Austin, Texas · Global Finance Leadership
Vijay Sankar, CPA (TX), CA (India)
Finance & Controllership Executive
Building disciplined finance organizations across retail and e-commerce, manufacturing, technology, and multinational operations—while improving reporting, controls, cash flow, margins, and executive decision-making.
Open to VP Finance, Corporate Controller, Head of Finance, and finance-transformation leadership opportunities in Austin or remote U.S.
Executive profile
Finance leadership that connects accounting rigor with business performance.
Vijay is a global finance and controllership executive with experience leading multi-entity U.S. GAAP reporting, close governance, revenue recognition, inventory and cost accounting, intercompany and foreign-currency accounting, treasury, audit, internal controls, and ERP transformation.
He partners with CEOs, presidents, CFOs, operations, technology, legal, sales, and marketing leaders to translate complex accounting and operating issues into clear decisions. His leadership style combines strong governance, hands-on execution, team development, and measurable value creation.
Selected impact
Measured outcomes across controllership, transformation, and operations.
Global controllership
Leads U.S. GAAP close, reporting, inventory and COGS, treasury, tax, audit, controls, and management reporting for a global multi-channel business with U.S. and international affiliates.
Finance transformation
Led finance workstreams for SAP, NetSuite, and Shopify transformations, including process design, controls, data migration, testing, go-live, and accounting for an approximately $2M platform write-off.
Margin and cost leadership
Delivered more than $1.2M in annualized savings, reduced warehouse cost per unit by 20%, improved freight recovery, and strengthened profitability visibility across products and operations.
Complex reconciliation
Directed reconciliation and accounting support for approximately $4.0M in customs-duty refunds and interest across 867 import entries, coordinating legal, customs, treasury, and audit stakeholders.
Working capital
Improved cash conversion through payment-term negotiations, supply-chain financing, receivables factoring, inventory discipline, cash forecasting, and stronger balance-sheet governance.
Team and governance
Built and developed finance teams of up to 10 professionals while improving reporting discipline, audit readiness, accountability, and team productivity by 20%.
Leadership experience
A career spanning operating finance, manufacturing, technology, and Big Four controls.
Financial Controller & Finance Business Partner
Shop LC Global Inc.
Leads accounting, reporting, FP&A, treasury, tax, controls, audit, and finance transformation for a global multi-channel retail and e-commerce organization. Partners with the CEO, President, Group CFO, and international affiliates.
Financial Controller
Sage International, Inc.
Led accounting, FP&A, cost and inventory finance, revenue recognition, cash flow, controls, audit, plant performance, and an end-to-end SAP implementation for a multi-site manufacturing organization.
Financial Controller
Web Plastics Company
Owned close, reporting, liquidity, banking, inventory, payroll, tax, controls, and business-performance support. Served as a daily QuickBooks Enterprise user and later led NetSuite implementation.
Global Finance, Audit & Controls Roles
Misys · PwC · Accenture · Citi
Built foundations in multinational close and reporting, external audit, SOX 404, IFRS, COSO controls, banking operations, process improvement, and team leadership.
Leadership capabilities
End-to-end ownership across the office of the CFO.
Controllership
Close governance, consolidation, U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, intercompany, FX, and financial reporting.
Manufacturing & Inventory
Inventory valuation, COGS, cost accounting, landed cost, freight, duties, reserves, scrap, and working capital.
FP&A & Business Finance
Budgets, forecasts, cash-flow modeling, variance analysis, KPI reporting, pricing, margin, and executive decisions.
Controls & Audit
Internal controls, SOX exposure, external audit leadership, balance-sheet governance, documentation, and remediation.
Treasury & Commercial Finance
Liquidity, banking, payment processing, financing, vendor terms, contract economics, and cash conversion.
Transformation
SAP, NetSuite, Shopify, process redesign, reporting automation, AI-enabled dashboards, and change leadership.
Credentials
Professional foundation
- CPA (TX)
- CA (India), Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
- Bachelor of Commerce, Vivekananda College, India
Technology
Systems and tools
Connect
Looking for a finance leader who can strengthen control and accelerate performance?
Vijay is based in Austin, Texas and is open to senior finance leadership opportunities in Austin or remote U.S.