Gourav Anand Email & Phone Number

Pune, Mh, In

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Portfolio ManagementWorking with the CIO/Global Head/IT Director to enable the process of IT Strategy including developing data analysis in support of crafting a practical and investable strategy.Leading the Portfolio Investment Plan by developing a rolling multi-year portfolio of all IT Capital and Project Operational Investments able to operate with QoQ granularity with formal quarterly re-base lining aligning with annual planning views.Managing and maintaining E2E… Show more Portfolio ManagementWorking with the CIO/Global Head/IT Director to enable the process of IT Strategy including developing data analysis in support of crafting a practical and investable strategy.Leading the Portfolio Investment Plan by developing a rolling multi-year portfolio of all IT Capital and Project Operational Investments able to operate with QoQ granularity with formal quarterly re-base lining aligning with annual planning views.Managing and maintaining E2E portfolio Financials for CIO area by brining both Cash & P&L views for Senior IT StakeholdersPerform Annual Budgeting & Periodic Forecasting activities to understand and showcase variances leads to insightful commentaries for CIO Management teamTying back Purchase Requests/Orders to agreed project budgets and predict the future variances in advancePerform forward planning on project finances and take necessary measures to avoid any variances under different cost allocation headsBuild and Lead Change Control for the CAPEX and project OPEX portfolio.Work with PMs and IT Finance support to deliver accurate forecasts and measure / implement / improve Forecast accuracy.Liaise with IT ‘verticals’ in the creation of area roadmaps and the integration / fit of those into the overall enterprise IT portfolio.Develop and consolidate ‘vertical’ roadmaps, overall business strategy and IT technology direction into an annually updated IT strategy paper.Maintain Run vs. Grow vs. Transform Investment Analysis.Risk ManagementManage Enterprise, Cyber IT Risk and Program/Project Risks for entire Guy Carpenter IT.Vendor Management: Manage Vendor T&M and Fixed Price contract initiation, renewals, PO creation.Vendor contractor governance and management Show less

London | Ireland | Pune (India)

Large Insurance Client is going through massive shift in terms of their Business and IT Transformation (including Cloud Migration). Deputed to engage the strategic leadership (CxO and Senior Stakeholders) to ensure the project delivery, tracking, risk mitigation and reporting are seamless across all different IT business function.Key Responsibilities & Achievements• IT Road Map and Business Case: Co-authoring(/ed) Integrated Annual IT Roadmap and various Business cases for… Show more Large Insurance Client is going through massive shift in terms of their Business and IT Transformation (including Cloud Migration). Deputed to engage the strategic leadership (CxO and Senior Stakeholders) to ensure the project delivery, tracking, risk mitigation and reporting are seamless across all different IT business function.Key Responsibilities & Achievements• IT Road Map and Business Case: Co-authoring(/ed) Integrated Annual IT Roadmap and various Business cases for entire UK/Europe Geographies for large Strategic (Growth) and Tactical (Audit and Regulatory) Projects• Project Plan: Developed Project plan of complex projects (ranging $200k-$5M) with clear dependencies and risk mitigation plan.• Budget Management: Managing and Tracking budgets (Forecast, Capex/Opex) for multiple projects having Internal & External stakeholders (Software Vendor, System Integrators, Local Contractors)• Governance & Controls: Established Project Governance, controls and performing Portfolio administration• Reporting: Developed Dashboard and Insights having KPI’s for CxO attention and quick action • IT Operations: Accountable for Service Delivery of over 300+ applications with 170+ indirect team members• Risk Management: Co-ordinate IT Audit and Compliance (Internal and External), Closure of action, Consistency across the board and clear communication via OneTrust Tool• Managing other operational responsibilities related to Statement of work, invoices, receivables, reserves, forecasts, profitability, utilization, pipeline management and resourcing using Tools (JIRA, SharePoint, Field Glass, TCS Internal Tools and MS Office) for multiple stakeholders Show less

Italy | Switzerland

Large Europe Client - Global Corporate and Commercial (GC&C) BU intend to reduce the yearly IT expenditure by 35% and need a trusted partner for the overall consolidation of IT Systems, Vendors and Processes.Key Responsibilities & Achievements• Co-created overall IT restructuring Roadmap considering key challenges cutting through multiple vendor exit, staff augmentation and local on-boarding of resources, regional resilience, and bureaucratic legislation.• Drafted and… Show more Large Europe Client - Global Corporate and Commercial (GC&C) BU intend to reduce the yearly IT expenditure by 35% and need a trusted partner for the overall consolidation of IT Systems, Vendors and Processes.Key Responsibilities & Achievements• Co-created overall IT restructuring Roadmap considering key challenges cutting through multiple vendor exit, staff augmentation and local on-boarding of resources, regional resilience, and bureaucratic legislation.• Drafted and Executed end to end legacy system exit Implementation plan• CxO Engagement – Established thorough governance and tracking with overarching view of multiple moving pieces (IT Infrastructure, Legacy Transformation, Enhanced System Integration with Regulators, New Platform Implementation and Local Vendor Exit)• Formulated new BPS service delivered from Offshore resulted cost reduction from $1.2M – $450K per year• Innovated Client Change Control board while conducting Risk Assessment, Change Readiness Assessment and Impact Analysis at various stages and set up governance to tracking at various level at respective frequencies (Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly)• Building initial delivery team of over 70+ associates across various parts of Europe• Achieved ~30% of cost reduction in overall IT expenditure in 2 years Show less

Pune (India)

Deployed as Project Manager leading System Integration Stream for Large UK based Client where they intend to Transform Legacy platform to TCS BαNCS for servicing 6MN Life and Pension policiesKey Responsibilities & Achievements• Co-created Project Plan for System Integration of on-going enhancements (Regulatory)• Managed Scope and Budget for the Transition plan spanning over to 9 months for 80+ Aps• Managed 20+ team members and tracked resource allocations, timelines, and… Show more Deployed as Project Manager leading System Integration Stream for Large UK based Client where they intend to Transform Legacy platform to TCS BαNCS for servicing 6MN Life and Pension policiesKey Responsibilities & Achievements• Co-created Project Plan for System Integration of on-going enhancements (Regulatory)• Managed Scope and Budget for the Transition plan spanning over to 9 months for 80+ Aps• Managed 20+ team members and tracked resource allocations, timelines, and deliverables across multiple interconnected work streams• Developed Continuous Service Improvement Plan ensuring SLAs• Adaption of Agile framework thereby reducing overall Development effort.• Single Point of contact for distributed IT Internal and External Team• Governance reporting to senior management and adhering to KPI• Managed project escalation and established mitigation• Conducted project risk review with project board Show less

Johannesburg | London | Chennai

AIG South Africa had Legacy transformation to new bespoke (Policy, Claim, Billing, Finance) Deployment.Key Responsibilities & Achievements• Performed Business Analysis with Business / Operations team and propose cost effective tactical solution • Authored Business and Functional Requirement Documents• Supported Project Mangers in on time requirement gathering and conducted JAD• Designed Solution and Review with Client Project Manager• Single point of contact… Show more AIG South Africa had Legacy transformation to new bespoke (Policy, Claim, Billing, Finance) Deployment.Key Responsibilities & Achievements• Performed Business Analysis with Business / Operations team and propose cost effective tactical solution • Authored Business and Functional Requirement Documents• Supported Project Mangers in on time requirement gathering and conducted JAD• Designed Solution and Review with Client Project Manager• Single point of contact (Onsite Co-ordinator) and bridge between client and TCS team• Chaired User Acceptance Testing throughout the project lifecycle• Business Acceptance Testing Support• Supported in rolling out multiple projects into Production Services Show less