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Akila C K
Bangalore
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Summary
Results-driven Associate Project Manager with 14 years of experience delivering enterprise IT projects in hospitality, SAP ERP, and professional services. Skilled in agile project delivery, stakeholder management, budget tracking, and risk management. Proven expertise in executing product roadmaps and managing the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in agile environments. Certified CAPM with foundational knowledge of SAFe Agile and Azure.
Overview
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Certification
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Project manager
ACL digital: Client Amadeus
Bangalore
05.2025 - 05.2026
- Led end-to-end initiative delivery from planning to release readiness, ensuring quality and meeting deadlines.
- Coordinated PI planning, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and release readiness activities with product manager, product owners, and engineering team.
- Identified and managed risks and dependencies, ensuring mitigation strategies until closure.
- Tracked project budgets and monthly expenditures, identifying variances and implementing corrective action plans.
- Supported delivery of hospitality IT initiatives using SAFe Agile framework, aligning with product roadmap and business priorities.
- Facilitated weekly cross-functional governance meetings, updating delivery status and addressing blockers.
- Prepared and presented project status reports to stakeholders, enhancing visibility on progress and risks.
- Acted as a liaison between product engineering and leadership teams to ensure seamless project execution.
Senior PMO Analyst
Web Synergies
Bangalore
02.2023 - 04.2025
- Managed end-to-end SAP project delivery across procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and record-to-report workstreams from initiation to closeout.
- Developed and monitored comprehensive project schedules and cost reports throughout project lifecycle.
- Generated detailed project cost and status reports for steerco meetings, enhancing decision-making processes.
- Documented project risks and mitigation strategies, ensuring timely reporting during weekly management meetings.
- Facilitated agile ceremonies, including project kick-offs, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and project review meetings.
- Tracked change requests using dedicated change request tracker, ensuring alignment with project goals.
- Uploaded and tracked features in Jira and maintained test cases in Zephyr.
- Maintained project repositories to ensure compliance with organizational standards.
PMO- Management Consultant
KPMG
Bangalore
12.2020 - 02.2023
- Managed multiple accounts to ensure compliance with advisory tax service activities.
- Presented project status and risks during client meetings to foster transparency.
- Maintained and updated master scope, effectively managing changes to align project deliverables with client expectations.
- Tracked billing processes, reconciling fees and preparing budget-to-actual reports for forecasting.
- Identified risks and maintained a comprehensive risk register to mitigate potential issues.
- Monitored engagement code metrics, tracking budgets and timesheets for accurate reporting.
- Delivered regular engagement status reports to stakeholders, ensuring informed decision-making throughout project lifecycle.
- Generated budget-to-actual reports to enhance forecasting accuracy.
Advanced Analyst
EY
Bangalore
01.2016 - 12.2020
- Transformational PMO for the engagements which have a budget for over a million dollars.
- Resource management - Successfully re-engineered the resource and time estimation process using GAP analysis which led to an increase in productivity by 2000 hours which helped reduce the time taken for the Engagement Management team to update the hours required from each resource effectively.
- Monitored hours charged against code, identifying and escalating any instances of exceeding allocated time.
- Led and managed the pilot batch for the Germany, Austria and Switzerland region on the change management program to improve the organization's engagement margin and attained the margin improvement of 23%.
- Drafted and renewed statements of work for new and existing client engagements, ensuring clarity and compliance.
- Compiled status reports to update stakeholders on project progress., Pipeline reports, Time tracking reports and dashboard using power BI.
- Tracked engagement code metrics, including budget, cost, and timesheets, producing customized budget-to-actual reports and escalating outliers to manager for guidance.
- Standardized and automated repeated processes.
Client Support Executive
Dell
Bangalore
11.2013 - 05.2015
- Provided application support for AXA internal network applications, ensuring quick resolution of user issues.
- Managed incident ticketing, escalated critical issues, and coordinated resources to minimize downtime.
- Coordinated with AXA employees to troubleshoot issues effectively before assigning tasks to onsite engineers.
Technical Support Associate
HCL
Chennai
11.2012 - 10.2013
Customer Response Analyst
Schneider Electric
Bangalore
03.2011 - 10.2012
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication
Vivekananda College
Skills
- Agile Delivery - Scrum, SAFe Agile, PI Planning, Backlog refinement, Release planning
- Project Management - Risk and dependency Management, Budget and cost tracking, Delivery Governance, Project planning, RAID Management, Project Scheduling Management
- Stakeholder Management - Effective Communication, Cross-functional Collaboration, Executive Reporting
- Change management
- Process Optimization - Strategic Planning & Roadmap Alignment
- Tools -Jira, Confluence,Zephyr,Power BI,Microsoft Excel
- ERP Project Management
- Fundamentals - REST API Fundamentals & Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Certification
- Completed PMP training from Knowledgehut, Bangalore
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
- Power BI Certification
- Completed Data Science foundation course from Jigsaw academy, Bangalore
- SAFe Agilist (in Progress)
Timeline
Associate Project manager
ACL digital: Client Amadeus
05.2025 - 05.2026
Senior PMO Analyst
Web Synergies
02.2023 - 04.2025
PMO- Management Consultant
KPMG
12.2020 - 02.2023
Advanced Analyst
EY
01.2016 - 12.2020
Client Support Executive
Dell
11.2013 - 05.2015
Technical Support Associate
HCL
11.2012 - 10.2013
Customer Response Analyst
Schneider Electric
03.2011 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication
Vivekananda College