KRAKEN

Head of Enterprise Applications

Illustrated lineup of NetSuite, BlackLine, Workday, Lever, Okta, Concur, Kyriba, Hyperion, Lukka, Zip, Trace, and SimpleLegal
KRAKENHead of Enterprise Applications

Building the Application Ecosystem Behind the Business.

High-level map with Workday and NetSuite at the centre, connected to Lever, Concur, Hyperion, Kyriba, Zip, Lukka, SimpleLegal, and BlackLine within Okta access

One Applications team. Frictionless enhancements across the organisation.

With every business application under one team, enhancements moved through a shared path from business need to delivery—making ownership clearer, reducing handoff friction, and keeping security and quality consistent.

1.0

NetSuite

Responsibility
Financial system of record for ERP and accounting activity.
Handoff
Financial operations, integrations, and reporting dependencies converge here.
Control boundary
Configuration, system controls, testing, and support ownership.
2.0

Workday

Responsibility
People data and HRIS workflows.
Handoff
Organizational processes and approvals connect to identity and downstream systems.
Control boundary
Data stewardship, change control, support, and escalation paths.
3.0

Okta

Responsibility
Identity, access, and lifecycle changes across the portfolio.
Handoff
Workforce events connect people and roles to application access.
Control boundary
Application ownership, access review, exceptions, and security review.
4.0

BlackLine

Responsibility
Financial close, reconciliations, and review evidence.
Handoff
ERP, banking, and transaction activity moves into close review.
Control boundary
Ownership, evidence, review state, and exception resolution.
5.0

Zip

Responsibility
Commercial and vendor-operating lifecycle.
Handoff
Intake moves through evaluation, review, approval, implementation, and renewal.
Control boundary
Decision rights, contracts, long-term cost, and operating ownership.

Operating Model

Make every handoff and control boundary visible.

The operating question is how systems, decisions, data, and owners meet across the portfolio.

Make handoffs, decisions, and owners visible.

03 / Approach

Build the function, not just the applications.

NetSuiteERP and financial records
WorkdayWorkforce data and HRIS workflows
OktaIdentity and access
BlackLineReconciliation and close controls
ZipSelection, contracts, introduction, renewal
  1. Dependable ERP coreDefine a system of record for accounting activity, reporting dependencies, and connected operational data.
  2. Owned integrationsGive every connection a source, destination, owner, failure state, and reconciliation path.
  3. Common identity controlConnect people, roles, lifecycle events, and application access through an accountable model.
  4. Structured reconciliationOrganize evidence, review state, ownership, and exceptions without hiding source data.
  5. Repeatable vendor pathConnect intake, evaluation, review, negotiation, approval, implementation, renewal, and ongoing ownership.