Anirban Kumar Ghosh currently holds the position of Global Director of Controllership Operations and Global Controller for JLL Technologies, having assumed this role in March 2022. In his capacity as Global Director of Controllership Operations, Anirban oversees strategic global initiatives within the closing and reporting function while providing executive leadership and governance to advance process standardization and operational centralization across the enterprise.
Anirban has demonstrated exceptional execution capabilities through several transformational initiatives. He successfully orchestrated the enterprise-wide implementation of Thomson Reuters OneSource across 65 countries, encompassing more than 200 legal entities, resulting in the complete digitization and centralization of statutory accounting processes. Furthermore, he led the global deployment of Oracle ARCS reconciliation platform, achieving automation of reconciliation processes for over 20,000 accounts spanning 80 countries.
Currently, Anirban is directing a critical organizational initiative to optimize closing cycles, targeting a reduction of two business days in reporting timelines. In his concurrent role as Global Controller for JLL Technologies, he provides executive oversight to a distinguished Controllership organization supporting JLLT's global business operations.
Previously, Anirban served as Asia Pacific Controller for Jones Lang LaSalle over a four-year tenure. In this senior role, he delivered comprehensive governance over financial reporting controls and processes while architecting the development of the Regional Controllership function across the Asia Pacific region. He established strategic partnerships with business stakeholders and country controllers to cultivate organizational excellence in controllership practices and directed regional finance optimization initiatives, including the establishment of internal shared service capabilities.
Anirban brings extensive corporate finance leadership experience, having served 12 years across multiple General Electric business units in progressive roles including Senior Controller, Regional Financial Planning & Analysis Leader, and Shared Services Leader across international markets including the United States, India, and Singapore. Additionally, he contributed two years of strategic leadership at Dentsu Aegis Network as Regional Operations Lead for Asia Pacific, where he executed comprehensive finance transformation initiatives through multi-country system implementations and operational process optimization
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