Amber Huria

Senior Manager, Strategy and Finance Practice

• Senior Manager, Strategy and Finance Practice 2008-09
• Provided consulting services to more than 25 Corporate Treasurers on measuring and communicating the treasury function’s performance; defined scope of activities, set performance metrics and established communication best practices.
• Enabled an energy company to free up more than US$100 million by determining the ‘right-size’ liquidity buffer.
• Selected as advisory team representative for expansion efforts in Australia in recognition of client engagement skills & subject matter expertise; helped sales team convert 10 prospects by providing in-the-moment advice in forums in Sydney.
• Saved 20-50% of training budgets for more than 50 Corporate Treasury teams by creating online training modules on diverse topics including Capital Structure, International Cash Management and Managing Bank Relationships.
• Led a team of 2 managers and 4 associates; managed more than 50 projects for teams based in multiple locations.
• Manager, Strategy and Finance Practice (2006-08)
• Selected as hiring manager for the firm’s expansion efforts in India; increased headcount from 35 to 200 in 2 years.
• Helped monetize ‘Liquidity Edge’ – a one stop resource for Treasurers to manage resources for managing funding partner relationships (data tools and customized analyses for bank fee allocation, banking service selection, and credit facility structures).
• Increased cash forecast accuracy (from 42% to 83%) at a transportation company by analyzing the levers for cash forecasting accuracy; analyses revealed inefficient systems and hence advised on treasury technology vendor selection and management.
• Promoted directly from Level 1 to Level 3 as a result of exceeding performance metrics on all categories within 14 months.
• Associate, Strategy and Finance Practice (2005-06)
• Improved the Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) figures (from 45 to 28) of a large technology firm through a root-cause analysis of the company’s working capital problems; resulted in US$8 million annual savings.
• Mitigated fraud risk at a European manufacturing company through the development of a “Segregation of Duties (SOD) Matrix”; research report exporting best practice was top download on client facing website for 8 months.

Graduate Trainee, Global Risk Management Services

• Increased daily revenue collection by 15% at the toll road of a major Indian infrastructure company by providing recommendations on minimising revenue leakage.
• Interpreted labor laws and conducted supplier compliance audits for global retail clients.

Intern, Talent and Organisation (Analytics)

• Conducted benchmarking surveys on compensation and benefits for the telecom, automotive and FMCG industries.

HEC Paris

NYU Stern School of Business