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ASHIK R

ASHIK R

Chennai

Summary

Strategic VM & Operations Lead with over 4+ years of experience driving operational excellence in top-tier SaaS environments. Expert in Churn Architecture, having designed end-to-end recovery workflows in Figma and led cross-functional teams (CSM, RSD, Renewals) to reverse revenue loss. Proven track record in automating complex Churn/renewal processes to eliminate operational drag and maximize Net Revenue Retention (NRR).

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Value Management & Ops Lead

Workiva(via Aptara GCTPL)
Chennai
05.2024 - Current
  • End-to-End Renewal Management: Orchestrate the full renewal lifecycle in collaboration with Regional Sales Directors (RSD) and Customer Success Managers (CSM).
  • Churn Mitigation Architecture: Designed and implemented a comprehensive churn process from scratch, using Figma to map complex workflows and logic.
  • Lifecycle Specialisation: Manage high-stakes scenarios including Non-Renewals, Rescind Churns, and Contract Performance Reviews (CPR) to protect recurring revenue.
  • Proposal Strategy: Partner with the Value Management team to analyse client requirements and craft compelling sales deals for both new business and existing accounts.

Sales Operations and Process Leadership.

  • Agile Methodology Implementation: Introduced Agile frameworks to the renewals team to reduce error rates, improve sprint velocity, and foster subject matter expertise (SME) across all process stages.
  • Documentation & Training: Developed the 'Source of Truth' documentation using Sandbox environments and Confluence Wiki, ensuring seamless onboarding for new hires.
  • Data Quality Oversight: Lead initiatives for data integrity, focusing on Close Pending, SPP (Sales Path Process), Click-throughs, and Pre-sign accuracy.
  • System Administration: Leverage a robust tech stack—Salesforce, JIRA, Monday.com, and DocuSign—to track metrics and maintain process quality.

Legal and Stakeholder Management:

  • Authorised Legal Signatory: Act as a final point of approval and signer for critical customer documents, including Statements of Work (SOW) and Master Service Agreements (MSA).
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the central bridge between Sales, Legal, and Finance to ensure deal closure and compliance.

Senior Business Analyst

Krion Consulting Pvt Ltd
Chennai
02.2024 - 05.2024
  • Stakeholder Alignment: Transformed vague business needs into high-clarity project roadmaps by facilitating workshops that aligned executive goals with technical execution.
  • Product Evolution: Authored detailed user stories and Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) that directly improved system functionality and user adoption.
  • Strategic Roadmapping: Collaborated with cross-functional leadership to define project objectives, criteria, and long-term product roadmaps, focused on organisational growth.
  • Financial Impact: Managed business requirements to forecast annual budgetary operational costs, ensuring project deliverables stayed within financial constraints.
  • Performance Engineering: Managed team performance by implementing measurable metrics to track the delivery and quality of requirement artefacts.
  • Vendor Selection: Evaluated vendor proposals for technology solutions, ensuring high-value alignment with both organisational needs and budget constraints.
  • Agile Transformation: Served as a bridge between teams to implement Agile methodologies, cutting down response times, and increasing project adaptability.

Business Analyst

Sight Spectrum Technologies
Chennai
04.2022 - 01.2024
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Built visually compelling Power BI and Zoho Analytics dashboards that turned raw data into actionable insights for leadership.
  • Process Engineering: Identified critical bottlenecks through gap analysis and implemented best-practice workflows that significantly improved project delivery timelines.
  • Customer Insights: Conducted deep-dive interviews with key business users to collect granular information on business processes and user requirements.
  • Agile Execution: Managed end-to-end project lifecycles using Jira and Zoho Projects, handling everything from backlog grooming to UAT and end-user training.
  • Technical Translation: Acted as a primary liaison between product owners and developers to document developer-friendly specifications and data models.
  • Quality Assurance & Training: Assisted with user testing and training to ensure solutions met business needs while proactively identifying performance issues.
  • Visual Documentation: Utilized Mindomo and other tools to create process diagrams and mind maps to simplify complex business logic for stakeholders.

Quality Assurance Specialist

Constellation4Health
02.2022 - 04.2022
  • Quality Benchmarking: Establish and communicate clear quality standards and performance metrics.
  • Evaluation Strategy: Create evaluation criteria and guidelines for assessing the quality of interactions.
  • Product Feedback: Collaborated closely with the product development team, channeling valuable customer feedback for continuous product enhancement.
  • Monitoring & Compliance: Regularly monitor customer interactions to ensure accurate data, and resolve escalated issues related to service quality.

Education

BE - Mechanical Engineering

Anand Institute of Higher Technology
Chennai

Skills

  • End-to-End Churn Management
  • Value Management & Renewals Ops
  • Revenue Forecasting
  • Process Automation
  • Service Blueprinting (Figma)
  • Team Building & Mentoring
  • Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
  • Power BI
  • Zoho Analytics
  • Salesforce/CRM
  • Agile/Scrum
  • SQL
  • Jira
  • Figma
  • BRD/SRS
  • User Stories
  • Product Roadmaps
  • Gap Analysis
  • Training Manuals

Certification

  • Data Analytics, Techtip 24
  • Software Automation Testing, Greens Technology

Languages

Tamil
Advanced
C1
English
Advanced
C1

Interests

  • Indoor and outdoor sports such as football, cricket, and table tennis
  • Trekking and exploring nature
  • Interest in cooking and trying new recipes

Accomplishments

  • Received the Mountain Mover Award at Sightspectrum for successfully handling 10+ Digital and Data projects.
  • Received the Star Performer Award at Aptara for building a complex process and team from scratch for the Workiva project.

Timeline

Value Management & Ops Lead

Workiva(via Aptara GCTPL)
05.2024 - Current

Senior Business Analyst

Krion Consulting Pvt Ltd
02.2024 - 05.2024

Business Analyst

Sight Spectrum Technologies
04.2022 - 01.2024

Quality Assurance Specialist

Constellation4Health
02.2022 - 04.2022

BE - Mechanical Engineering

Anand Institute of Higher Technology
ASHIK R