Ekkehart von Roda

Senior Director Finance Transformation Office DHL

Ekkehart is a Finance Transformation Expert with DHL shaping the Global Finance Transformation and Digitalization agenda. Aiming at key-less / paper-less transactional accounting and driving standardization E2E the objective is to increase customer centricity and data accuracy to improve insights and predictions. Recently, Ekkehart has built up an Intelligent Automation CoE providing software based automation solutions to Finance and Operations in DHL. Before, Ekkehart has led a Consulting Service Practice advising clients in strategy, organization, processes, IT, and implementation of transformational change across the whole value chain. Ekkehart has worked cross industries for global clients intending to transform and integrate their operations.

Conference Day 2: Wednesday 16th October

3:00 PM A DHL SUPPLY CHAIN CASE STUDY: RE-IMAGINING AND FUTURE-PROOFING FINANCE & ACCOUNTING THROUGH GLOBAL ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE, SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION & BPO COLLABORATION

Is there a strong business case for moving towards a cloud-based ERP system? With DHL Supply Chain, the answer is a strong “yes”. The global transformation project they have embarked on not only proved to be a strategic move in driving cost benefits and global standardisation but also provided a huge leap into a complete re-imagination of how accounting can be managed differently to be future-ready. Join Ekkehart in this session and hear how they have been driving this strategic global transformation project from the perspectives of organisational change, system innovation and partner collaboration:

·       Reimagining global accounting processes with agility as the North Star and restructuring transactional and judgemental accounting processes

·       Moving towards cloud-based ERP; from piloting to global rollout. How to manage the global change at different phases?

·       Forging and leveraging BPO relationships to prioritise flexibility and innovation

·       Key lessons learned. What does it take to drive a holistic finance transformation bolstered by digital expertise and end to end process re-engineering?  

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