CV, MBA Finance Professional Looking To Project Management Role

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Skills keywords: accounting, administration, business analysis, finance, project management

Current location:  Qatar - View on map

Nationality: Indian

Spoken languages: English Hindi

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Qualified (MBA – Finance) Project Manager with 8+ years of track record of success in managing projects, enhancing team performance and generating cost savings through optimized resource utilization

Core Competencies include…

√ Project Management √ Accounting & Administration √ Liaison & Coordination

√ Business Operations √ Employee Motivation & Retention √ Training & Development

√ Financial Analysis √ Performance Appraisal √ Team Building & Management

Winner of awards like “Employee of the Month”, “Spot Awards”, “Summit Awards” in Mphasis

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 Extensive experience across various aspects of finance & accounting management, financial reporting, internal/external auditing procedures, project management, effort estimation, risk management, resource management and stakeholder management

 Outstanding skills in designing & implementing systems to achieve financial discipline, facilitate internal financial control & improve the overall efficiency of the organization

 Expertise in designing & maintaining accounting systems and procedures for cash management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit control, and petty cash and analysing & evaluating their accuracy

 Skilled in understanding of Project / Client Requirements coupled with hands-on exposure in handling all phases of Project / Program Life Cycle. Worked on projects like Capital Asset Pricing Model and MRD Study in KMC

 Proven ability in improving the company’s cash flow and reducing its arrears by keeping accurate records and ensuring payments are received on time

 Proven ability in creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst team members

Career Summary

Mphasis – Unleash The Next, Bangalore / Mangalore :
Jun 2006 – Jan 2015

Career Progression:

• Finance Analyst – Project Management Office/MIS , Qatar:
Feb 2015 onwards

• Asst. Manager – Project Management Office / Financial Analyst, Bangalore:
May 2014 – Jan 2015

• Business Analyst, Bangalore:
Jul 2012 – Apr 2013

• Module Lead – Project Management Office (PMO), Bangalore:
Feb 2011 – June 2012

• Asst. Unit Manager – Accounts & Finance, Mangalore: Jun 2006 – Feb 2011

Key Highlights:

• Successfully turned around an under-performing team to a highly efficient and performing team

• Played key role in setting up cross-functional communications in the company through employee interactions and development of newsletter

• Significant contribution in performance improvement, cost and effort savings through introduction of reusable artifacts from various accounts to analyze the effort-savings

• Acknowledged for efficient management of productivity and innovation workshop conducted for Top 40 Accounts and preparation of deck on innovation/ other related factors across various accounts

• Worked as Moderator for MTech Technical Forum for resolution of technical queries of Mphasis employees by Subject Matter Experts

• Drafted weekly MTech forum communication mails/ corporate communications

• Successfully transitioned sub project through regular interaction with European clients over phone and during visits to India for about 2 months in role as Assistant Unit Manager

• Instrumental in identification of additional scope within existing project and transitioning the same to India

• Recipient of various awards like “Employee of the Month”, “Spot Awards”, “Summit Awards” during tenure with the organization

• Accomplished 100% in audit without any NC’s. Rated as top performer across appraisals

Role: Assistant Manager – Project Management Office / Financial Analyst, Bangalore

• Involved in implementation of LEAN in all projects across Application, ITO and BPO Service lines, thereby ensuring significant cost savings

• Accountable for preparing financial statements across all projects in order to track benefits of the LEAN implementation

• Conduct cost reduction analysis, revenue analysis, calculate gross margin of projects and maintain updated financial status to monitor growth

• Generate various status reports to highlight project progress to the senior leadership team

• Achieve a competitive advantage through cost reduction and efficient customer service delivery

• Performed data analysis on productivity, delivery performance, infrastructure utilization, pyramid optimization, availability and innovation using LEAN methods

Role: Business Analyst

• Involved in collation/ evaluation of business requirements for developing software tools

• Drafted project management plans, workflow diagram and coordinated with software engineers in finalizing tool design

• Rendered support to process automation, testing of tool, reporting of bugs and monitored process till final UAT signoff and closure

• Worked on features, technology, hardware requirements on configurations, functionality and languages for development of tool based on client requirements

• Worked on enhancement of portal requirements, preparation of detailed documentation of business systems, user requirements, workflow and program functions

• Identified the delinquent projects, those were not in compliance with Solution Risk Review Standards.

