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Tamara Shipley
VP Analyst
Tamara Shipley is an analyst in Gartner's Finance practice focusing on finance process excellence, particularly in the invoice to cash space. She brings extensive knowledge of end-to-end processing, global process ownership models, process improvement, shared services and business process outsourcing service delivery models to the role.
Previous experience
Ms. Shipley led the Gartner shared services business for a number of years as a practice leader and led, wrote and presented a variety of research. Research includes studies regarding geographic support and organizational design, the GPO role, skillsets that drive value and improve customer experience and going beyond customer satisfaction to garnering customer commitment. She was recently quoted in the Journal of Accountancy for her most recent research regarding the impact of small change on mental energy. She has actively observed the maturation of the shared services model over the years from that of basic transaction processor to one that can provide immense organizational value through the services it delivers, greatly enabled through the advancement of technology.
Previous to CEB/Gartner, Ms. Shipley worked in public accounting, internal audit and consulting working with Price Waterhouse GmbH in Munich, American Standard Companies, Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, and KPMG Consulting/BearingPoint. In the 90's she worked on some of the first business cases and implementation projects for shared services and later SOX control remediation efforts.
Professional background
BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting)
Senior Director
Arthur Andersen Business Consulting
Senior Director
Price Waterhouse GmbH
Auditor
Areas of coverage
Digital Technology in Finance
Finance Organization Transformation
Accounting and Transactional Finance Processes
Education
Certified Public Accountant in the State of Georgia
Master of International Business, University of South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts, The Pennsylvania State University
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Finance process excellence
2End-to-end process ownership
3Process improvement
4Invoice-to-cash
5Shared services