10 Synchrony finance leaders
Senior Vice President & CFO, Digital, Head of Financial Planning & Analysis and VP FP&A Enterprise Operations are among the roles held today by these Synchrony finance leaders. A reader can learn how finance leaders work at Synchrony from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Andres Ocariz
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis · Synchrony
Andres Ocariz has been Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis at Synchrony since January 2025, based in the Cincinnati area. Andres Ocariz was Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Synchrony from 2015 to 2025 and Senior Manager of Finance, Controller at Honeywell Technologies in 2015.
Essya Hanachi
LinkedInExperience: Head of Financial Planning & Analysis · Synchrony
Essya Hanachi has been Head of Financial Planning & Analysis at Synchrony since September 2026. Essya Hanachi was Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Personal Banking at Citi from 2023 to 2026, Chief Operating Officer for Finance at Citi from 2021 to 2023 and Chief Financial Officer, Chase Card Services at JPMorganChase from 2017 to 2021.
Gay Kimball
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CFO Home & Auto · Synchrony
Gay Kimball has been SVP & CFO Home & Auto at Synchrony since June 2021, based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Gay Kimball also lists SVP & CFO Payment Solutions at Synchrony since 2019 and SVP Capital Management and Stress Testing there since 2017, and was SVP Capital, Recovery and Resolution Planning from 2016 to 2017.
Jennifer Webb
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & CFO, Digital · Synchrony
Jennifer Webb has been Senior Vice President & CFO, Digital at Synchrony since June 2021, based in Park City, Utah. Jennifer Webb was Senior Vice President, FP&A - Cost & Productivity at Synchrony from 2018 to 2021, Vice President, Retail Card Finance At Home & DSG from 2017 to 2018 and Vice President, Legal Entity Financial Planning & Analysis from 2015 to 2017.
John Murphy
LinkedInExperience: CFO CareCredit - Synchrony · Synchrony
John Murphy has been CFO CareCredit - Synchrony at Synchrony since January 2021, based in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and the profile headline reads Senior Vice President and CFO - CareCredit. John Murphy was SVP, Finance - FP&A at Synchrony from 2018 to 2021, SVP Finance, FP&A Reporting from 2014 to 2018 and VP Finance, Risk-Finance Leader at GE Capital from 2012 to 2014.
Matthew Mahar
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Financial Planning & Analysis · Synchrony
Matthew Mahar has been SVP, Financial Planning & Analysis at Synchrony since July 2022, based in Stamford, Connecticut. Matthew Mahar was SVP, Capital Planning and Stress Testing at Synchrony from 2020 to 2022, VP, Funding Strategy & Liquidity Management from 2018 to 2020 and VP, Finance- PayPal Consumer Credit Products from 2017 to 2018.
Philip Pitonyak
LinkedInExperience: VP FP&A Enterprise Operations · Synchrony
Philip Pitonyak has been VP FP&A Enterprise Operations at Synchrony since December 2018 and describes providing strategic financial support for the Chief Operating Officer and managing the finance team supporting Enterprise Operations. Philip Pitonyak was VP Finance at Synchrony from 2015 to 2018 and Senior Finance Manager at GE Retail Finance/Synchrony Financial from 2012 to 2015.
Ronak Desai
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Finance Transformation · Synchrony
Ronak Desai has been Senior Vice President - Finance Transformation at Synchrony since December 2022, a Houston role the profile places in the Finance & Accounting department. Ronak Desai was Vice President - FP&A Leader, Home & Auto at Synchrony from 2020 to 2022 and Vice President - Portfolio Finance Leader from 2019 to 2020.
Tamara Pipkins
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Finance FP&A · Synchrony
Tamara Pipkins has been Senior Vice President Finance FP&A at Synchrony since November 2022, based in Cumming, Georgia, and the profile headline reads SVP Finance, FP&A. Tamara Pipkins was VP HQ Finance - Reporting and Forecasting at Synchrony from 2021 to 2022, Controllership Strategy Leader from 2020 to 2021 and VP Regulatory Reporting from 2015 to 2020.
Vandana Gulhati
LinkedInExperience: CFO Asia · Synchrony
Vandana Gulhati has been CFO Asia at Synchrony since December 2025, based in New York, New York. Vandana Gulhati was Managing Director - Head of Finance (CFO for BlackRock India) at BlackRock from 2022 to 2025, Director Finance there from 2016 to 2022 and Director - Global Revenue Finance from 2013 to 2016.
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