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Arthi Ranganathan

Chennai

Summary

Seasoned Technical Advisor with comprehensive experience in providing guidance on complex technical issues. Proven abilities in troubleshooting, problem-solving, and creating strategic plans for technology integration and application development. Known for enhancing system performance, reducing downtime, and driving customer satisfaction through high-quality technical support. Strengths include strong analytical skills, adaptability to evolving technologies, and effective communication of technical information to diverse audiences.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

FC Design Technical Advisor

Shell
Chennai
02.2020 - Current
  • Provided technical support for all the SOX controls by testing the design of the technical change in the actual financial control.
  • The tools involved in the testing include RPA Blue Prism, Alteryx, EUCs (Access and Excel), SAP T-Codes, and QlikView.
  • Assisted technical support groups and gave professional technical advice.
  • Analyzed workflows and established priorities for daily operations.
  • Conducted regular reviews of security policies and procedures to maintain compliance standards.
  • Independent review of the digital tools involved in the automation; recommendations were provided on the tools that are to be deployed for SOX control.
  • Assisted in the design, testing, implementation, and maintenance of controls using technologies like AI, Alteryx, Excel, Blue Prism, Power BI, and Power Suite of tools
  • Automated Internal trackers for resource pooling, Projects overview, no of changes in the controls during the year through Power Apps, Automate and Visualization using Power BI

Assistant Manager

Deloitte
Chennai
04.2016 - 02.2020
  • Coordinated with an external company to monitor and visualize their Internal Audit process (All domains). This was made automated and designed in a way where the process owners can view the reports in dashboard form on a daily basis.
  • Performed data analysis on a leading Microfinance company. Conducted analysis to validate the accuracy and completeness of master files updated in the new system with the existing. Validated the live application data with the re-calculated/re-performed base data to ensure the correctness of logic implemented in the new application.
  • Revenue analysis was performed for one of the healthcare service providers. It determines many factors, such as the costs of products or production, and which areas of the company need an increase in revenue. It also helps understand branch profitability through customer portfolio analysis.
  • Provided end-to-end support for a leading restaurant chain group on their inventory management (performing input-output analysis) and implementing a benchmark model to their procurement-to-pay process.

Consultant

Ernst & Young
Chennai
09.2012 - 11.2015
  • Provided exploratory data analysis solutions to identify anomalies and data integrity issues in journal entry transactions in support of financial reporting and the associated risk of management override and financial statement fraud.
  • Created data modeling standards and procedures for a leading pharmaceutical company to understand the actual consumer behaviors in the pharmacy channel. What can I do differently to serve the market channel?
  • Data Migration Review engagement for an international furniture manufacturing company's HR Payroll Management System to assess the reliability of data migrated from the legacy system to the new ERP. It involves three critical stages of Data Migration Audit review and has delivered work for over four countries. Developed a tool that would provide the operations team with a better understanding of the fraudulent activities that have taken place internally, and also to ensure that the data has been successfully migrated from the existing system to the new system.
  • Worked with complex data sets and trained new hires to work with them, as well.
  • Developing a report that provided the entire sales force of the manufacturing company with a comprehensive understanding of their performance across various KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). Various statistical tests were performed to identify the market trends of them.

Education

CISA -

ISACA
Chennai
05-2024

PG - Machine Learning

Great Lakes
Chennai
10-2021

MBA - Finance

Indo German Chamber of Commerce
Chennai
09-2012

Skills

  • Risk Management
  • Operational Efficiency Analysis
  • Analytics
  • Data modeling skills
  • Tech-Savvy
  • Experience with analytics
  • Technology background

Timeline

FC Design Technical Advisor

Shell
02.2020 - Current

Assistant Manager

Deloitte
04.2016 - 02.2020

Consultant

Ernst & Young
09.2012 - 11.2015

CISA -

ISACA

PG - Machine Learning

Great Lakes

MBA - Finance

Indo German Chamber of Commerce
Arthi Ranganathan