Gary Kuper

Retired @ IBM

About

Experienced, energized and innovative Senior Finance leader with a demonstrated history of success in the information technology and services industry, with extensive international experience. Skilled in financial and business planning, pricing and investment analysis, business controls, business transformation and acting as a trusted business advisor to the Line. A motivational leader with strength in developing talent and coaching them to success.

Country

Czechia

City

Prague

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Agile Methodologies, Business Case Preparation, Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Essbase, Managerial Finance, Financial Reporting, Process Improvement, Business Analysis, Internal Controls, Financial Modeling, Accounting, Change Management, Integration, Finance, Hyperion Enterprise, Business Process, Business Process Improvement, Influential Communicator, Leadership

Experience

Retired

IBM

2024-1 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

Prague, Czechia

Leader, Finance Business Controls; Europe, Middle East & Africa

IBM

2020-11 - 2024-1 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Prague, Czechia

Finance Business Agility Champion

IBM

2019-8 - 2020-11 · 1 yr 4 mos

Prague, Czech Republic

Lead and partner with WW IBM F,P&A team to completely transform itself into a refocused and world-class Finance Business Advisor partner by fully incorporating Agile methods and practices into the way we work and the work we do. Leverage the latest in data science, cognitive AI and cross-functional squads to bring new insights and business value to our business leaders.

IBM Controller, Central and Eastern Europe

IBM

2017-5 - 2020-1 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

Responsible for optimizing IBM's financial and business performance in the CEE Market, across all IBM's product and service portfolio in 29 countries. I oversee the day-to-day operations of the product and country sales Finance and Accounting teams to ensure we are closing the books with integrity and delivering our business plan. I am a key member of the Market leadership team and provide innovative analysis and develop plans and recommendations to achieve optimal results.

CFO, SWG Central and Eastern Europe

IBM

2013-9 - 2017-5 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

WW Controller, SWG Appliances and Optimized Systems

IBM

2011-3 - 2013-9 · 2 yrs 7 mos

I am responsible for establishing new financial and business processes, and transforming existing processes, across IBM to support this exciting and high-growth segment of IBM's business. These systems incorporate products and services content from virtually all of IBM's businesses.