Anil Kumar A
Project Lead
Bengaluru
Summary
Accomplished Project Lead with 10 years of experience driving successful projects using Agile and Scrum frameworks. Adept at leveraging a comprehensive suite of tools—including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, SQL, Asana, SharePoint, and VBA—to streamline processes, enhance reporting, and support data-driven decision making. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder communications, and deliver projects on time and within budget. Recognized for an analytical, detail-oriented approach combined with strong leadership and problem-solving skills, consistently fostering continuous improvement and operational excellence in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Lead
Persistent Systems Ltd
07.2022 - Current
- Mentored 8 junior project managers, enhancing team productivity by 30% through targeted training on Agile methodologies and tool utilization (e.g., Asana, SharePoint).
- Configured and managed Asana for 50+ users, creating customized workflows and dashboards that improved project tracking efficiency by 35%, reducing task completion times by 20%.
- Administered SharePoint sites, implementing advanced document management systems that decreased retrieval times by 40% and ensured 100% compliance with governance frameworks.
- Identified and mitigated project risks, reducing potential delays by 30% through proactive issue logging and stakeholder collaboration, maintaining a 98% on-time delivery rate.
- Managed change requests for projects, evaluating impacts on scope and budget, and improving change adoption rates by 25% through clear communication and documentation.
- Evaluated and enhanced project workflows, recommending tool and process optimizations that boosted overall productivity by 32% and reduced operational costs by 15%.
Lead - Report Development
Tesco Bengaluru Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - 02.2022
- Develop comprehensive project reports, including status updates, progress dashboards, and executive summaries, ensuring 100% accuracy and alignment with PMO standards.
- Utilize Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to create visually appealing and data-driven reports, reducing report preparation time by 25% through process optimization.
- Maintain and update project documentation in SharePoint, ensuring secure storage, version control, and accessibility for 50+ stakeholders, improving document retrieval efficiency by 30%.
- Analyze project data from tools like Asana to track milestones, deliverables, and KPIs, delivering insights that enhanced decision-making by 20%.
- Collaborate with project managers, PMO staff, and IT teams to gather data and validate report content, ensuring 100% alignment with project objectives and timelines.
- Support the PMO in developing standardized reporting templates, improving consistency across projects and reducing onboarding time for new team members by 20%.
Partnership Analyst
Cerner Corporation
03.2020 - 09.2021
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with external vendors, stakeholders, and internal teams, increasing collaboration effectiveness by 25% and supporting IT transformation projects.
- Act as the primary liaison between project teams and partners, facilitating communication to resolve conflicts and enhance project outcomes by 15%.
- Engage with 30+ stakeholders, including senior management and external partners, to gather requirements and align partnership objectives with project deliverables, improving stakeholder satisfaction by 22%.
- Prepare and deliver partnership reports, presentations, and updates using Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel, reducing misunderstanding by 18% through clear, data-driven communication.
- Monitor partnership performance metrics and KPIs, using dashboards to provide actionable insights that enhanced project efficiency by 20%.
- Develop and maintain partnership status reports, risk logs, and issue trackers, ensuring 98% accuracy and compliance with PMO governance frameworks.
Senior Content Management Analyst
Tangoe India Softek Services
07.2016 - 03.2020
- Develop and maintain a centralized content repository in SharePoint, organizing project documentation (e.g., plans, reports, risks logs) for 50+ users, reducing content retrieval time by 25%.
- Ensure 100% accuracy and version control of project content, implementing standardized naming conventions and folder structures that improved document management efficiency by 30%.
- Administer SharePoint and Asana to support content management needs, configuring workflows, permissions, and dashboards that enhanced team productivity by 20%.
- Continuously evaluate tool usage, recommending enhancements that improved content accessibility and collaboration across multiple time zones.
- Monitor content-related KPIs, ensuring alignment with PMO standards and governance frameworks, achieving 98% compliance in audits.
- Manage changes to project content, evaluating impacts on scope and timelines, and achieving a 95% success rate in implementing updates without disruption.
Officer - Finance & Accounts
Himatsingka Seide
09.2015 - 07.2016
- Analyze financial data to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for cost savings, delivering insights that improved profitability by 15% across departments.
- Maintain and update financial records in accounting software (SAP), enhancing data integrity and accessibility for 30+ stakeholders.
- Conduct quarterly financial forecasts, collaborating with department heads to adjust projections, reducing budget overruns by 18% through proactive planning.
- Oversee accounts payable processes, processing invoices and payments for 50+ vendors, reducing payment delays by 25% and improving vendor relationships.
- Reconcile bank statements and ledger accounts monthly, maintaining 98% accuracy and resolving discrepancies within 48 hours.
- Prepare documentation and support external audits, reducing audit preparation time by 30% through streamlined processes and organized records.
Process Executive
Collabera Technologies Private Limited
02.2014 - 12.2014
- Update process manuals and templates in Microsoft Word and Excel, reducing onboarding time for new employees by 30% and ensuring compliance with organizational standards.
- Conduct root cause analysis on process bottlenecks, delivering solutions that improved throughput by 18% and minimized errors by 12%.
- Develop and implement standardized process workflows using JPMorgan Chase-approved tools (e.g., internal process management platforms, SharePoint, or similar), reducing process cycle times by 20% and enhancing productivity for global teams operating across multiple time zones.
- Create and maintain detailed process documentation, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and flowcharts, ensuring 100% accuracy and accessibility in JPMorgan Chase’s content management systems (e.g., SharePoint), reducing onboarding time for new employees by 30% and ensuring compliance with internal standards.
- Provide first-line support for process-related tool issues, training 25+ team members on tool usage, which boosted proficiency by 28% and supported the firm’s focus on fostering collaboration and employee development.
- Continuously evaluate tool performance, recommending enhancements that supported scalable process management for JPMorgan Chase’s operations in over 100 markets, aligning with the firm’s technological innovation goals.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
Vivekananda Degree College
Bengaluru, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Project Management
Project Planning & Execution
Project documentation
Leadership & Team Management
Stakeholder Management & Communication
Risk & Issue Management
Resource & Budget Management
Quality Assurance & Process Improvement
Requirements gathering
Agile development
Goal setting
Resource allocation
Timeline
Project Lead
Persistent Systems Ltd
07.2022 - Current
Lead - Report Development
Tesco Bengaluru Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - 02.2022
Partnership Analyst
Cerner Corporation
03.2020 - 09.2021
Senior Content Management Analyst
Tangoe India Softek Services
07.2016 - 03.2020
Officer - Finance & Accounts
Himatsingka Seide
09.2015 - 07.2016
Process Executive
Collabera Technologies Private Limited
02.2014 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Commerce -
Vivekananda Degree College
04.2001 -