Michelle Baker-Crail is
the Vice President of Global Business Services (GBS) for S&P Global. She manages a team of 250+ internal and
third-party resources who are located globally and support the accounting and
finance functions for the enterprise, including Source to Pay, Record to
Report, and Order to Cash. Michelle is transforming the GBS organization in
order to optimize resources and has improved and streamlined workflows and
processes, including the use of Robotics and Automation. She has developed a roadmap to continue to
increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve the internal and external
customer experience. Michelle has been
with S&P Global for almost 25 years and has held a number of positions within
the Corporate and Divisional Finance teams.
Prior to her current role, she held the role of Senior Director of
Transition and Transformation for GBS and led a number of lean and process
improvement projects to drive efficiencies and reduce costs. She is a certified
Six Sigma Black Belt and has a Bachelor’s degree from Temple University and has
achieved RGCP and CGCE certification through the International Credit and Trade
Finance Organization and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.