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Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru Area, India

An experienced strategy consulting professional with expertise in solving "heart of the business" problems across multiple areas including Banking, Asset Management, Cloud and Telecommunication.PROGRAM MANAGEMENT :# Analyzed the FTE and Cost Allocation of a major European bank across 12 departments in the Corporate banking and Investment banking division spanning 5 geographies. Designed the Value Chains and Service Areas analysis of the departments based on interviews with the client. # Part of the Command Center team managing the SAP Lighthouse to S4 HANA implementation of a technology major, spanning across 10+ workstreams, 20+ teams and multiple geographies including US, EMEA and India# Led the India team in the Business Change as a Service model for technology implementation projects across 40 projects and streamline the financial reporting suite across the projects# Managed the MBA Campus Hiring program for Deloitte for multiple years with roles including logistics, panel management, candidate shortlisting and interviewsPRODUCT MANAGEMENT :# Managed multiple Product lifecycle stages including strategy, development and launch for a web based firmwide financial planning and analysis suite at a global bank. # Designed the product roadmap for Agile development, user stories, product requirement documents, wireframes, testing strategy and release schedule# Chaired the Steering Committee for product development and launch OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE:# Implemented an IBM Cognos integrated reporting and validation suite for the Business Finance team of a global bank to improve the overall efficiency of the Target Setting process by 95%GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY:# Part of the Deloitte Cloud GTM strategy team responsible for competitor landscape, gap analysis, customer segmentation, use case development, value matrix and value proposition development# Interacted with Partners and MDs across multiple industries in Deloitte to develop the FY20 Vision and Strategy

Hyderabad

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT :# Part of the Product Strategy team involved in the development of a responsive web solution for a resource information management portal# Involved in the product marketing strategy to increase the website traffic by 10x and reduce bounce rate by 40%PROGRAM MANAGEMENT:# Part of the Integration Management Organization (IMO), overseeing the project implementations of 7 workstreams across 40+ projectsOPERATIONS EXCELLENCE:# Developed a strategic dashboard to standardize the data-set collected across various input vehicles for key strategic products for a global telecom major# Streamlined the yearly planning and budgeting activity for a global bank and created automation tools to enable the seamless integration of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management# Developed a detailed Client experience transformation program with focus on FCR and IVR improvement for an Indian banking major# Developed automated reconciliation engines using VBA to identify potential Cost of Income savings opportunities for a global bank

Mumbai Area, India

# Spearheaded the Finance Placement committee managing 80+ companies for a 100% placement record# Led interview process to recruit the Placement committee of 2016# Handled new account generation, account management, process scheduling and on-ground logistics for Internship and FTE Recruitment

Bangalore

# Worked with the Business Finance team to formulate margin improvement strategies for Softlines category# Liaised with the Analytics team to identify the input drivers for a statistical model to predict margin impact due to discounts# Established reporting standards for financial metrics reporting

Anandwan

# Designed a Visitors Registration program for efficient booking management of 50K guests# Performed gap analysis, customer feedback, course evaluation, competitor analysis and financial planning of the Parivartan program# Presented Dr.Sheetal Amte (CEO at Maharogi Sewa Samiti) with strategies for economic opportunities for the physically challenged participants

# Actively involved in the development of Surveillance applications for efficient regulation of the firm in Japanese Cross Trading, SEBI Brokerage Monitoring and Malaysian Brokerage Monitoring# Developed a workflow based application for the effective auditing of approvals for trading on Primary, Secondary and Cross Trade Offerings, as per U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations

# Part of the Global Compliance team that pioneered the development of an application for the due diligence of Hedge Fund Strategies, Global Manager Strategies and Private Equity Group funds in Goldman Sachs Asset Management# Developed a workflow based application for traders to minimize the impact of bond downgrades by credit rating agencies

Post Graduate Diploma In Management, Finance

# Head, Finance Placement Committee - Lead a team to manage the placement related activities involving 232 candidates and 80+ companies #.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics And Communication Engineering