Kerman Lau

Chief Financial Officer

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Finance Executive successful at achieving recognition and results across small and large organizations. Combines financial expertise with strong systems knowledge to drive innovation and business insight. Proven record of leading and building high performance finance teams; being a trusted advisor to business partners and company leaders; and implementing planning and reporting systems.

Experience

  • Moveworks (5 yrs 10 mos)
    • Chief Financial Officer
      Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    • VP, Head of Finance
      Oct 2020 - Dec 2024 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Adaptive Insights, a Workday company (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Product Managment
      Jan 2020 - Oct 2020 · 10 mos

    • VP Finance
      Jul 2016 - Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • VP Sales Finance at Veritas Technologies LLC
    Apr 2015 - Jul 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Responsible for leading the Global Sales Finance team supporting 4,000-person Field organization including planning, forecasting, deal analysis, commissions, partner programs, renewals, and P&L management.

  • Sr. Finance Director, Business Intelligence and Financial Reporting at Symantec
    Feb 2010 - Apr 2015 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Responsible for the development and execution of the Company’s BI strategy and governance. Direct the Financial Reporting function, which includes oversight of Sales Analytics, Sell-Thru reporting, Business Process Transformation, Hyperion, Business Objects, and QlikView. Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver analytics ranging from product profitability to discount analysis. ■ Increased reporting consistency by reducing inventory of excel reports by 80%. ■ Drove enterprise platform adoption by redesigning 5 Hyperion Essbase applications and 7 financial BO universes. ■ Partnered with Sales to deliver a Channel performance dashboard and Discounting scorecard.

  • Director FP&A, Games Label at Electronic Arts
    Jan 2008 - Feb 2010 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Direct the FP&A function for company’s largest business unit with $1.5B in sales. Responsible for supporting the Label President and COO, coordinating the annual plan and monthly forecast cycles for the Label, scenario planning, and pricing analysis. Tasked with building a remote team in India. ■ Successfully integrated the Label’s $800M acquisition of VG Holding Corp. ■ Key member of restructuring team that helped transition the company to multiple Business Unit structure. ■ Built high performing team to support 11 development studios and global marketing organization.