Mahendra Balasaria Managing Director, Technology Consulting Mahendra is a Managing Director with Protiviti, responsible for Technology Consulting and Risk Managements solutions for the United Kingdom. He has 21+ years of professional experience across projects covering Finance Transformation, Business Process, Improvement/Target Operating Model, Process Transformation, Financial process efficiency, technology enablement across different ERPs, Carve outs, IT Strategy and Roadmap, programme & Project Management. Prior to joining Protiviti, Mahendra has served with leading Consulting companies including Ernst & Young, Siemens, A.F. Ferguson & Co. Major Projects Mahendra has been involved in multiple End to end ERP Transformation projects. He has been a programme Lead for a large SAP Technology enablement engagement for a leading News Channel in India. He has Successfully led delivery of a complex transformation project involving technology enablement of SAP and integration with other legacy applications (Hospital patient care system, billing system, etc.) at one of the leading Healthcare provider. He has even carried out ERP system review for compliance with J-SOX requirements and has performed multiple ERP enabled Business Process improvements/Optimisation engagements Led various transformation projects involving implementation of SAP REAL Estate solution s for multiple real estate, Print Media, News and Entertainment business, as well as Digital Media companies. Led Process Transformation projects as a programme Lead for a large ERP Transformation project for a leading Consumer Durables Company in India. Led a team for a Process Transformation engagement for a leading real estate company which involved enterprise wide process design and Re-engineering and then automation of the future state processes Supported Finance Director of a leading Alcobev company in preparing finance function for major change in finance and production system. Mahendra has also been engaged in Business Process Re-engineering/Finance Operating Model Design projects where he was a subject matter resource for developing a future state business process document for a leading Pharmaceutical company. He even led a team to prepare a Data Migration Strategy for one of the leading Tobacco manufacturing Company and has also been involved in defining the future state finance processes, Finance Operating model for a Pharmaceutical wholesale and Retail distribution company in India. As part of Finance Process Efficiency, Mahendra has also led a team to carry out an assessment of finance business processes, identified improvement opportunities and prioritisation of improvements to better financial integrity for a leading Power generation and distribution company in India. He also led a team for the roll out of Global Standardised Processes at a leading global Automotive company. Areas of Expertise ERP Strategy and Roadmap, Solution Design ERP/IP selection , ERP Implementation Reviews and optimisation ERP/System Implementations programme & Project Management Business process Improvement Financial Statement Close process Review Industry Expertise Consumer Products/FMCG Media (Print, Television & Entertainment) Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Automotive Real Estate Metals & Mining Education Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Bachelor of Commerce, Calcutta University, Kolkata Professional Memberships and Certifications/Trainings SAP R/3 FI-CO R3 for Auditors Web Application programmeming & Design and Development Certification from NIIT
