Cher Mitchell-Vialle

Head of Corporate Finance and Finance Transformation Veolia ANZ

Cher is an experienced Finance Professional with a focus on finance transformation and a highly motivated and effective finance leader with over 20 years of experience gained in leading finance teams, locally and internationally with a passion for talent development. As the Head of Corporate Finance ANZ for Veolia, a global leader in optimised resource management of water, waste and energy solutions that contribute to a sustainable environment, Cher is also responsible for the finance transformation of the ANZ region and active contributor in the Global Veolia Finance Community and receiver of the 2019 Global Veolia Finance Transformation Award.

Day Two : 12 May 2021

9:30 AM Opening Keynote: Veolias’ Transformation Journey: Selecting the Right Finance Functions to Automate & why your people need to be the focus of your transformation

In this session, Cher will share how they embarked on a transformation journey by maintaining transparency with their finance teams, ensuring the team is motivated and have autonomy in the process to embrace automation as they move from routine to value-add skills such as storytelling, presenting with impact, the power of forecasting and providing the right setting for people to develop skills and ultimately, engaging with the community to build an RPA Centre of Excellence

  • Identifying the areas with the most gain from automation; the high-volume, low-value tasks
  • Measuring & starting with an agreed game plan mapping out how the transformation will benefit your business and implementing relevant training programs to cover develop future skills
  • Engaging teams to understand the process, recognizing opportunity to present automation and select the next project
  • Picking the right technology to start with: from RPA, AI, Machine learning to process discovery and workflow automation to data management