Alamanda Kumar is a Finance Transformation Professional with over 25 years of experience. With a focus on driving profitability for global organizations, Kumar has proven expertise in using technology to provide a competitive advantage, improve productivity, and reduce costs. Kumar has experience managing the development efforts across large ERP environments, such as SAP, PeopleSoft, or Oracle. Moreover, she has successfully supported and implemented global ERP systems across different regions across the world. Kumar's ability to communicate, listen, and build alliances across cultural and organizational boundaries has been noted by colleagues past and present; these skills have been valuable in managing multiple work streams in a matrix organization in a global setting.

As a specialist in financial matters, Kumar has co-authored a book on SOX Compliance with SAP Treasury and Risk Management (published by SAP Press). She has extensive experience in US GAAP, IFRS requirements with a focus on business process integration for RTR, OTC and PTP in Shared Services Centers. Kumar's ability also extends to foreign currency revaluation.

Kumar started her post-secondary education studying B.Com at the University of Madras, went on to pursue PGDRM at IRMA, MBA at Southern Cross University, CPA, CTP, PMP, and CISA.