GAURAV KUMAR
Summary
Capable Project Manager with proven history of enhancing project & financial management operations, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and billing. Proficient in best practices, leadership strategies and employee motivation to boost productivity and job performance. Well-coordinated in addressing problems, investigating root causes and implementing successful resolutions.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager/Assistant Director
EY Global Delivery Services
03.2020 - Current
- PM- Policy Transformation Project ( GCC Government Client)
- PMO – Digital Factory ( Energy Client )
- Responsible for smooth delivery of all digital transformation use cases
- Interacted with internal and client team for use case progress, planning, issue log and challenges and co-ordinate with team to resolve the issues and challenges
- Helped internal team in requirement gathering for new use cases and scope of the work
- Helped the internal leadership team to manage the project financials
- PMO- KYC Remediation –
- KYC PMO and MIS Lead
- Responsible for preparation of MI dashboard for Internal and Client leadership
- Status reporting of the KYC cases
- Status and issue discussion with Business Heads for query and concerns
- The progress
- Keeping track of the case status for different stages of cases based on the case type (Entity/Individual, PEP category, Segments, Ageing and Risk Rating)
- Preparation of project plan for remediation of more than 150K customers
- Responsible for daily stand up calls , challenges and update
- Co-ordinate between RMs and Business heads for challenges and get this updated from Operations team
- Act as bridge between Bank and EY Teams(Technology, Operations, HR for Resource Planning)
- Outreach and Reoutreach Analysis
- Error and Issues Analysis
- PM- IFRS 17 Implementation –
- Responsible for the project management activities of IFRS17 implementations for various EY clients
- Co-ordinate between various teams(Actuarial/Finance/Operations) for project plan and progress update
- Responsible for data Recon , Planning and Tracking
- PM- Revenue Planning –
- Responsible for FY22 revenue planning of EY service line with various reporting and analytics activities
- Co-ordinate with partners for Engagement Partner and Account Level planning on top down and bottom planning strategy
- Keeping track of growth % of the plan and gap analysis of the negative $ value growth
- PMO- SAP S4/HANA Implementation -
- Responsible for project planning and governance activities
- Project Plan update, track and notifying challenges with different workstreams
- Report the status to onshore PMO
- PM- Transfer Pricing (Tax) -
- Assisted the MENA-KSA Transfer Pricing Tax leaders in managing their portfolio of accounts and SL operational activities
- Helped TP team with various trackers and summary to report out the health of the business
- Helped the TP team to plan the financials and keeping track of the engagement revenue, agreed fees, unbilled inventory and AR outstanding
PM – Assistant Manager
Accenture
03.2016 - 03.2020
- Part of PMO Team and provide Project Management, Financial Management, Transformation ,Access Management, Financial Analysis and Headcount & Cost Management support to 8 Delivery Centers for various regions (APAC, EEMEA, MEU and LATAM).
- Set up PMO for new accounts ( FMCG, Logistics & E-Commerce )
- Transition Management
- Solutioning & profitability analysis of new account
- Cost and profitability planning for ongoing project
- Transformation Manager for Robotics and Automation projects
- Work as Work Force Management support
- Resource Management, Resource Forecast, Scheduling & Billing
- Financial Management for the accounts, Budgeting , forecast, cost management, Billing ( FTE & Transaction based), profitability analysis, variance reports, trend
- Responsible for handling and Managing Financials of the Deal.
- Responsible for Forecast Analysis, Cost Analysis.
- Responsible for monthly billing to the client based on the FTEs and Volume.
- Responsible for Access Management activities of that deal(LAN Id creation, deletion, extension , monthly LAN Id reconciliation, access approvals and SAP Accesses).
- Responsible for Client Visit activities (Planning, Scheduling, Logistics, Agenda , PPT Decks).
- Responsible for all floor event arrangements and team party arrangements.
- Raising Purchase Request for the events, IT and RnR requirements get these approved and keeping track of it.
- Responsible for all Town Hall and R&R data collation and arrangements.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service
Business Analyst/Sr. Analyst (Process Supervisor)
Deutsche Bank Group
06.2015 - 03.2016
- Part of Business Management Group.
- Perform various daily, weekly and monthly reporting activities for Client On Boarding.
- Report out various Nostro Breaks and Trade Breaks for DB Japan Region.
- Report out numbers for DB clients and their Periodic Reviews and co-ordinate with the DB APAC.
- Branches for their client on boarding periodic reviews.
- Perform reporting activities for client trading.
- Prepare Monthly & Weekly Risk & Control Packs and PPT Decks for Japan Risk & Control Team.
