Nitin Sethi

Senior Director

Publicis Sapient • Tiempo completo

Apr 2017 - Aug 2026 • 9 yrs 4 mos

Hold comprehensive P&L accountability and global governance for a €60M+ corporate portfolio across 25+ diverse international markets. Manage a dedicated team of 20 finance professionals across FP&A, accounting, and regional compliance operations. • Drove cross-border strategic interventions that yielded €5M in direct business savings through structured risk assessments and opportunity tracking for global CXOs. • Secured an annual recurring savings of €2M by spearheading the consolidation and commercial rationalization of global IT contracts. • Optimized operational overheads by 15% through the transition of central financial hubs to strategic, low-cost regions. • Achieved CMMI Level 3 certification for finance processes, embedding structural quality frameworks and continuous improvement standards across teams. • Led the regional implementation and rollout of Pigment and SAP platforms across ASEAN markets, eliminating cross-border visibility gaps and manual friction. • Centralized regional financial planning and control ownership into specialized hubs in India and the Philippines, standardizing accounting integrity. • Lifted management forecast accuracy by 30% through robust reporting architectures, shortening variance evaluation timeframes. • Managed complex regional corporate spend protocols and Shared Service Centre (SSC) chargeback mechanisms, enforcing budget discipline across multi-tier entities. • Consistently delivered fiscal performance targets and ensured seamless execution of Commit cycles

AVP - Finance

DXC Technology • Tiempo completo

Oct 2012 - Apr 2017 • 4 yrs 6 mos

Retained to drive financial operations across two distinct tenures. In the first stint, held complete operational ownership of end-to-end finance controllership, budgeting, forecasting, AR, AP, payroll, reimbursement & GL functions. In the second stint, elevated to scale the regional Shared Service Centre (SSC) to a high-performing organization of 100+ FTEs, successfully modernizing the enterprise footprint and driving down processing costs by 25%. Key Result Areas: • Eliminated historical inter-company reconciliation discrepancies by 90% and saved 10 operational days per month by executing targeted SAP integrations and introducing structured Six Sigma process maps • Designed and executed a structured profitability roadmap, boosting company bottom-line performance by 3% through optimized seat utilization strategies and rigorous grade restructuring. • Constructed formal Management Information Systems (MIS) frameworks and objective KPI scorecards, drastically improving transparency for international stakeholders. • Championed the "Clean Balance Sheet" initiative, establishing strict Management Information (MI) metrics and KPI visibility while systematically eliminating legacy open items and exposure points. • Instituted rigorous dual-control check-points within AP and payroll, mitigating data-input exposure and optimizing employee expense reimbursement timelines.