• Ensured all proposals and SOWs are in adherence with Solution Risk Review recommended clauses and Terms

Role: Module Lead – Project Management Office (PMO)

• Evaluated top 107 accounts for HP and direct channel to identify revenue/ billing leakage

• Prepared and reviewed the process flowcharts and documented the changes for auditing purpose

• Identified potential risks/ health of projects through preparation of dashboards for project managers and delivery leaders

• Coordinated with Senior Leaders to track project progress

• Responsible for organizing meetings, preparing MOMs and Dashboards for project review weekly/monthly call/reviews

• Documented & maintained complete & accurate supporting information and provided the same to the Management

• Generated monthly, quarterly, bi-annually and annual reports on the project status and performance

• Provided centralized control, coordination and reported on scope, change, cost, risk and quality across all projects

• Collated & analyzed project performance data and reported the same to Senior Management for review

• Maintained up-to-date repository of projects underway and requests pending for review

• Conducted productivity and innovation workshop for top 40 accounts and prepared a deck on the innovation, value adds, effort saving and cost reduction done in various accounts

• Accountable for checking the project kick off and delivery as per agreed budget and timelines

• Participated in selection of projects for project management review and design deck on PMR review criteria

• Recommended new ideas, introduced GAP analysis & strategies in the organization to review and improve the existing procedures

• Functioned as Moderator for the MTech technical forum for addressing technical queries of Mphasis employees by Subject Matter Expertise

• Contributed in crafting the MTech forum communication mails / corporate communication on a weekly basis

Role: Assistant Unit Manager: Accounts & Finance

• Spearheaded accounts and finance process for a major hospital in Netherlands

• Assisted the Purchase Department in maintaining the purchase order system, account receivable, accounts payable and Management Information System

• Involved in design and maintenance of financial accounting systems for cash management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit control and petty cash.

• Managed the cash flow and prepared cash flow forecasts according to the policy

• Assisted clients in checking and processing of invoices

• Accountable for preparing Bank Reconciliation Statement

• Monitored & analyzed the Accounts Payable (AP) section of the Finance Department in order to develop more efficient procedures and ensure that all disbursements or payables are recorded in an accurate & timely manner

• Prepared purchase orders, confirmed orders and supplier reports based on client requirement

• Worked on development of Web Focus reports and Dashboards to update status to clients

• Maintained regular interaction with clients for transition of work

• Developed & maintained healthy business relationship with clients, ensuring more scope of work to transition to India

• Set goals/targets for the direct reportees and maintained the documents as per ISO requirement.

• Accountable for performing a quality check on all the transactions of clients on regular basis and rendered feedback on identified errors

• Reviewed and approved the establishment of letters of credit, or similar payment methods for procurement.

• Participated in year-end audits and liaised with internal auditors concerning all the transactions.

• Maintained appropriate and accurate records to ensure clean and timely year-end audit

• Ensured that assets received are in good working order and are readily available for stocktaking purposes

• Involved in selection of candidates based on process requirements

• Accountable for calculating, preparing and sending accurate reports on the payroll

• Conducted performance appraisals, organized seminars and team hurdles based on process requirements

• Monitored & resolved performance/behavior/attendance issues using the prescribed performance management techniques

• Conducted bi-annual/annual performance appraisals, ensuring career development in the organization

• Rendered Subject Matter Expertise and conducted training sessions for team members

• Collaborated with the senior management in development of reward system based on empirical data

• Worked as point of contact between the team and senior management in ensuring smooth functioning of operations

• Client Certified Trainer involved in mentoring & training agents with regards to the process

• Worked as a coordinator for organizing and setting up classroom and conference call training programs.

• Prepared and circulated training courses on the specified topics provided by the organization.

• Trained the new batches who joined the organizations and also was responsible for preparing training schedules and reports.

Qualifications

• MBA (Finance), Mangalore University 2005

• BBM (Personnel Management), Mangalore University 2003

Training/Seminars

• Six Sigma

• People Management Techniques

• Project Management Course

• Quality Management and Lean Implementation in IT

• Software Risk Management

• Project Management

• Business Requirements Gathering

IT Skills

• MS Office (MS Word, Advanced MS Excel, PowerPoint), Macros, HTML, SharePoint Admin and ERP