Sasi Dharan

Directing a 20-member financial operations team across global AP shared services, delivering strategic oversight of
FP&A reporting, budgeting, and quarterly forecasting cycles to VP and Client Director stakeholders.

• Spearheading enterprise-scale process transformations and migrations across AP workflows, including technical
design, stakeholder alignment, and execution roadmap delivery for cross-regional implementations.
Leading Change in Control (CIC) and Joint Venture (JV) transitions—successfully completed 4 CIC and 2 JV
transfers, ensuring seamless financial control handovers, regulatory compliance, and zero business continuity
disruptions.

Directing intelligent AP automation initiatives—including AI-driven invoice scanning and 2-way/3-way PO matching
workflows—generating 35% process efficiency gains and 15% reduction in project costs across shared services
operations.

Executed end-to-end AHT/FTE capacity modelling across AP workflows spanning 600+ total FTEs, optimising
resource allocation and sustaining SLA performance above 96%.

Delivering strategic FP&A reporting and monthly variance analysis to executive stakeholders, translating financial
data into actionable insights supporting quarterly business review decisions.

Strengthened the internal controls framework across cross-regional operations in alignment with IFRS standards,
mitigating financial audit risks and maintaining zero critical compliance findings across consecutive review cycles.

Partnered with Procurement, Supply Chain, and Global Operations across 12 business units to synchronise AP
processes and financial controls with enterprise strategy and SLA commitments.

Mentored and upskilled 7 junior finance analysts through structured development roadmaps, resulting in 30% internal
promotion rate and measurable uplift in team productivity metrics

Led reconciliation process redesign 70 across APAC region, delivering
efficiency gains and substantial cost reductions through streamlined workflows and automation integration. Conducted
detailed process mapping, bottleneck analysis, technology integration planning, and cross-regional change management
coordination.
Directed a 10-member financial operations team across global AP shared services, achieving 99% on-time execution
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of FP&A reporting, budgeting, and quarterly forecasting cycles delivered to VP and Client Director stakeholders.
Spearheaded intelligent AP automation initiatives including AI-driven invoice scanning and 2-way/3-way PO matching
workflows—generating 35% process efficiency gain and 15% reduction in project costs across shared services
operations.
Delivered strategic FP&A reporting and monthly variance analysis to VP, Client Directors, and Project Directors,
translating financial data into executive-level insights supporting quarterly business review decisions.
Strengthened the internal controls framework across cross-regional operations in alignment with IFRS standards,
mitigating financial audit risks and maintaining zero critical compliance findings across 3 consecutive review cycles.
Served as Finance Process Lead for 10+ cross-regional teams covering APAC, Oceania, and North America,
standardising global operational procedures and rapidly resolving high-priority escalations.
Partnered with Procurement, Supply Chain, and Global Operations across 12 business units to synchronise AP
processes and financial controls with enterprise strategy and SLA commitments.

Managed end-to-end Accounts Payable lifecycle workflows across APAC, Oceania, and North America utilising SAP
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FI/CO and MM modules, overseeing accurate processing of 5, 000+ monthly invoices at 99% accuracy rate.
Resolved complex regional AP escalations and data mismatches, liquidating exception backlog by 60% through
structured root-cause analysis, system refinement, and cross-functional intervention.
Executed rigorous pre-payment quality assurance reviews on 2, 000+ invoices monthly, enforcing 3-way PO matching
protocols to maintain 99% accurate payment baseline prior to banking release.
Owned month-end close processes including GR/IR reconciliation, payable GL, sub-ledger balancing, and AP
control accounts achieving zero period-end unreconciled variances.
Collaborated with Procurement, Supply Chain, and legal agreement teams to refine standard operating procedures,
reducing average invoice processing cycle times by 20%.
Managed intelligent automation workflows for AP invoice scanning and auto-posting systems, optimising auto-posting
accuracy and resolving exceptions to sustain SLA targets.
• Prepared and presented AP performance reports and FP&A summaries for client management calls, quarterly
business reviews, and SLA governance discussions, supporting data-driven decision-making at leadership level.

Prepared full-scope monthly financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow) for a portfolio of 4 group
entities in compliance with SLFRS standards, supporting audit readiness and management reporting.
Contributed to annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles, facilitating strategic FP&A alignment for group
entities generating 180M LKR in annual turnover.

Conducted monthly variance analysis against budgeted financial benchmarks, identifying cost overruns and
efficiency gaps that drove 20% process optimisation rate.

Managed end-to-end AP and AR cycles for 1, 000+ vendor and customer accounts, cutting average payment cycles
by 10 days and improving overall cash flow velocity.

Designed and executed automated workflow enhancements within internal reporting and transaction systems,
eliminating 100 hours of manual processing per month while advancing ledger data accuracy.

Processed monthly payroll for 50+ employees ensuring 100% accuracy and full adherence to statutory and tax
compliance deadlines