I like taking up socail causes in my free time and love driving and Riding
John Shehan
Director Collections
Bangalore
Summary
Dedicated Functional Finance professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational value. Driving large transformation of teams from Transition to inception and Setting up Organization structure , Processes, Analytics and stabilizing to run mode. Successfully worked with Sr. Leaders in the Organization from GMs' / VP's and CFO's across multiple locations and Organizations. Also very adept in Managing large teams in one to multiple locations and cultures.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
19
19
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Languages
Work History
Director Collections
Honeywell International India
Bangalore
04.2020 - Current
- Leading team of 130+ C2C Managers / Supervisors and Collector Globally with Annual Collections in Excess of $6.5B+, Past due at $160M to $190M & DSO at 45 Days. Also reduced Unapplied cash to less than
- Set-up HBT Global C2C Org from 2020 June and established working model and framework for HBT.
- Set-up GBE Global Model and Regional Structure with key focus on working independently unlike how it was done historically.
- Delivered cash collection, Past due reduction, disputes and Unapplied cash Targets. Also focused on Bad debt reduction MoM to help benefit OI.
- Managed experienced team of direct-hire and outsourced collection specialists.
- Improved collections and disputes process through use of SAP as our main collections tool.
- Led customer-specific initiatives such as root cause analysis and implemented improvements to enable cash
- Drive collections by leveraging all possible levers like Factoring / Letter of Credit / Discounting.
- Improve Past due by Order Holds / Stop Service / Projects Technical holds and other levers.
- Working with multiple stakeholders to drive process improvement upstream and integrate / O2C structure. Supporting VSM projects for upstream process fixes and identifying gaps and fixes to reduce self inflicted delays
Director Finance
Honeywell Technology Solutons
Bangalore
12.2013 - 03.2020
- Set up Reporting and analytics team for PMT globally and established it in Bangalore
- Built Forecasting Model in PMT along with relevant Analytic to review process
- Implemented Automated Machine learning forecast model for AM in PMT as Pilot
- Introduced Alteryx automation for end to reporting in PMT. Moved all global report to Alteryx where feasible
- Part of global Celonis roll-out for Honeywell and initiated first structural suggestion on how to use and drive this across PMT as one of Global Owners
- Leading FSCM tool usage roll-out experience across PMT with process driven focus to drive and leverage automation
- Managed multiple projects across PMT C2C to drive WC improvement and cash drive YoY.
- Leading projects around terms Rationalization and baseline exercised for PMT globally
- HRC blue print exercise and global Roll-out for C2C across PMT. I had ownership to implement / stabalize and operationalize this out for PMT across all regions and GBE's.
Asst Vice President
Exl Services Pvt. Ltd
Bangalore
08.2011 - 11.2013
- Managed multiple teams across O2C vertical from Billing / Invoice preparation and Cash allocations)
- Migrated and Stabilized multiple roles from onshore to Bangalore
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Set-up new Org structure and work load management process to drive efficiencies and improvements
Manager Operations
Accenture India
Bangalore
11.2004 - 07.2011
- II was managing team of 100+ team members in Multiple processes across AP / AR / GL / FA and IC. This was for Multiple regions across UK / Europe / Pacific / India / Singapore and Malaysia
- Worked in multiple positions in Accenture from TL managing team of 10 driving reporting and analytics across multiple clients to large operations teams across multiple clients
- Was responsible for KT / Transitioning / Stabilizing and Running day to day operations from inception and handover from client.
- I was also part of pilot team when Service Management was introduced as standalone function in Accenture
- We integrated and managed Day to day reporting for new and ongoing projects with focus on Metrics and data collation
Education
MBA - Finance
Wigan And Leigh College
Bangalore 06.1999 - 04.2001
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
Baldwin Methodist College
Bangalore 06.1995 - 04.1999
Pre-University College - Commerce
Krupanidhi Pre-University Collecge
Bangalore 06.1993 - 03.1995
High School Diploma -
Baldwin Boys High School
Bangalore 06.1981 - 04.1993
Skills
People Management
undefinedAdditional Information
I believe in giving back to the society and I am very active in many social causes in different roles and capabilities. I work as Traffic Warden in Bangalore with the Bangalore traffic police, on a break for last 9 months. I was also very active during the time of the Pandemic and supported my block as a Covid leader. I has a team of 20+ reporting to me where I managed the Supply of essentials to needy people at the time of lockdown. I have been recognized by multiple organization and teams on this.
Interests
Timeline
Director Collections
Honeywell International India
04.2020 - Current
Director Finance
Honeywell Technology Solutons
12.2013 - 03.2020
Asst Vice President
Exl Services Pvt. Ltd
08.2011 - 11.2013
Manager Operations
Accenture India
11.2004 - 07.2011
MBA - Finance
Wigan And Leigh College
06.1999 - 04.2001
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
Baldwin Methodist College
06.1995 - 04.1999
Pre-University College - Commerce
Krupanidhi Pre-University Collecge
06.1993 - 03.1995
High School Diploma -
Baldwin Boys High School
06.1981 - 04.1993
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