Choudeshwar Palety
Technology Project Manager
Hyderabad
Summary
Choudeshwar is a forward-thinking Senior Manager with 18 years of experience adept at managing teams of 100+ employees with 10 direct reports to accomplish challenging objectives. Imparts clear vision to guide cohesive, high-performing teams. He is specializing in Data & Analytics areas and skilled at planning, implementing and overseeing key improvements to drive business growth and efficiency. History of cultivating an open culture with free exchange of information. Pursuing new professional challenges with a growth-oriented company.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Senior Manager
Accenture
Hyderabad
02.2022 - Current
- AMEX - Working with a Large USA credit card company in their product development team to improve on the current Data Sharing Capabilities.
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines.
- Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
Application Delivery Manager
Accenture
Hyderabad &Chicago
06.2017 - 02.2022
- Synchrony Financial : Worked as the Delivery Manager for the development and support operations for one of the major Financial client based out of USA
- Lead a team of 100+ and ensured that the client and contractual SLAs are always met.
- Experience in multiple recovery scenarios and also achieved the productivity achievements planned as part of the client application improvement program.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
- Worked with customers to understand needs and provide excellent service.
- Drive automation Initiatives at the engagement level
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
Application Delivery Manager
Accenture
Hyderabad
11.2014 - 06.2017
- JPM Chase : Delivery Manager for the support operations for one of the major multinational banking and financial services client based out of USA
- Batch process monitoring & support Production support applications round the clock
- Apply enhancements and production break-fix Tax Patch implementation
- Lead 40-member team to ensure that there are no service interruptions
- Manage the ECM Application for the content migration tasks and ensure that the SharePoint DB Migrations are completed as per the schedule. In addition streamlined the PEGA delivery work.
- Work with client on the business priorities for the .Net application development
- ICM Tool enhancements release planning as per the client business requirements
North America Payroll SME
Accenture
Hyderabad
04.2013 - 11.2014
- Ascension Health : A Health care client has adopted a new Human Capital Management (HCM) system
- As part of the transition, Client has established “Symphony” wherein several functions in Finance, Human Resources and Supply Chain will move to a new Client Service Center
- This moves functions like accounts payable, payroll processing and benefits administration to a Service Center
- As a North American Payroll Specialist, I lead the Payroll Simulation team which validates the impact of data conversion, system configuration and pay practice changes within the Symphony PS HCM and Kronos solution to further ensure accuracy at the point of go-live
- Lead 30-member team to achieve the project goals of Payroll Reconciliation; Execution; Payroll Simulation Tool configuration; Metrics generation for each client business unit
Delivery Lead
Accenture
Stamford & Bangalore
01.2010 - 04.2013
- UBS : worked as the Delivery Manager & Sr Business Analyst in a project for one of the Leading Investment Banking Company across the Globe.
- Responsible for the scope of the release, Plan, track and coordinate the release using MS Project.
- Performed the SME reviews on the deliverables. Reviewed the monthly SLAs and shared them with client.
- Reported Project Status in the weekly governance call with the client and other stakeholders.
- Provided High level / Detailed estimations on the work items
- Implement new migration process across various environments
- Perform release walkthrough to the Release Management team and provide the Sign off from the IT perspective for the release
- Manager specific supervisory activities like Performance reporting, Feedback, career guidance etc
- Weekly Milestone status report of a release to the Application owner
Team Lead
Accenture
Bangalore
10.2008 - 12.2009
- Navistar : Worked on the HR Application for a large automotive client gathering business requirements performing, fit/gap analysis, and developing functional specifications for data conversions and customizations in NA Payroll
- Provide functional support and configuration expertise to the Payroll team, including: basic setup, tax setup, garnishment setup, with ability to troubleshoot issues related to payroll processing, G/L interfaces and tax reporting
- Advice project team on best practices related to configuration and setup of the payroll system
- Assist the team in making the best strategic configuration decisions
- Assist in designing interfaces, data conversions and customizations to the product as well as being involved in all testing phases and issues resolution of the project
- Obtained the knowledge of full cycle payroll processing in PeopleSoft and share it with the team for better results
- Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
- Reported on updates to project specifications and progress.
- Partner with Payroll personnel to support business operations and satisfy user inquiries, resolve issues and support applications
- Responsible for implementing and updating payroll tax updates, including testing and coordinating with different teams (systems administrators, developers, Payroll users, etc.)
