Vaishali Desai

At Boku, I head the global payment operations. A seasoned CA with tech savy brain problem solving and managing complex situations is my forte. From open banking and wallet integrations to cross currency settlements, managing demands of GAMMA+ merchants with confidence and patience is my strength.Innovation, Integrations and Automations is the core functionality for growth and progress of my team. I have indepth knowledge of global taxes, international finance, transfer pricings, IFRS and accounting. Being SME for all merchant & issuer onboarding I handle BR/Pix to ID/QRIS. I manage merchant expectations of reporting and settlements. I have been part of core Boku team building systems, processes and products to launch into Wallet & A2A space. From EOM+15 settlement to T+1 settlement I have built robust and frictionless payment operations.My finance hat helps me understand taxes across the globe like JCT/JP or VAT/IE. Under my leadership we have built automations and Straight Through Processing. I manage more than 500 recons per month with more than $5Mn daily payouts; precision and process orientation are my skills. Expert in business analysis and project management with strong stakeholder management skills including excellent verbal and visual communicationKEY SKILLSFinance Transformation: Deep knowledge of Finance operating models and processes (P2P, O2C, R2R) and related business processes with specific expertise in design and operation of shared service centres. I have lead ledger migrations, system migrations, building hard coded logics to UI/UX. Innovated 100 excels to robust, scalable automated reporting tools. Build systems to account revenue from monthly to daily to per transaction. Have build tax features based on jurisdictions (JP/IN/IE/SG)Project Management: Skilled in both project management methodologies, SDLC, managing cross functional teams and delivering system implementations/migrations with experience of the DevOps frameworkTechnology: Proficient in ERPs, system integrations, APIs, data architectures, SQL, event driven processes, analysis/reporting and workflow toolsStakeholder Management: Effective in collaborating with and influencing internal and external teams at all levels, including finance, business, and technology as well as SaaS suppliers and external consultanciesFinancial Services: Substantial experience representing Finance on system implementations in capital markets, wholesale lending and treasury with deep knowledge of products, processes and trade lifecycles