Nathan L. Lehloo

My role was within Enterprise Technology & Performance, specifically focusing on Finance and Performance

• I work across both Operational and Business Finance
• My main focus across these two domains is the application of digitization such as RPA, AI etc., to bring about efficiencies within the finance functions which will enable critical human resources to focus on more high-end and value-added activities

Operational Finance:

• Finance Strategy: we provide strategic services including technology, data, systems architecture, and talent strategies to ensure successful transformations in areas such as general strategy, capital management etc;
• We transform and optimize day-to-day transactional functions central to the role of finance departments;
• I work with finance functions to optimize highly transactional processes such as O2C, P2P through leveraging Lean processes, RPA, Business Partnering etc;
• Business performance management

Business Finance:

• We leverage the power of advanced analytics and statistical forecasting to support process transformation, including business finance process, performance management and talent optimization, budgeting and planning, and management information and insights;
• Conduct Financial Planning and Analysis through the use of AI to conduct predictive analytics leveraging big data;
• I've built Activity Based Costing (ABC) models to provide cost transparency and overhead recovery for support functions such as finance, IT, procurement etc.

Improved team performance by providing comprehensive training and fostering a collaborative work environment.

Spearheaded change management efforts for seamless adoption of new systems or processes among employees through setting up the Celonis Process Mining offering within Finance and Performance function

• Business development: I delivered outstanding service to clients to maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.
• I delivered multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality results.
• I am able to translate client issues into well defined solutions
• Drive sales from initiation to close by making and giving presentations to prospective clients
• Track, identify and add qualified prospects to the sales pipeline
• Drive the end-to-end sales process
• Project manage and delivery of cross-functional projects / solutions such as systems implementations, integrations, process optimization, Project Management etc
• Identification of project risk and implementing mitigating strategies
• Develop and manage strategic partnerships to grow business

• My main role during this time with the impact of COVID19 was to deliver and work with teams to increase and maintaining our revenue pipeline

I was a part of two major business development proposals (which were both won):

• Botswana based life insurer (the proposed solution included Robotics Process Automation, Predictive Analytics, Visualization tools and Process Mining)
• Telecommunication company based in South Africa (the proposed solutions included Robotics Process Automation of their Activity Based Cost Model)

I delivered a Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting best practice processes for a client implementing SAP BPC (resulting in the effective reduction of the overall planning cycle):

• I worked with the office of the CFO in defining best practice Planning Budgeting and Forecasting processes in line with the overall finance function strategy and how that contributes to the organizational strategy;
• I analyzed the client's short, medium and long term budget and forecast process and identified process inefficiencies;
• I defined more streamlined and efficient processes that reduced the planning cycle times;
• I helped the client define the organizations' information needs, management reporting strategy, KPI and scorecard requirements and an implementation roadmap.

My role was to operate and deliver projects in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Oman

There were numerous business development activities that I was involved in including ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company - market cap - $12.15bn) and Al Futtaim Group (market cap - $136m)

• I project managed a sizeable team of consultants and delivered a Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting (PBF) project at Al Futtaim Retail out of Dubai;
• The client's planning processes were Excel based and highly manual, we helped the client transform their manual processes from Excel to a relevant and forward looking technology based planning solution called Analplan;
• I led client business requirements gathering workshops from a process perspective;
• Defined the organizations information needs, management reporting strategy, KPI and scorecard requirements and an implementation roadmap;
• Then worked with the implementation consultants with the implementation of the Anaplan solution.

I traveled Southern Africa

Management Consulting - Strategy and Operations: My role's key focus was to operationalize a client's strategy to it's operations; this was achieved through alignment to industry trends, relevant benchmarks and where the client future objectives..

• I have built a number of operating model designs (i.e. Centers of Excellence, Shared Services, Retained Organization), process re -engineering, business case creation etc.;
• As a Lean-Six Sigma Green Belt holder, I have streamlined numerous processes within Financial Services, Public Sector and Telecommunications;
• Conducted thorough market analyses, identifying growth opportunities and informing strategic decision-making for clients e.g. working with the former Financial Services Board (FSB) through it's transition to becoming the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA);

The South African Revenue Services (SARS) was undergoing a major re-design of it's processes and systems.

• As a Process Engineer, my main role encompassed the analysis, redesign and implementation of priority Customs and Excise processes across Land, Sea and Air borders of entry;
• I mentored junior engineers in best practices for process design, optimization, and troubleshooting techniques;
• I designed and executed, through collaboration, experiments to identify process improvements, leading to reduced costs and increased efficiency (across land-border posts, we were able to slash the waiting time for trucks crossing the border through eradication of bottlenecks and pre-declarations)
• Visited client sites to troubleshoot issues and provide one-on-one training;

As an Analyst within Finance and Performance Management, my role spanned across a number of disciplines including (below is a sample of the work delivered):

• Cost Optimization - conducted a sustainable cost optimization analysis and provided recommendations to a large Utilities client; we were able to improve financial operations with careful, in-depth analysis and proactive recommendations for improvement.
• Finance Process Analysis and Optimization for a large commercial Masana Petroleum, a fuel distributor in South Africa, conducted an analysis of their order-2-cash processes and identified bottlenecks and process inefficiencies. Ultimately providing recommendations and best practice order-2-cash process.
• We built a Activity Based Costing (ABC) for the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) to account for all the IT service support provided to the client-facing functions.

As a Trainee Accountant, I conducted my Articles in Johannesburg, focusing on Audit, Tax and Financial Management.

I conducted audits mainly for medium sized organizations across various industries including:

• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Medical

Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings;

Developed technical knowledge through combination of workplace learning and formal study;

Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development through participation in industry seminars, workshops, and training sessions.