- Assign the work products to the Team for preparation of Technical designs, perform build & unit tests
- Assist the 8-member team/review the Tech Design, Code, Unit test, Requirements Traceability Matrix & Deployment plan
- Assist end users in performing UAT of the business requirements especially NA Payroll
- Plan, allocate, monitor and report Project Status for the 8-member team to various stakeholders
Module Lead
Accenture
Bangalore
11.2007 - 10.2008
- Macquarie Bank : I was part of the Extended Services Team and was working on the Year End 2008 Project
- I was Responsible for preparing Functional specification and Technical design documents, Participated in the Functional and Technical review meetings
- Responsible for performing the Year End 2008, Business Requirements 01 & 09 that is Design, Develop, Test and Deploy in the production system
- Prepared the Unit Test cases for every Business Requirement and executed them
- Reviewing the work done by offshore before sending it for Onsite review and finally for User Acceptance Testing
- Responsible for the development & migration of the complex Novated Leasing Project to PRD
- Responsible for the configuring the PRD system for the Novated Leasing Project
- Responsible for resolving the issues encountered in the UAT phase, these issues are logged using the tool MANTIS
- Created new PS Queries which were coming as Change requests as part of Year End 08
- Working on the issues related to the Salary Packaging Module
- Prepared the Impact Analysis Report and Requirements Traceability Matrix document for the Quality Review by SQA
- Coordinating with the offshore Team and documenting the Daily Work Status.
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture
Hyderabad
05.2007 - 11.2007
- Campus Solutions POC - I was part of a team doing the end to end cycle for the Recruiting & Admissions Module
- Responsible for preparing functional understanding of the module and integrations with other modules and shared the knowledge across team members
- Documented the TS130 & TS 189 Automated process and their significance
- Involved in the core Setup Activities
- Obtained fair knowledge on Grade book, Contributor Relations, Campus community.
Senior Software Engineer
BearingPoint GDC, Now PWC
Bangalore
12.2006 - 05.2007
- Hawaiian Telecom : Translating business requirements into technical design documents that can be used to further enhance the product's feature set and perform development work
- Report Writing Development using SQR for the client requirements
- Understanding the coding and development standards of the Client and implementing them in the delivery
Software Engineer
Satyam Computers, now Mahindra Satyam
Hyderabad
01.2004 - 12.2006
- Caterpillar : Worked on the PeopleSoft Application as an SME in the HR domain.
- Worked in the software development and testing team to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
- Primary support for Administer Workforce, Recruiting, Employee Review and Competencies, Self Service and backup support for Payroll Interfaces, Plan Salaries
- Technical advisor for overall Service Change Request (SCR) process for customers
- Technical analysis of customer requirements, prepare design documents for SCRs and participate in SCR design reviews
- SOx documentation for FSA development
- PeopleSoft Case Management - creates and manages PeopleSoft cases for issue resolution by Oracle
- Translating business requirements into technical design documents that can be used to further enhance the product's feature set
- Report Writing Development using SQR
- Understanding the coding and development standards of the Client
- Played an active role in Upgrade, Configuration of UG/Change Assistant, Fit gap Analysis, Tools and Application Upgrade
- Extensively worked in Customizations using Application Designer as enhancements to Current system, Data - Conversion during Upgrade and Reapplying customizations
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, India 11.2000 - 04.2004
MBA - Business Administration
Symbiosis Center For Distance Learning
Pune, India 07.2005 - 05.2007
Skills
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
undefinedCertification
ITILV3 certified professional
Timeline
Senior Manager
Accenture
02.2022 - Current
Application Delivery Manager
Accenture
06.2017 - 02.2022
Application Delivery Manager
Accenture
11.2014 - 06.2017
North America Payroll SME
Accenture
04.2013 - 11.2014
Delivery Lead
Accenture
01.2010 - 04.2013
Team Lead
Accenture
10.2008 - 12.2009
Module Lead
Accenture
11.2007 - 10.2008
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture
05.2007 - 11.2007
Senior Software Engineer
BearingPoint GDC, Now PWC
12.2006 - 05.2007
MBA - Business Administration
Symbiosis Center For Distance Learning
07.2005 - 05.2007
Software Engineer
Satyam Computers, now Mahindra Satyam
01.2004 - 12.2006
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
11.2000 - 04.2004
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