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Hire AdamAdam Gallo, MBA
Verified Expert in Finance
Management Consulting Expert
Location
Basel, Switzerland
Toptal Member Since
September 22, 2022
Adam is a certified senior project and change manager with 10 years of combined Big 4 consulting and business operations experience. He specializes in leading change and transformation initiatives in shared services and global business service organizations with ADKAR, Agile, LEAN Six Sigma, and other traditional project management methodologies. Adam holds a master's degree in finance and an MBA degree.
Career Highlights
Business Consulting Manager
Ernst & Young Advisory Ltd.
Education Highlights
Master's Degree
Corvinus University of Budapest
Master's Degree
Fudan University
Certification Highlights
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Six Sigma Academy Amsterdam
SAFe 4 Certified Scrum Master
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Case Studies
Expertise
Work Experience
Business Consulting Manager
2019 - PRESENT
Ernst & Young Advisory Ltd.
- Managed up to US$1 million of change and transformation projects from initiation to hypercare for Fortune 500 clients.
- Led matrix project teams of over 30 people in both Agile and waterfall environments.
- Reviewed, designed, and measured staff productivity, process efficiency, and cost-effectiveness metrics.
- Performed maturity, risk, control, and operating model assessments.
- Presented status updates and key project outcomes to the organization up to the regional director and C-suite level.
- Recruited and hired a team of four consultants, then supervised, coached, and mentored them.
- Participated in business development and sales activities, achieving an annual sales target of US$600,000.
Focus areas: Business Services, Change Management, Target Operating Models, Transition Management, Benchmarking, Business Process Improvement (BPI), System Implementation, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Organizational Readiness, Shared Service Centers, Finance Transformation, Centralization, Standardization, Microsoft 365, Smartsheet, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Agile, Training & Training Content Development, Team Management, Threshold Analysis, Journal Entries, People Management, Business Transformation, Digital Transformation, Workshops, Employee Experience, Organizational Transformation, Organizational Change Management (OCM), Cash Application, Standard Operating Procedures Development, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Ledgers, General Ledgers, Billing, Order Management, Procure to Pay, Record to Report (R2R), Order to Cash (O2C), Month-end Processes, Balance Sheets, PRINCE2 Project Management, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Stakeholder Management, Microsoft Power BI, HFM, BlackLine, SAP ERP, RAID Log, Operational Risk Management, PMO, Process Flows, Finance Process Improvement, Organizational Design, RACI, Project Management, Monthly Close Process, Process Improvement, Financial System Implementation, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Products, Communication, Business Analysis, Corporate, Project Planning, Business Consulting, Agile Project Management, Digital Solutions, Organizational Development, Organizational Behavior (OB), Prosci ADKAR, ServiceNow, Digital, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Accounting, Financial Transformation, Data, Business Processes, Business Process Analysis, ADKAR Change Model, Business Process Re-engineering
Finance Operations Expert
2014 - 2019
Shared Services Centers
- Worked in the shared services centers of global companies, such as Diageo, Vodafone or IBM.
- Performed financial and management accounting activities for US and European business units, including invoice postings and journal entries, reporting, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
- Participated in and led process improvement, invoicing and journal entry system testing, and knowledge transfer projects for multiple regions concerning RTR, PTP, and OTC activities.
- Delivered technical training on MS Excel and SAP to new joiners and developed process documentation and flowcharts.
Focus areas: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Shared Service Centers, Finance Transformation, Centralization, Standardization, Transition Management, Business Process Improvement (BPI), Microsoft 365, Change Management, Organizational Readiness, Training & Training Content Development, Target Operating Models, Team Management, Business Services, Journal Entries, People Management, Business Transformation, Digital Transformation, Workshops, Organizational Transformation, Standard Operating Procedures Development, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Ledgers, General Ledgers, Billing, Order Management, Procure to Pay, Record to Report (R2R), Order to Cash (O2C), Month-end Processes, Balance Sheets, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Stakeholder Management, HFM, BlackLine, SAP ERP, RAID Log, Operational Risk Management, Process Flows, Finance Process Improvement, RACI, System Implementation, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Project Management, Monthly Close Process, Process Improvement, Financial System Implementation, Consumer Products, Communication, Business Analysis, Corporate, Digital Solutions, ServiceNow, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Accounting, Financial Transformation, Data, Business Processes, Business Process Analysis, Business Process Re-engineering
Education
2019 - 2021
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
Corvinus University of Budapest - Budapest, Hungary and Shanghai, China
2019 - 2021
Master's Degree in Finance
Fudan University - Budapest, Hungary and Shanghai, China
2010 - 2014
Bachelor's Degree in Hotel and Hospitality Management
Budapest Business School - Budapest, Hungary
Certifications
AUGUST 2023 - PRESENT
Certified Change Practitioner
PROSCI
OCTOBER 2022 - PRESENT
EY Badge — ServiceNow
Ernst & Young
JUNE 2022 - PRESENT
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Six Sigma Academy Amsterdam
APRIL 2020 - PRESENT
Certified Advanced RPA Professional
Automation Anywhere
MARCH 2020 - PRESENT
EY Badge — Data Visualization
Ernst & Young
FEBRUARY 2020 - PRESENT
EY Badge — Digital
Ernst & Young
JANUARY 2020 - PRESENT
EY Badge — Agile
Ernst & Young
JANUARY 2020 - PRESENT
EY Badge — Robotic Process Automation
Ernst & Young
AUGUST 2019 - AUGUST 2020
SAFe 4 Certified Scrum Master
Scaled Agile, Inc.
APRIL 2019 - PRESENT
PRINCE2 Foundation
Udemy
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