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Balaji AP

Balaji AP

Chennai

Summary

A dynamic, meticulous, diligent and qualified finance professional with over 14 years of experience in Finance

14 Years Experienced in Project Management Operation, VBA and Knowledge Transition. Capable of analyzing the business to identify problems and/ or opportunities and to define solution characteristics. Certified Lean consultant from Cognizant (Project Completed), Six Sigma (Yellow belt) Motivational leader and organizational problem-solver with advanced supervisory, team building and customer service skills. Experience stepping into roles and quickly making positive changes to drive company success. Focused on using training, monitoring and morale-building techniques to maximize employee engagement and performance.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assistant Manager – APAC PMO Operations

CGI Information Technology and Management consultant
Chennai
03.2016 - Current
  • Doing Analytical reporting and making presentation in dynamic view for the senior management
  • Capable of doing VBA project to driven in the process improvement steps, Project Management Operations (PMO)
  • Capable of leading teams and managing multiple projects.
  • Provided guidance and support to junior staff members on daily tasks, projects, and objectives.
  • Collaborated with management on developing strategic plans for achieving business goals.
  • Implemented new procedures or systems to improve efficiency within the organization.
  • Identified cost-saving measures that could be implemented without compromising quality standards.
  • Implemented organization systems for financial reports, schedules and inventory control to improve efficiency and productivity.
  • Assisted in the development of operational strategies to ensure efficient and productive operations.

Business Analyst (Sales operation)

CCI
07.2014 - 03.2016

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solution
05.2008 - 06.2014

Education

MBA finance -

Madras University (Institute of Distance Education)
12.2012

B.com -

Nazareth College of Arts / Science
04.2008

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Financial management
  • Deal Preparation
  • Work Planning and Prioritization
  • Documentation And Reporting
  • Client Management
  • Team Building
  • Leadership
  • Knowledge Transition
  • Analytical Investigation
  • MIS Reporting
  • VBA Macros

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Certification

  • Lean (Yellow Belt) – Lean project completed
  • General Insurance – Level 0 (Certification course completed and certified)
  • Focus (Certified as SME Professional)

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Contributes to the strategic decision-making process by providing recommendations, analysis, facilitation support, and process and program development in one of the following areas: Corporate strategy, the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) development.
  • Providing effective operational leadership to the team, to enable strategic foresight into the business and provide operational details and accurate information to colleagues and senior management while working with Functional heads and Senior Management professionals.
  • Ensuring Organization wide Operational Excellence to achieve the set financial objectives and other operational performance indicators.
  • Delivering strategic presentations to key stakeholders including the VP, SUB BU Lead as well assisting team with the annual financial budget and monthly forecast processes.
  • Responsible for managing the profitability, involves working with the delivery, Sales & Domain teams to driving growth & profitability.
  • Responsible for preparing and driving Strategic and Operational Plan and Budgets.
  • Finalization of monthly/quarterly and yearly reporting & forecasting.
  • Creates a planning model that supports the organization's mission and values based on an internal and external needs assessment.
  • Monitors the external environment and identifies opportunities to fulfill the organizational strategy.
  • Sets priorities for planning activities across all divisions and functions.
  • Assesses current models of business operations and develops appropriate new models as needed.
  • Managing and Assisting SOX Audit files.
  • Competently diverse role across organization for handling multiple reports
  • Providing strategy level view and enable them to analysis feasible solution to overcome the avoid target on each Line of business
  • Assisting on business case & RCA for project Loss.

Profile Snapshot

  • Sr.Executive – PMO Operations Lead, CGI Information Technology and Management consultant, APAC Sub BU Operations, 03/2016, Present
  • Business Analyst (Sales operation), CCI, 07/2014, 03/2016
  • Programmer Analyst, Cognizant Technology Solution, 05/2008, 06/2014

Disclaimer

I do hereby declare that the particulars of information and facts stated here in above are true and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Languages

Tamil
First Language

Timeline

Assistant Manager – APAC PMO Operations

CGI Information Technology and Management consultant
03.2016 - Current

Business Analyst (Sales operation)

CCI
07.2014 - 03.2016

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solution
05.2008 - 06.2014

MBA finance -

Madras University (Institute of Distance Education)

B.com -

Nazareth College of Arts / Science
  • Lean (Yellow Belt) – Lean project completed
  • General Insurance – Level 0 (Certification course completed and certified)
  • Focus (Certified as SME Professional)
Balaji AP