Rizwan Sami

Senior delivery and advisory leader for BlackLine's most complex global programmes across EMEA, APAC, Middle East, Americas, and LATAM. Accountable for team performance, utilisation targets, revenue growth, and strategic account development across five regions.

• Led end-to-end pre-sales engagement — travelled to client site, led complex solutioning and discovery, built and presented the POC, and

Acted as Transformation Director on large-scale finance transformation programmes, leading design, strategy, and deployment of digital solutions for enterprise clients.

• Delivered the most technically complex R2R and Intercompany programmes in the BlackLine EMEA portfolio.
• Partnered directly with CFOs and Controllers to translate strategy into executable roadmaps with clear ROI.
• Scaled Profe

Led global finance transformation initiatives focused on financial close automation, intercompany optimisation, and continuous accounting adoption for enterprise clients.

• Managed key client relationships end-to-end across implementation and post-go-live stabilisation.
• Contributed to opening and scaling the EMEA and Middle East Market, including flagship customer wins and strategic pipeline de

Oversaw end-to-end delivery of a £62.5M finance transformation programme across 68 countries, spanning target operating model design, ERP implementation, and legal entity restructuring.
• Promoted to Programme Delivery Lead based on delivery performance across 300+ projects.
• Implemented SAP ECC6, Ariba, Concur, SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, and MDG across 68 countries aligned to the target operati

📊 ERP: SAP ECC6, Ariba, SAP Concur T&E, JDE, SAP MyBuy, SuccessFactors, SharePoint, Transporeon, Shibumi
🚀 Environment: Agile/Six Sigma Black Belt

I played a critical role in driving large-scale digital finance transformation initiatives, optimizing global operations, and ensuring seamless ERP and process integrations across 68 markets.

✅ Program & Project Leadership: Led the development of comp

Led global finance transformation and SAP Concur deployment across 196 countries, rationalising expense types from 2,474 to under 60. Partnered with CFOs and finance leadership across regions to drive process standardisation and digital adoption.

Designed and executed finance transformation programmes across global process teams covering R2R, P2P, and O2C. Led ERP implementation, gap analysis, and process automation across EMEA, APAC, and AMER.

-Global Purchase Ledger Process Manager
-Global Sales Leger & Credit Control Manager
-Global Cash/Treasury Management Accountant
-Management Accounts
-Business Analyst
-Intercompany Accountant
-Fixed Assets Accountant

Preparing the management accounts for a global manufacturing company of contact lenses.Month-end procedure including cashbook and journal postings, bank reconciliations (21 currencies)

Looking after AR, AP, weekly Invoicing and Revenue Recognition; Consumption report and chemical analysis; COS Accrual; Stock movement analysis; Prepayments and Accruals; GL analysis and journal posting to the Trial

Worked as Finance Project Manager (NAV, Concur) at Emmi Group.

Resolves escalated issues and refers problems to the next level. Prepares management reports and presentations for assigned projects. Ensure all invoices are recorded in systems and paid within the agreed time.

Managing P2P, O2C processes creating Bad Debt Exposure results & ensuring all commentaries are in place for CFO.

ERP: Concur; Coda; Ergo; Defecto; NAV

Worked as Senior Financial & Systems Accountant at GSK.

Worked as Project Manager Program Management Office at Pizza Hut UK (Yum Restaurants International).

Worked as Financial Accountant at United Bank Limited.

Worked as SAP Finance Project & Testing Lead at United Bank Limited.

Worked as Finance Project Lead at Citibank Pakistan.

Worked as Assistant Manager Finance at Citibank Pakistan.

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Masters in Finance & Marketing

▪ Management of Financial Resources and Performance
▪ Strategic Marketing Management and Implementation
▪ Marketing for SME’s, Not for Profit, Public Sector Organizations
and Entrepreneurship
▪ Global Marketing Strategy, Design and Innovation
▪ Strategic Business Management and Planning