMR/LRR/LMR/Risk Team
- Prepared journals of transition adjustment with the Accounting Team (LEAR)
- Ran the forum of transition adjustment and resolution of queries in journals/CECL numbers, etc.
- Resolved GL postings queries and supported month-end close activities for business to ensure smooth go-live and successful transition to BAU teams
- Successful implementation of GL automation of accounting entries for entities in the scope of Swiss GAAP reporting in Jan 2021
- Project Management of downstream automation projects to USLRR (Axiom), BMR (STAR)
- Liaised with the Accounting Policy team to ensure clarity on accounting issues/queries and seeking appropriate clarifications in terms of in-scope product and accounting treatment
- Automated flow of Accounting records through various Risk and Finance systems and posting to the Ledger (PeopleSoft GL)
- Configured posting rules to explode the single entry accounting record into double-entry accounting lines and assignment of GL accounts in DAL
- Configured chart of accounts in PeopleSoft to ensure the posting of entries in GL and other related configurations such as combo rules, account balancing group setups, etc.
- Automated data flow of CECL for downstream reporting, local regulatory teams, statutory reporting, capital calculation, and liquidity reporting
- Assessed the complex data architecture of data flows across applications in the bank
- Steered project management activities such as Weekly Updating of PSR and represented the work stream in various Governance Forums & Opco Meetings
Lead Consultant (SPOC Project/Transition Manager)
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
03.2017 - 07.2017
- Played a key role as Project Manager & SPOC for a Financials Support Project for a leading Service Provider Company Oil and Gas Industry Based out of Canada (Tervita Corporation)
- Ensured successful transition of applications support project from Canada Onsite to India.
- Successful Transition Management (Travelled to Canada to complete Knowledge transition to offshore team)
- Worked on the project right from the Initiation stage and successfully led the offshore team size of 20+ FTEs across locations in India
- Successfully managed the Transition of client team activities
- Applications involved- PeopleSoft FSCM, PeopleSoft HCM, Hyperion, Fusion Financials, SAP
- Managed offshore team size of over 20 resources in locations across India
- Resolved all production issues related to the General Ledger, Asset Management, Project Costing, Procure to Pay (P2P), Contracts, and Billing and Accounts Receivables Modules (O2C)
- Streamlined all issues related to PeopleSoft FSCM, HCM, Fusion and Hyperion applications
Senior Associate- Projects
Cognizant Technologies Ltd.
02.2015 - 03.2016
- Worked on Financials Support Project for leading Asset Management Company (BNY Mellon)
Associate Consultant
Wipro Ltd.
06.2013 - 02.2015
Senior Functional Analyst
Hexaware Technologies Ltd.
08.2010 - 06.2013
Manager Finance & Accounts
Raisoni Group
07.2009 - 06.2010
Manager – Policy Mortgages
Reliance Capital Ltd. (Consumer Finance)
09.2008 - 07.2009
Credit Manager- SME- BIL & Mortgages
Standard Chartered Bank
Mumbai
10.2007 - 09.2008
Branch Credit Manager- Mortgages
ICICI Bank Ltd.
Mumbai
09.2005 - 10.2007
Audit Representative
Dalal & Shah, Chartered Accountants
Pune
03.2005 - 08.2005
Education
SAP FICO Training -
Henry Harvin
06-2026
Post Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics (Data Science) - undefined
XLRI Institute of Management
04-2023
Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management
Project Management Institute
USA12-2020
Oracle Certified Expert- PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 General Ledger Consultant - undefined
Oracle University
01-2012
Chartered Accountant (CA) - undefined
ICAI
India01-2005
Skills
- PeopleSoft FSCM (92, 91, 90)
- OneSumX
- SAP
- Integrations
- Oracle Fusion Financials
- Accounting Processes Automation
- Collaborative leadership
- Team management
- Team building and motivation
- Data analytics
- Process improvement
- Project management
- Financial management
- Change management
- Regulatory compliance
Accomplishments
- Wolters Kluwer: Standardized the Software Management Services process and defined the delivery process
- Credit Suisse: Delivered and lead successfully the PeopleSoft GL accounting automation program for USGAAP Impairment (ASC 350) and Swiss GAAP Impairment projects, received below awards
- CFO Star Achiever Award Q2’19
- CFO Team Performance Award Q3’19
- Infosys: Successfully initiated, completed knowledge transition, and stabilized the Production Support Project for a client based out of Canada without any escalations and achieved CMMI level 5 compliant status
- Cognizant: Wow Award from stakeholder for excellent support
Certification
PeopleSoft FSCM 9.0 Application Functional Training on modules – GL, AP, AR, PO, BI, AM, Banking, and CM from Hexaware Technologies Ltd.
Timeline
Sr. Director (ERP Consolidation Head(
XBP Global (Previously Exela Technologies)
11.2023 - Current
Specialized Consulting Manager
Wolters Kluwer
04.2022 - 09.2023
Senior AVP- Finance Change (Roles as Project Manager/Functional Consulting SME for ERP Implementation/Accounting Process Streamlining projects)
Credit Suisse
07.2017 - 04.2022
Lead Consultant (SPOC Project/Transition Manager)
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
03.2017 - 07.2017
Senior Associate- Projects
Cognizant Technologies Ltd.
02.2015 - 03.2016
Associate Consultant
Wipro Ltd.
06.2013 - 02.2015
Senior Functional Analyst
Hexaware Technologies Ltd.
08.2010 - 06.2013
Manager Finance & Accounts
Raisoni Group
07.2009 - 06.2010
Manager – Policy Mortgages
Reliance Capital Ltd. (Consumer Finance)
09.2008 - 07.2009
Credit Manager- SME- BIL & Mortgages
Standard Chartered Bank
10.2007 - 09.2008
Branch Credit Manager- Mortgages
ICICI Bank Ltd.
09.2005 - 10.2007
Audit Representative
Dalal & Shah, Chartered Accountants
03.2005 - 08.2005
Post Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics (Data Science) - undefined
XLRI Institute of Management
Oracle Certified Expert- PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 General Ledger Consultant - undefined
Oracle University
Chartered Accountant (CA) - undefined
ICAI
SAP FICO Training -
Henry Harvin
Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management
Project Management Institute
CORE COMPETENCIES
- ERP Implementation/Support (Oracle PeopleSoft, SAP, OneSumX, Fusion Financials)
- Training completed of SAP FICO (S4/HANA) from Henry Harvin, certification targeted by June 2026
- PMP Certified, Post Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics (Data Science) from XLRI Institute of Management (2023), Change Management, Data Visualization, Leadership and Management
- Functional Competency: Accounting and Finance
- People Management: Communication, Collaboration, Stakeholder Management, Cross-Functional Team Building & Management and Motivation