Saurav Kumar Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

As a Senior Manager at KPMG, I spearheaded the delivery of IT audits, encompassing both Financial Statement Audits and integrated ICOFR audits, for prominent multinational organizations within the FTSE 50. Specialist in implementing and auditing SAP controls frameworks to ensure compliance with US SOx regulations and UK Corporate Governance frameworks.Some responsibilities as part of my role include: - Leading the planning, scoping and delivery of risk-based SOx and Financial statement audits - Delivery of IT risk assessment, evaluation of IT general controls and business process controls as per the technology focussed audit plan. - Mentoring, training and managing a team of individuals to deliver audits - Internal and external stakeholder management - these include CFOs, Financial controls, IT directors etc externally and lead audit partner and directors internallySAP specialist role responsibility includes: - Creation and maintenance of standardised SAP controls matrices and testing programmes for ECC, GRC, S/4Hana and Infrastructure covering both Business Process Controls and General IT / Basis Controls - Development and rollout of a curriculum of SAP controls training courses nationally, covering SAP ECC, SAP GRC, S/4Hana, Infrastructure, Controls Risk Assessments, General IT / Basis Controls and Business Process Controls. - Development, implementation and rollout of SAP innovation and technology for KPMG UK, including automation, analysis and visualisation of SAP controls testing Global rollout of SAP controls technologies and training for KPMG member firms across Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

London, United Kingdom

Mumbai Area, India

WayBeyond is setting up digital health education networks with an ad-based revenue model. Products include an out-of-home television network in clinics, an OTT web platform and a mobile app. The OOH network is live with 1,100 screens and the online platforms are in the MVP phase.• Founding member; involved in defining the organizations vision, the business & revenue model and strategic direction.• Defined two products: out-of-home network and online/mobile platform, and their go-to-market strategy to boost user acquisition.• Managed end-to-end delivery of the digital products - conceptualization to product launch and monitoring user experience at each stage.• Organized a national PR event for the launch of the out-of-home platform.• Achieved a reach of 1.5 million individuals per month on the OOH network.• Involved in identifying, profiling and sizing market segments. Designed and conducted ethnographic research to better understand customer needs and requirements - both B2B and B2C.Business operations and technology• Designed business processes for onboarding customers, delivery, deployment and post-deployment support.• Established tie-ups and negotiated pricing with vendors (hardware, logistics, technology, telco and customer support).• Designed the technology framework and content management system for delivery and measurement of content, business process automation and analytics.Sales and business development• Closed ad sales worth $0.5 million by providing customized solutions to advertis- ers.• Created a $2-3 million sales pipeline with $1 Million in expected closures by the end of Q3-2018.• Expected closure of another $1 million with top Indian FMCG brands for BTL activities.• Created the sales capacity plan; built the sales function of the organisation for both B2B and B2C sales. Led a sales team to achieve revenue targets.• Brought in a global pharmaceutical MNC as a recruitment partner which subsidized operations worth $0.5 Million.

Gurgaon

• Experienced in IT SOX Compliance and Controls Design/ Assessment: Evaluated SOX readiness and internal control environment for medium to large PCAOB clients from Consumer & Industrial products and Energy & Resources practice.• Led and managed a team of 4-6 members working on SAP (ECC, BI/BW, GRC, etc.) IT controls design and operating effectiveness testing including scoping, planning, detailed reviews and exposure analysis for deficiencies/ gaps identified.• Coordinated between US and USI teams on GITC engagements including reviews of OS/DB platforms (Windows, UNIX and Oracle).• Well-versed with automated business controls testing and detailed report testing for reports utilized by audit teams on PCAOB and SEC engagements.• Completed Segregation of Duties risk assessments and evaluation of clients’ GRC/ Virsa ruleset against industry best practices and coordinated with client and audit teams to finalize the gap assessment as well as determine the appropriateness of mitigating controls in place to address the required conflicts.• Hands-on experience with SAP GUI to review SAP security configuration and test/frame client specific testing procedures.• Managed off-shore client relationships and coordinated with Deloitte internal team members from various geographical locations (US, UK and Europe)

Mumbai

• Co-authored and filed U.S. patent 61843459 (A franchising system for establish- ing a distributed waste to energy network) describing the business model of the company.• Designed business plans and marketing strategies.

Shanghai - Mumbai

• Created and implemented the social media marketing strategy which generated over 1000 affiliate and project finance leads. Delivered 5 associates across 4 countries and a $3 billion pipeline.• Signed up Finnacle Capital Advisors as an affiliate for South Asia and with two other investment banks as affiliates in Turkey and Australia.• Designed project and marketing collateral.

Bangalore, India

• Module lead for the development of an insurance application for a Europe-based insurance major.• Involved in all phases of the software development lifecycle - requirement gathering to post deployment support.• Account anchor and single point of contact for all account level activities.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Activities and Societies: Member of the Student Affairs Council, Coordinator of the Media and Public relations team at DoMS, IIT Roorkee.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: Badminton Committee Head (2008-2009), Member of the College Technical Committee.

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