Sai Ram Menon

Strategic Finance Transformation Leader with over 19 years of global consulting and program management experience within Big 4 environments. Expert in directing multi-million-dollar Oracle Fusion and PeopleSoft transformations from Inception till Stabilization phase, specializing in global operating model design, R2R process optimization, and complex system modernizations across industries. Proven track record in driving practice growth, managing engagement profitability, and serving as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders.

Finance Transformation Manager at PwC CANADA (2025-03 – Present)

• Portfolio Leadership: Accountable for the delivery of high-impact transformation engagements, including a 6-month global Financial & CoA redesign across 9 countries.
• Land & Expand: Captured $2M+ in expansion revenue by identifying process inefficiencies and pitching modernization initiatives to executive leadership.
• Operational Excellence: Spearheaded a 3-month Finance Transformation project that improved automation efficiency by 30% and accelerated month-end close cycles.
• Engagement Profitability: Managed all financial aspects of engagements, including SoW preparation, staffing strategy, and project margin oversight.

Oracle Project Leader / Fusion R2R SME at DELOITTE CANADA (2021-11 – 2025-03)

• Large-Scale Transformation: Directed ERP upgrades for major Canadian/US clients with budgets ranging from $8M to $25M, leading global cross-functional and cross-cultural teams of 18+ headcount
• Strategic Road mapping: Developed ERP implementation roadmaps and complex Stakeholder & Change management frameworks to mitigate risks and ensure on-time, under-budget delivery.
• Practice Building: Acted as a Mentoring Champion, training over 150 practitioners to enhance firm-wide Oracle FIN capabilities.

Senior Consultant (Finance Functional Lead) at DELOITTE USI (2014-09 – 2021-11)

• Market Growth: Lead the functional design and delivery for 4 major end-to-end Oracle Fusion FSCM implementations across Public Sector, LSHC and Banking sectors.
• People Management: Managed multiple ERP FSCM project delivery teams handling Resource management, Appraisal & Feedback, competency & soft skills development.
• Functional Design: Owned the delivery of Oracle Fusion & PeopleSoft General Ledger and Commitment Control (KK) modules across several US-based healthcare majors.
• Recognition: Recipient of several prestigious awards including "Applause Awards" and the "Silver Dot" for excellence & outstanding contributions to Finance storefront delivery.

ERP Service Manager at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES (2010-05 – 2014-02)

• Service Governance: Managed L2/L3 support for a 140-member team at a major global bank, maintaining 99.7% system uptime via Root Cause Analysis enforcing Preventive Maintenance.
• Crisis Leadership: Received "Best Team Lead" award for the year resolving a critical stakeholder crisis and restoring client trust.

Systems Engineer (Techno-Functional Consultant) at IBM (2007-03 – 2010-05)

• Customer Focus: Single-handedly implemented a complex PeopleSoft EPM Upgrade project for the IBM-Citibank relationship, earning the Outstanding Contributor Award.
• Analytical Reporting: Developed multi-dimensional ACE reports and conducted deep-dive debugging of job stream processing and reverse mapping.

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Computer Science – CUSAT