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Abhishek Kamat

Abhishek Kamat

Pune

Summary

Dynamic AVP Portfolio Manager at Citicorp Services India Pvt Ltd, adept in financial planning and stakeholder management. Proven track record in budget execution and risk mitigation, achieving 100% success in project governance. Exceptional vendor management and resource allocation skills drive project delivery excellence and foster collaborative partnerships across diverse teams.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

AVP Portfolio Manager

Citicorp Services India Pvt Ltd
Pune
08.2021 - Current
  • Manage portfolio of multiple applications and manage a large team
  • Working directly with Product, senior stakeholders up to Managing Director level
  • Lead Financial Management at portfolio level– Estimation, Budgeting, Change Controls, Partner transfers, actual vs forecast analysis and Reporting
  • Create and manage SOW (Fixed priced/Time and Material contracts) overall budget execution for multiple vendors
  • Excellent Cost management and vendor management skills
  • Lead Project Governance – Manage PMQC issues, Health check audit (100% success till date), Reporting for multiple areas, Program and Project level artifacts completion on time, best practice implementation
  • Manage and communicate the business Milestones (BCM) at program/project level to stakeholders
  • Manage Risk/Issue throughout the project life-cycle process with the mitigation plan and Rag status
  • Manage overall tool with up-to-date project status, BCM, Financial, Sprints planned till go-live, Resources allocations, Artifacts completion and Approvals
  • Prepare and represent the complete program and project level status to Product and senior management
  • Plan, manage and track project delivery breakthroughs, resources, timeline and budget, Partner management and reporting, change within the project
  • Implemented various standards and reporting template for effective process management
  • Outstanding business partner management skills in the interactions with various internal business partners across different seniority levels
  • Results-oriented, dedicated, hardworking and can work on own initiative whilst also working collaboratively and delivering on time with a high level of integrity, sense of urgency, attention to detail and quality standards
  • Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple demands and changing priorities.

Manager (Risk and Control)

Standard Chartered Bank
Bangalore
09.2018 - 07.2021
  • Handled large projects/programs and implemented ideas to improve the efficiency of project management process
  • Identify, document & manage complex dependencies between Projects
  • Financial Management - Planned hours, Actual, Budget, and management of financial variance
  • Risk Management - Managing and ensuring that all potentials risks/issues are properly communicated to all stakeholders with correct owners for the same identified and/or putting in a resolution plan
  • Agile and Waterfall based Application development and delivery
  • Maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders & address their concerns during daily, weekly, monthly reporting cycle
  • Follow agile project management plan
  • Facilitate building requirements log with cost estimates and priority
  • Conduct daily stand-ups and agile ceremonies for teams
  • Work with product owners to groom the backlog and iteration cycle planning
  • Prepare overall Program Health Decks and reports with weekly progress to Senior Leadership (particularly Head of Asia, America, and Europe)
  • Perform ongoing review of project status
  • Identify and log project risks and issues related to the new or changed scope
  • Recommend and implement risk mitigation plan as appropriate
  • Monitor the development progress throughout each sprint to ensure the project was within scope and budget
  • Remove team impediments daily to allow the team to deliver the project goals and deliverable
  • Hands on experience of writing effective and successful proposals and statements of work
  • Conduct Global Trainings for internal and external teams
  • Prepare Training Plans/Schedule Training Sessions/Feedback
  • Also conduct Boot camps for Microsoft worldwide team.

Team Lead

E&Y
Bangalore
04.2018 - 09.2018
  • Generate detailed work breakdown structures for Projects in CA-Clarity and define Scope, Schedule, and Demand as per Requirement
  • Create, establish, and manage overall project plan, Risk/Issue, including key milestones, detailing schedules, change controls, resources, costs, and daily tasks
  • Managing the role of application manager and Release manager for multiple applications and assisting the senior leadership in their daily duties
  • Work with multiple development and applications support teams and quality assurance teams on release deliverable and timelines
  • Manage virtual team and multiple vendors in multiple time zones
  • Manage resources as part of a cross- functional team required to complete a project
  • Worked on Demand Capacity Management, Release Planning, Scope and Resource Management for multiple teams and applications
  • Evaluate Process Improvement Opportunities and produce strategic plans to drive change management in Portfolio
  • Analyze and validate costs and supports in the status of a program/ project using a basic understanding of cost buildup and budgeting
  • Maintaining the project documentation, performing analysis, and generating project reports schedule and project financial management, preparing meeting documentation, and maintaining project

Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
Bangalore
07.2014 - 04.2018
  • Establish Project Financial infrastructure including Work Break down Structures and prepare financial reporting to the partner and the top management
  • Responsible for forecasting on monthly basis and managing contribution margin with a specific budgeted range
  • Working closely with Delivery Managers to create and review monthly/ Quarterly/ and annual financial plan
  • Highlighting issues to senior management, comparing Actual to budget/ forecast/ prior period to ensure correct month-end close & investigating unusual postings and/ or escalating to Principal.

Analyst

Jp Morgan and Northern Trust Bank
Bangalore
03.2011 - 07.2014
  • Booking and Processing of Loans & Transactions in Loan IQ, Approving Loans & Transactions processed by Team individuals in Loans
  • Customer, Deal & SSI (standard settlement instructions) set up on Loan IQ for newly on boarded Customers and Deals
  • Automated cash Reconciliation: Performing automated reconciliation through TLM on Settle date+1 basis which enables a hedge fund back Office to effectively support Key Operational areas and goals
  • Automated position reconciliation: This process balances house positions v/s the broker positions
  • The balancing involves reconciling the quantity, notional and other economic parameters
  • Position balancing is done on the trade date basis.

Education

MBA (Finance) -

PES University
Bangalore
03-2011

B.Com. (Finance) -

Christ College Bangalore
Bangalore
03-2009

Skills

  • PTS (Portfolio Tracking System)
  • CA-Clarity
  • Financial planning
  • Budget management
  • Resource management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Financial analysis
  • Project Management
  • Vendor management
  • Risk management

Timeline

AVP Portfolio Manager

Citicorp Services India Pvt Ltd
08.2021 - Current

Manager (Risk and Control)

Standard Chartered Bank
09.2018 - 07.2021

Team Lead

E&Y
04.2018 - 09.2018

Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
07.2014 - 04.2018

Analyst

Jp Morgan and Northern Trust Bank
03.2011 - 07.2014

MBA (Finance) -

PES University

B.Com. (Finance) -

Christ College Bangalore

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