Gartner Expert

Mike Helsel

Sr Director Analyst

As a Senior Director, Research & Advisory, Mike Helsel advises clients on Finance Transformation at all points of their journey from modernization to optimization primarily in the areas of Finance Technology - Digital Technology (RPA, AI), Strategy & Implementation and Applications; Finance Process Excellence - Order to Cash (OTC), Procure to Pay (P2P) and Record to Report (R2R).

Previous experience

Prior to joining Gartner, Mike spent more than 2 decades at Dun & Bradstreet Inc working in 17 different leadership and internal consultant roles across Finance, Technology, Sales, Data Operations and Content. He is an innovative leader with a deep understanding of technology and tools used across Finance from the core ERP to the supporting ecosystems for accounting, revenue recognition, billing, travel, T&E, management reporting, reconciliations and more. Great at turning thought leadership into results by connecting stand-alone applications via intelligent automation and RPA solutions to streamline systems, processes, fill application gaps and/or substitute lower cost modules.

An architect of creating and running leading practice global Finance operations including PMO's, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Global Travel, T&E, and RPA.

Mike also recently worked as a consultant on the Finance Transformation program of a leading job site company working on various initiatives including ERP systems deployment for Record to Report (R2R) processes, developing their modernization approach for deploying a COE, RPA and PMO programs along with work on achieving a continuous close, delivering Procure to Pay (P2P) operational enhancements and leading a Financial Reporting Program focused on Parent, Statutory and Accounting Standards Reporting transformation.

Professional background

Dun & Bradstreet, Group Leader, 27 years

Navint Partners, Advisory Services, ERP Practice, 1 years

Areas of coverage
  • Finance Technology

  • Finance Processes

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Moravian University

Bachelor of Science in Economics, The Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Finance Technology Optimization

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Finance Process Excellence