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Maharashtra, India

Mumbai

Instrumental in setting up a niche ‘Innovation team’ to drive new services within Deloitte. From two members in 2006, the team today has 25+ passionate members hired from the best business schools in India and groomed into high performance professionals with highly-valued ‘innovation skills’. Have been actively engaged in shaping the vision of the team, figuring out the right skills needed for ‘innovation’, sourcing ‘innovation’ work, building relationships to further the cause of… Show more Instrumental in setting up a niche ‘Innovation team’ to drive new services within Deloitte. From two members in 2006, the team today has 25+ passionate members hired from the best business schools in India and groomed into high performance professionals with highly-valued ‘innovation skills’. Have been actively engaged in shaping the vision of the team, figuring out the right skills needed for ‘innovation’, sourcing ‘innovation’ work, building relationships to further the cause of innovation and driving growth for the firm. Key accomplishments are:• Instrumental in setting up an ‘Investment process’ to fund new ideas and drive growth in Deloitte’s Audit and Risk practice in the United States• Have actively managed the service development process from ‘idea to pilot’ for new services in Audit, Risk Intelligence, Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Social Media• Significant experience in driving firm-wide ideation and crowd-sourcing initiatives• Have designed and conducted workshops to engage senior leaders in ideation, visioning, strategy formulation and service developmentPassionate about Design Thinking, encouraging creativity at the workplace, mentoring professionals to build careers and exciting people to do things ‘differently’ by challenging their limits Show less

• Responsible for setting up an outsourcing business for the firm "Beancounters Outsourcing Services (P) Ltd. Other key projects o Development of standard operating procedures for the Payroll and Retirement Funds Department of Hindustan Lever Limited. o Risk assessment and defining control procedures for Depot Operations – Hindustan Lever Ltd. Mumbai Branch.o Internal Audit of Sembcorp Infrastructure (India) (P) Ltd. – a multinational firm in the business of construction… Show more • Responsible for setting up an outsourcing business for the firm "Beancounters Outsourcing Services (P) Ltd. Other key projects o Development of standard operating procedures for the Payroll and Retirement Funds Department of Hindustan Lever Limited. o Risk assessment and defining control procedures for Depot Operations – Hindustan Lever Ltd. Mumbai Branch.o Internal Audit of Sembcorp Infrastructure (India) (P) Ltd. – a multinational firm in the business of construction consultancyo Training the Hindustan Unilever Limited, Control Assurance Team (KPMG) on review of Branch operations.o Supporting the Hindustan Unilever Limited, Control Assurance Team in reviewing outsourced payroll operations. Show less

Managed the firm’s ‘Control Assurance’ assignment at Hindustan Unilever Limited. The assignments provided an ideal opportunity to study best practices and make recommendations for improvements in commercial processes and in the internal control framework of the company. Recommendations were discussed at the Audit Committee of the Board of Hindustan Unilever, India. Other key aspects of the experience included development of:- Project management skills in a highly challenging… Show more Managed the firm’s ‘Control Assurance’ assignment at Hindustan Unilever Limited. The assignments provided an ideal opportunity to study best practices and make recommendations for improvements in commercial processes and in the internal control framework of the company. Recommendations were discussed at the Audit Committee of the Board of Hindustan Unilever, India. Other key aspects of the experience included development of:- Project management skills in a highly challenging environment- People Development Skills and Teambuilding- Ownership of understanding client needs, meeting timelines, service quality standards and profitability for assignments. Show less

Chartered Accountant, Accountancy

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