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Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Deployed an industry first Hyper Automation platform for an electronics manufacturing major of Journals process that led to `45% improvement in journals process, 50% reduction in cycle time of journal preparation, 100% adherence to journal policy with Real time dashboards on insights of key journal metrics,~60% ROI achieved in 3 years for client and $500k revenue for the firmCreated Proof of Concept solutions leveraging Hyper automation platform for Cash application, Invoice Processing and Vendor reconciliations processesLed Digital renewal solution proposals for media major leading to ~120% ROI for the client and >$2 MN digital revenue impact for the firmDeployed POC of predictive rule recommendation engine using LLM models for standard journal preparation to optimize the configuration efforts by >50% for electronics major

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Managing 7 Client Accounts and to Define and Execute Finance and Accounting Transformation Roadmaps. Managing a Team of 4 Business Transformation ConsultantsLed Execution of 20+ Projects that generated 90+ FTE ReleasesLed Solutioning and Deployment of AI tools such as Intelligent Email Advisor, Reconciliation Advisor and Cash App Advisor.Define and Implemented Proactive Operations Framework to enable action on failure of Key controlsCreate Disruptive BOTs to Minimize the cycle time of BOT deploymentDefine and Execute RPA Governance with all StakeholdersAssess Operational Maturity of aligned accounts to ensure adherence to basic operational practices

Bangalore

Implemented Real time Dashboards to measure KPI, SLAs and BOIsImplemented an End to End Invoice Processing automation resulting in 60% productivity increase, 60% Average Handling Time reduction and $20M On time Payment increaseImplemented Automation of Terminal Contract Reconciliation resulting 65% Productivity Increase, 74% Average Handling Time Increase and 10% Effort reduction during Period End CloseImplemented Inter Company reconciliation automation resulting in 30% Productivity Increase and 35% Average Handling time reduction. Additional feasibility of Machine Learning Approach in Inter Company Reconciliation in partnership with AI teamImplemented Fixed Assets Transformation project resulting in 40% Productivity Increase and 45% Average Handling Time ReductionImplemented Cash Application Posting Automation resulting in 35% Productivity Increase and 40% Average Handling Time Reduction

Ahmedabad

Drive process improvement initiatives for F&A SSC Mentored a Black Belt project to centralize banking and billing operations Mentored a Green Belt project to establish balance sheet reconciliation process

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Cash flow optimiation to balance Days Payable Outstanding and vendor satisfaction on payments is a key priority in a Finance function. Thus, I have completed two End to End Transformation projects for an insurance major to ensure timely payments to its vendors for invoices and affiliated hospitals for medical claims. The project forms a critical part of Procure to Pay process.Customer satisfaction in an Insurance industry is a top priority, leading to higher policy issuances and better penetration in the marketspace. Thus, I have completed an initiative to study the Non Value added steps in payments and collections process for an insurance major and drive improvements using established Project Management techniques.In a newly transitioned process, establishing a stable measurement system, identifying process risks and reporting key metrics is of critical importance to evaluate the process health. Thus, I have completed a Business Process Management System Project for a Manufacturing Major in Order to Cash Practice Area. The approach covers the deliverables to standardize a process. Data representation using Visual Management is one of the important concepts in Lean methodology used widely to arrive at key business decision. Thus, I have lead an initiative to enable decision making Visual Management for a Telecom Major.Driving Lean culture is important to bring small but effective process improvements to deliver business impact. Thus, taking lean trainings and helping operations get Lean certified is a part of my job profile.A process consultant needs to identify opportunities to initiate projects in order to deliver cash flow impact. Thus, I have used structured techniques such as End to End Assessment of Procure to Pay cycle, Benchmarking of Accounts Payable metrics and decipher project metric from Voice of Customer to initiate key projects.

Singapore

I did an IT Outsourcing market study of Singapore and then try to devise a business plan for an IT outsourcing opportunity for 3i Infotech. Below were the objectives of the project:1) To study the kind of IT services outsourced by companies in Singapore2) To find out key players in IT services outsourcing in Singapore3) To perform an internal assessment of 3i – Infotech 4) To prepare a business plan for 3i Infotech over the most feasible opportunity in SingaporeThe opportunity found was aligned to the competency of the company and would give them greater market penetration at lesser capital investment in Singapore.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Completed Applied Research Project titled 'Analysis of Capital Structure of Seven Local banks in UAE on the basis of CAR, Lending Pattern & Asset Quality'. The project duration was from May 2011 till September 2011.Below were the Research Objectives:● Analyze the capital structure of selected local banks.● Study the effect of regulatory changes on the bank’s capital structure.● Compare the capital structure of UAE banks with those in selected GCC countries, having similar market conditions.Below were the key findings of the Applied Research Project:● Increase in Tier II Capital of the local banks in UAE due to capital infusion by Government since 2008.● Increase in Tier I Capital of the local banks in UAE due to issue of capital notes by them to the Government entities since 2008.● Changes in the lending pattern of the banks with the emergence of new economic sectors.● Rate of increase in customer deposits higher than the rate of increase in Loans and Advances, decreasing the Loan to Deposit Ratio since 2008.● Increase in Impaired Loans and Advances for local banks, decreasing the Asset Quality of local banks in UAE since 2008.

Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

I developed domain knowledge on IT Process Consulting by getting involved in various assignments on IT Process Auditing, IT Process Designing & IT Process Improvement domains. Below is a description of some of the responsibilities:● As an IT compliance Officer, ensured successful compliance of project with the audit guidelines of ISO 20000, ISO 27001.● As a Security Officer, defined risks & threats that can affect valuable assets of the project.● As a Risk Officer, designed Business Continuity plans for critical assets in the project.● As an Internal Auditor, audited projects to check ISO20000 & ISO27001 compliance.● Designed IT Process such as an estimation model of resource utilization using Plan Do Check Act (Deming Model) approach.● Improved IT Process such as reduced cycle time of backup jobs by 98% using Six Sigma DMAIC methodology, generating savings of $18000 annually for the customer.

Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

As an IT Infrastructure Consultant to work with a Swedish Client from Tata Consultancy Services, I was involved majorly in below set of activities for my customer's IT Infrastructure:● Designed Backup Policies for the Production Servers to ensure Service Continuity.● Created Availability Reports of customers' production website.● Created Capacity Reports of production servers' components.● Defined Control Items (CI) & baselines for the infrastructure ● Defined plans and procedures to update technical infrastructure of customer.● Designed client infrastructure to be in compliance with PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Services) Standards.● Implemented IT Infrastructure on Production Environment in RHEL 5.0, Solaris 10.0, VMware ESXi technologies in addition to tools such as RHN, Splunk, LDAP & Nagios.● Took transition of project activities from customer and simultaneously gave Knowledge Transition to Offshore team.

Ahmedabad Area, India

● Role of an Application Developer in WinFX 3.0 technology for a Video Conferencing Solution.● Design Whiteboard module to provide host the interface to create diagrams during an online meeting.● Design Presentation module to provide host the interface to conduct a presentation to the invited guests.● Design Chat module to provide host the facility to invite guests and enable one to one chat with the guests.● Ensured secure communication between Host and Guests using WCF technology in the modules.● Built test cases to test the three modules and displayed the functionality using Use-Case, DFD & Class Diagrams.

Global Masters In Business Administration, Information Technology Management

B.E., Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Publication Committee● Presented Paper on Blue tooth Technology during Communique 2006, a national level.