Stephen G. Lynch, CPA discusses Lean Finance with Nadine Chalmers-Ross on Auckland, New Zealand's AMP morning business program.
Stephen G. Lynch, CPA, PMP
Stephen G. Lynch, CPA is the Managing Director and Founder of Sapient Strategic Advisors. He provides advisory services focused on transformation of the CFO office through global service delivery and digital transformation. Steve brings more than 25 years of experience advising global companies on their service delivery strategies and has served clients in a variety of industries including oil & gas, chemicals, utilities, mining, consumer product and industrial manufacturing, and transportation.
An experienced global consultant, Steve has partnered with clients on five continents to develop and deploy the strategy that leads to superior performance. His expertise spans the domains of organizational transformation, process optimization, shared services, and global service delivery. He is an active content contributor on the topics of Finance Transformation and globalization and has presented at the IQPC Shared Services & Outsourcing conference and the CSC National Sales Conference in North America as well as the Lean Finance Forum in New Zealand. Steve has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and Auckland’s AMP Business morning program on TVNZ.
Steve started his accounting career in the audit group of Grant Thornton and served as an Accounting Manager and Controller in private industry. When the Y2K crisis hit, he led his company’s implementation of their accounting and reporting systems and a new career was born. Steve left industry and joined Ernst & Young’s consulting practice implementing Oracle ERP to drive efficiencies in his clients’ finance organizations. He also served as a Director at The Hackett Group where he participated in numerous benchmark studies and transformation programs to enhance finance service delivery, improve internal controls, and reduce cost to world-class levels. Prior to his current role, Steve was a Director in the Finance Transformation practice of KPMG and served as a Director in TCS’ globalization practice where he led large outsourcing projects managing a global workforce.
Steve holds an MBA from The University of Florida and a BBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, he holds an active CPA certificate in the State of Georgia. He lives with his wife in Dallas, Texas, and will soon make his home in Ponte Vedra, Florida, USA. He can be found on the web at www.sapientsa.com and www.sapientbpo.com.
Key services Steve supports include:
Global Business Services
Shared Services
Outsourcing
Operating Model Design
Process Optimization
Enterprise Performance Management
Program & Project Management
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Testimonials:
“Steve is a seasoned finance executive with broad and in-depth experience in finance transformation, shared services, and performance improvement function areas. He demonstrated leadership in his research, white papers, presentations at SSON conferences, and his client delivery work.”
“Steve demonstrated a strong knowledge of performance management and the metrics needed to create a meaningful scorecard that measured service delivery on cycle time, quality, productivity, and cost. As a Project Manager, Steve brought the project in on time and on budget.”
“Steve was an outstanding partner who listens well and responds in a timely manner. As with all transitions, there were many issues that needed raising and responses. Steve performed in a very professional manner, even during trying issues resolution.”
“Steve is a very hard-working and dedicated individual. He is very knowledgeable in all facets of accounting and has keen insight into the information needs of clients. He is a client-focused, results-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal skills. ”
“A true professional who I have always been able to count on to deliver quality work and professional services”
“Steve stepped into the role of facilitator for our SAP Blueprint project with skill and aplomb. The ability to combine his in-depth Finance knowledge with the technical details involved in a global SAP design and development project served to move the many client workshops forward more rapidly and produce a higher level of consistent results. He was also a key player in the development of the technical Blueprint deliverable which was accepted by the client with minimal change.”
“Steve led the interviews with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s General Managers and Finance Directors around the globe to gather requirements for the persona-based scorecards. In the particular case of Latin America region, he understood perfectly the complexity, particularities, and specifications for the business in countries like Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, analyzing the economical and financial context quickly. He is a great professional, full of knowledge and professionalism.”
“Steve Lynch is a very experienced consultant. Steve has a variety of talents that any company will find valuable. To name just one would be about his marketing skills. Steve is very comfortable in front of a camera. He exudes confidence and is always cool and collected. If you want Steve to represent you or a particular project, you will place him in front as the spokesman for your message. This unique talent only amplifies his already deep transformation experience. ”