Kristen Onyon

Global Process Owner of Book Royalties accountable as single-point owner across geographic and business unit boundaries. Lead business transformation through standardization and simplification of royalty processes. • Drove strategic transformation roadmap reducing headcount/costs through successful transition to Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and relocation of work to lower cost Wiley location, while facilitating better integration and standardization of processes globally. • Oversaw the design, development, test and successful implementation of various technology initiatives to facilitate process harmonization and optimization globally. • Built strong collaborative and strategic working relationships with various divisional and corporate business functions including Editorial, Legal, Technology, Treasury and FP&A.

Business process support for newly created Global Financial Shared Service group pertaining to the areas of Royalties, Procurement Operations, Payroll, T&E Assets and Projects • Assisted in the composition of a revised Global Travel & Entertainment Expense policy • Lead annual budget preparation, including collection of department employment statistics by process and region • Performed process reviews in various areas of group to assist in identifying areas of process standardization and improvements.

Chosen by senior management to give business process support in a large scale, technology and business transformation program, providing assistance for the global blueprint for Record to Report processes. Assisted in the standardization and simplification of processes and participated in establishing the strategic future state vision of the Company. • Assisted in the design, development, test and successful implementation of the Statutory and Tax Financial Reporting process within SAP and Business Planning & Consolidations (BPC); effectively reducing the number of manual transactions processed • Lead the development, definitions and mapping of the new Global Chart of Accounts • Supported business team with data conversion and validation activities; ensuring completeness and accuracy of data • Partnered with business to effectively communicate change initiatives.

Oversaw the consolidation, review and submission of the worldwide financial statement and supporting analysis of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. • Managed and motivated a team of 4, responsible for the General Ledger (G/L) closing activities, account reconciliations, assistance with variance analysis and analytics and management reporting • Oversaw the preparation of balance sheet rollforwards, consolidated cash flow statement and supplemental data used in Wiley's 10Q and 10K filings • Provided technical accounting and finance support to the business operations • Oversaw the global restructuring reporting and analysis • Obtained and reviewed scheduled from other departments within the organization to compile the Board of Directors book • Performed analysis of foreign exchange impact on balance sheet, income statement and cash flow • Oversaw Sarbanes Oxley internal and external reviews and testing globally