Gopal Sharma, Cisa, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Uae & Saudi Arabia

Leading a MENA wide regional team of Finance and Shared Services transformation, Digital Finance Transformation, Enterprise application (SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics) and Finance Managed Services consultants for EY FAAS. Instrumental in setting up new sub service digital offerings viz Data, AI and ML enabled OCR, chatbots, analytics and predictive models, cloud and API enabled digitization/ modernization of client's automation landscape, setting up multi tech (RPA, AI, ML, Analytics, etc.) COE and assisting clients in scaling up their digital footprint. Spearheading digital and innovation journeys for client’s organization by deploying a right mix of enterprise and digital technology stack.

United Arab Emirates

Led the Robotics and Process Automation (RPA) practice of IBM MEA & Turkey. The role entailed business delivering digital technologies enabled business transformation, business development, market development, client engagement, practice management, recruitment and overseeing end to end delivery of complex, large scale RPA and Business transformation engagements.

Doha, Qatar

In a regional role, responsible for managing and running Finance competency of EY MENA - Performance Improvement Practice while directly reporting to the MENA Finance Competency Leader. Leading EY MENA Robotics and Process Automation (RPA) center of Excellece across service lines. Responsible for developing RPA capabilties in the region and leading a RPA team attached to the CoE. In a local role, responsible for managing and delivering Performance Improvement Advisory services of Ernst and Young, MENA in the Financial Services and Government & Public Sectors in QatarFinance Transformation Solution Champion for EY MENASales and Business Development, Practice Management and development, People manaagement, Client relationship management and Project economics management are also part of my responsbilities

Doha,Qatar

Responsible for managing and leading Business and IT Advisory services of Ernst and Young, Doha. Sales and Business Development, Practice Management and development, People management, Client relationship management and Project economics management are part of my responsbilities

Responsible for end to end management of Business advisory engagements in Financial and Performance Management (FMPM); Costing and Profitability Management (CPM) ; and Supply Chain Management Space. Assignments include developing Business strategies, Operating models, Costing Model design, Budgeting Framework Design, BPR, BPI for Core and support functions ( Finance, HR, Procurement, IT, Strategy, Planning, Projects Administration and Reporting) of Client's Orgn, Organization restructuring, PMO services for large business transformation projects, development of Corporate Governance framework, Operational, Oraganizational and IT Due Dilligence for M & A transactions, etc.

Responsible for Managing Business advisory engagements in Financial Management and Performance Management (FMPM) and Costing and Profitability Management (CPM) space. Assignments include developing Business strategies, Operating models, Costing Model design, Budgeting Framework Design, BPR, BPI for support functions ( Finance, HR, Procurement, IT, Strategy, Planning, Projects Administration and Reporting) and Core Functions of Client's Orgn, Organization restructuring, PMO services for large business transformation projects, development of Corporate Governance framework, Operational, Oraganizational and IT Due Dilligence for M & A transactions, etc.

Job Profile Includes Business process Re-engineering & Improvements, Process mapping, Business & IT Strategy, Organization Structure re-design, IT Governance and Enterprise Architecture Assessments, System Selection, Vendor negotiations and QA & Program Management for Large Scale BPR/IT Initiatives.

Job Profile Includes Business process Re-engineering & Improvements, Process mapping, Business & IT Strategy, Organization Structure re-design, IT Governance and Enterprise Architecture Assessments, System Selection, Vendor negotiations and QA & Program Management for Large Scale BPR/IT Initiatives

I was in a role of a management consultant responsible for providing Industry insights and Process reengieering. I worked on various kind of assignments which included Business Strategy,IT Strategy, Functional Consulting, System Selection, IT Governance, PMO etc.

Responsibilities Included: Design, coding, quality assurance and software configuration management in an Investment Banking product called ‘Quartz’. Led a team of 6 personnel and was primarily involved in development and maintenance of Securities modules.Projects: - Quartz Development for Ecetra / Ebis,Viena- Quartz Dev and Implementation for Societe Genearle, Paris- Quartz maintenance for Skandia bank.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Strategy, Finance

Higher Diploma In Software Engineering, Software Engineering

Attended a 3 year focused programme on Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Certified Information System Auditor (Cisa), Information System Audit

Project Management Professional (Pmp), Project Management