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BMS’ s finance transformation is built on a single global SAP S / 4HANA ERP backbone. The programme has already reduced closing time and the long-term ambition is what Sharmita calls“ continuous close”.

“ The vision is finance close is no longer going to be a monthly event at all, or a quarterly event,” she says.“ It needs to be continuous, with the numbers effectively closed at any point in time because the underlying data and the reconciliations are handled in real time rather than being batched.”

Integrating Celgene One of the defining achievements of Sharmita’ s time at BMS has been leading the financial integration following the acquisition of Celgene, one of the largest M & A transactions in life sciences history.

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