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Pune, Maharashtra, India

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Responsible for end to end project management and delivery of client efficiency goals• Managing team of PEx. Team Managers and Analysts, along with RPA Business Analysts and Developers aligned to the account• Responsible for the creation of governance mechanism and smooth functioning of the transformation as well as interaction at mid & senior levels of the clientalKey Assignment details:Project managed and successfully achieved the entire efficiency delivery leading to 45% FTE reduction within 14 months for a >150 FTE Account through multiple robotics projects(12), automation database projects(6), point automation initiatives(~100) and subsequent capacity rationalization levers• Accomplished revamping of the Target Operating Model through seamless transformation of the end to end flow across multiple geographies interacting through multiple systems via:-downloading and formatting information via RPA bots;-followed by matching, preparing journal and booking prepayments via automation databases and point automations;-thereafter journal posting followed by 2-way and 3-way reconciliations and validation checks via RPA bots;-and finally uploading validated information using RPA bot into the database which identifies variances at multiple levels and provides “Automated Commentaries” used by Senior Investment Bank Management

Bengaluru Area, India

• Project Managed the P&C and Life Operations Transformation for AXA US to enhance the customer experience through re-engineering of the end to end processes of claims, collections, disbursement, servicing and contact center. Project delivered reduction of overall end to end turnaround time by 33%, and enhanced efficiencies by 20%• Enhanced the customer experience for 7 entities of AXA Asia P&C Insurance clients including Indonesia (2 entities), Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore leading to reduction of overall lead time by 3 weeks• Enhanced the customer experience of AXA Finance UK client by re-engineering the Credit Control, Collection & Disbursement finance operations leading to overall lead time reduction by 33%; revenue leakage avoidance and effort reduction by 40%• Enhanced the customer experience of AXA Healthcare Insurance Claims UK client through end to end re-engineering leading to overall lead time reduction by 30%• Created Group AXA OpEx Consultant Training Material for Group OpEx members (Europe) and & onshore delivery of the Lean Process Improvement training for Finance Operations (US)

Bengaluru Area, India

- Manage Operational Excellence for Health Care, Life and P&C Insurance Domains- Manage Consulting: Training for AXA Global Entities• Enhanced Customer Satisfaction for AXA Gulf Health Insurance by reduction of cycle time from 4 hours to 30 minutes leading to savings via Reduction of effort by 20% and cost avoidance to client operations by 85%• Mentored 4 green belt projects on effort reduction of Bharti AXA Life & Bharti AXA General Insurance leading overall effort reduction of 25%

Pune Area, India

Managing Quality & Process Excellence framework for Fortune 500 Insurance Client for P&C BusinessLean Six Sigma projects delivered include:• Reduction of Exceptions by 33% resulting in cost avoidance to client by 26 Million INR• Increased Quality of Letters leading to cost avoidance of 8 Million INR • Reduction of Repeat Requests by 45% resulting in cost avoidance to client of 4 Million INR• Reduction of Support Cost using Lean tools resulting in savings of 2.4 Million INROther Initiatives include:• Mentoring & Managing a team of Quality Compliance Analysts and Quality Assistant Managers• Identifying areas, constructing and implementing, Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)• Assist in Creation of Quality Standard Document (Quality SOP’s)• Conducting regular quality sessions and training's for Lean and Six Sigma

Pune Area, India

- Corporate Quality Black Belt supporting Human Resource, Order Management & Helpdesk Processes- Completed 3 Six Sigma, 10 Lean Projects, 2 Client Experience Enhancement projects across aligned verticals- Completed Six Sigma Project resulting in enhanced savings for the company by 13 Million INR- Completed 5 Lean & Continuous Improvement Projects where eliminated wastes for the company (projects totalling 10 Million INR)- Six Sigma Project on Efficiency Improvement for Leading Telecom Client resulting in cost avoidance to client of 5 Million INR- Reduction of Backlog for Leading Telecom Client using Lean Tenants resulting in cost avoidance to client of 3 Million INR- Reduction of Lead Time in OM process for Leading Telecom Client resulting in cost avoidance to client of 1 Million INR- Successfully accomplished increase of End Customer Satisfaction Scores by 40% through Six Sigma Project for Leading Investment Bank for HR Services Offered- Successfully completed overseas consulting assignment for Leading Alcohol Beverage Company(US)- Involved in New Process Due Diligence for 4 Business segments in OM Domain

Deploying and Managing the Quality Procedures for the AP, AR and Banking processes, constructing and implementing Service Level Agreements (SLA’s), Implementation of ISO and Lean Procedures and an analysis regarding health of the process via performance of CTQ’s and CTP’s and to Senior Management.Spreading Quality awareness and building avenues and opportunities for improvement via conducting Quality sessions and trainings for Lean and mentoring them.

Setting up the Quality Procedure for the Pilot Process of Loan Origination and performing the multi-responsibility of the sole Quality Analyst, Trainer and Subject Matter Expert.Successfully implemented Fee Project thereby vastly improving the Quality of the Loan Set Up process by almost eliminating the slip-ups of the foremost erroneous parameter.

Periodical Audits of associates in the process along with thorough Analysis of the Process in conjunction with the reports, Weekly Team Huddles and Monthly Sessions in regards to Quality Improvement of the team, doubling up as a Subject Matter Expert and Training of new Q.C.A.’s in the process.

Conducting Banking Operations via Email using Knowledgent Software and Channelizing of banking disputes viz a viz dealing of individual accounts of customers with regard to debit and credit cards.

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