Akarshan Kumar Singh
Bengaluru
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Risk Consultant
PWC AC
Bengaluru
05.2025 - Current
- Executed enterprise and operational risk assessments across 80+ client engagements, identifying and prioritizing financial, operational, compliance, and delivery risks, reducing surprise risk by up to 60% through early identification and structured escalation.
- Designed and institutionalized a standardized RAI (Risk, Action, Issue) framework, successfully piloted across multiple sectors to enhance risk visibility, ownership, and escalation mechanisms.
- Developed and implemented risk mitigation and control enhancement strategies, contributing to a 25–35% reduction in high-risk observations during remediation and follow-up cycles.
- Strengthened governance and oversight structures across delivery platforms, collaborating closely with partners, managing directors, and directors to support informed decision-making and effective risk escalation.
- Created and deployed a project health evaluation framework to assess risk exposure, control maturity, and performance indicators, enabling a 35% earlier identification of project risks and proactive corrective action.
- Engaged with cross-platform stakeholders to drive risk remediation initiatives, and improve control effectiveness across large-scale engagements.
- Prepared and presented executive-level risk assessment and governance reports, summarizing key findings, root causes, and actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
Process and Domain Consultant
Infosys
Bengaluru
05.2022 - 05.2025
- Managed 25+ projects across multiple client accounts, conducting financial risk and performance analyses to identify margin leakages and delivery risks, achieving ~2% margin improvement on fixed-price engagements.
- Developed and implemented risk management strategies using exposure scoring models, enabling proactive mitigation of financial, operational, and delivery risks.
- Performed operational and compliance audits aligned with ISO 27001 and CMMI 2.0 frameworks, preparing comprehensive audit reports and remediation recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Executed unit-level strategic initiatives including Customer Value Stream (CVS), Engineering Excellence, Automation Maturity Model, and Security-by-Design, strengthening delivery quality and risk posture.
- Enabled 1,000+ Infoscions on PM-CMMI processes as a learning consultant, while supporting 2,000+ junior-level resources in adopting Agile methodologies and delivery best practices.
- Served as a Lean Change Mentor, applying Lean and Six Sigma techniques such as Process Observation Technique (POT), DILO analysis, and Value Stream Mapping, resulting in improved efficiency and delivery predictability.
- Designed and deployed an Excel-based Delivery Excellence dashboard for leadership, providing portfolio-level performance insights, risk trends, and actionable improvement opportunities.
Software Engineer
Accenture
10.2018 - 09.2020
- Delivered SAP development services for a Tier-1 global hypermarket (Diamond Client), supporting large-scale retail operations with high business criticality.
- Specialized in SAP S/4HANA ABAP development on HANA, including custom table design and data model optimization to support complex business requirements.
- Designed and developed complex SAP objects including Adobe Forms, custom reports, function modules, and interfaces, ensuring performance, scalability, and compliance with client standards.
- Architected and implemented a centralized custom SAP table serving as a single source of truth for 12 dependent objects, improving data consistency, maintainability, and system performance.
Education
MBA -
Indian Institute of Management
Sirmaur04-2022
B.E - Electronics And Telecommunication
RCET
Bhilai05-2018
12th -
MGM Senior Secondary School
Bhilai05-2014
10th - CBSE
MGM Senior Secondary School
Bhilai04-2012
Skills
- CMMi20
- Risk Management
- Responsible AI
- CSM
- ISO27001
- ISO22301
- ISO20000
- Agile
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Excel
- PowerPoint Presentation
- IBM SPSS
- Market Research
- SAP ABAP on HANA
- MS Office
Positions Of Responsibility
- Unit Anchor, Anchored multiple initiatives like CVS, EE, AMM and Maximus, 2022-Present
- Shared Service FTE, Responsible for 4 shared service employees and their performances, 2023-Present
- POC, CF Team, POC between Japanese and Indian team related to SAP Table creation, 2019
- Captain, ET Football team, RCET, Bhilai, Winner of Inter branch football Tournament among 12 teams. Responsible for strategy and formation making of the Electronics team, 2004-2018
Certification
• Certified Scrum Master
• Lean Expert
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• CMMi 2.0
• ISO 27001
• ISO 22301
• ISO 20000
• Lean Expert
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• CMMi 2.0
• ISO 27001
• ISO 22301
• ISO 20000
Awards
- Best Rookie Award, for outstanding performance by a newcomer
- Rise award, won three times for instant recognition for driving important initiatives
- Spot Pick Award, won twice for recognition by the senior leadership of Infosys
- Best enabler for creating opportunities and improving margins within accounts
- Dream Team award, for outstanding performance by the team
Hobbies and Interests
- Playing and Following outdoor sports (Football, Cricket, Tennis)
- Photography
- Travelling
Timeline
Risk Consultant
PWC AC
05.2025 - Current
Process and Domain Consultant
Infosys
05.2022 - 05.2025
Software Engineer
Accenture
10.2018 - 09.2020
MBA -
Indian Institute of Management
B.E - Electronics And Telecommunication
RCET
12th -
MGM Senior Secondary School
10th - CBSE
MGM Senior Secondary School