- Anti Money Laundering and Compliance Policy Review and Reporting
- Mapped process activities to identify shortfalls and propose options to rectify operational inefficiencies
Finance Specialist
MetLife GOSC
12.2010 - 05.2015
- Financial Planning & Analysis and Expense Reporting Job Responsibilities:
- Provide reporting and analytics, support for the Company’s Corporate Services Areas with a $2.3B budget.
- Trained new hires for providing reporting functions for the department.
- Prepare variance analysis between actual, forecast and budgeted costs, for Corporate Service Areas.
- Provide support to senior management in preparation and maintenance of strategic plans, analyses and presentations of financial performance using dashboard metrics.
- Acted as liaison on Hyperion implementation project converting all departmental reporting processes to enable all data to be generated through the use of Hyperion.
- Implemented reporting packages supporting the monthly forecasting process as well as the annual budget process.
- Perform ad hoc projects in support of long and short term corporate wide/departmental objective.
- Responsible for handling Monthly Performance Dashboards and Monthly Performance Review Calls.
- Manage and Handle the New Report Migrations in the process.
- Team Management.
- Work as Bridge between GFS Team and End User of the Team.
- Need to help team members for the hierarchy and structure changes in the Hyperion and System.
- Work on the Hyperion Template creation for the reports.
- Manage all the Reporting Migration of the team and also work on SLA Discussion, FMEA, RCA, and FTE Calculation.
- Accountability for all the reporting activities of the specific departments.
- Prepare Dashboards for the Team.
- Responsible of Monthly Performance Review Call and the Minutes of the Meeting.
- Responsible for Training Documentation like SOP, SRDs, Process Maps & Update Tracker
- Support Team Members and handle the team all process deliverables and audit deliverables for error free production.
- Responsible to find out Area of Opportunity.
- Migrates various reports.
- Work on various Hierarchy Updates and incorporate these hierarchy changes in Hyperion.
- Closely working with Department Controllers for various Forecasting Process and Financial Planning.
- Work for Annually Budgeting Process of the Departments
- Black Book /Flash Report Reporting, Variance Report, Forecast Report
- Headcount Report (Based on the Actual Headcount of the Department for particular month)
- Black Book Report (Based on Budgeted Amount, Forecasted Amount and Actual Expense).
- Expenses Presentation & Decks (Based on Power Point Presentation of Budgeted Amount, Forecasted Amount and Actual Expense).
- Account Analysis Report (Based on expenses of various reports).
- Excel Flash Report for particular Debts (Based on Budgeted Amount, Forecasted Amount and Actual Expense).
- Quarter Expense Report (Based on Budgeted Amount, Forecasted Amount and Actual Expense).
- Forecast Reports and Forecasting in Hyperion.
- Experience on various Financial, HR and Trade Reporting Tools:-.
- Hyperion.
- Cognos.
- SharePoint.
- PeopleSoft.
- OBIEE.
- CLARITY.
- Trade Tools – Globe, Self-Clearing System, Locator, SAP, eSpear, Margin Viewer
- Power BI
- MS Project
- ARIBA
Education
PGDM - Global Strategic Management
ICFAI
Hyderabad08.2012
Associate of Arts - B.Arts
Magadh University
Bodhgaya08.2006
High School Diploma - undefined
BIEC
Patna05.2002
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BSEB
05.2000
Skills
- Project Management
- Financial Management
- Transition Management
- Strategy Planning
- Leadership Reporting
- Team Management
- Resource Management
- Profitability Management
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Compliance Documentation
- Billing
- Business Consulting
- Strategic Management
- Business Management
- Cost Analysis
- Client Management
- Financial Analysis
- Work Force Management
- Asset Management
- Access Management
- Excel
- Power BI
- Power Point
- PeopleSoft
- Hyperion
- MS Project
- Presentations
- Business consultant
- Analytical skills
- Multitasking abilities
- Flexible & Adaptable
- MIS
- KYC Remediation
- Digital Transformation
- Data Repository
Certification
- PMP
- Prince 2 - Foundation
- Professional Scrum Master1
- Green Belt Trained
- EY Agile Bronze Badge
- EY Finance Learning Badge, Cyber Security Learning Badge, Data Visualization Learning Badge
LANGUAGES
Hindi: Native language
English: Proficient
Timeline
Manager/Assistant Director
EY Global Delivery Services
03.2020 - Current
PM – Assistant Manager
Accenture
03.2016 - 03.2020
Business Analyst/Sr. Analyst (Process Supervisor)
Deutsche Bank Group
06.2015 - 03.2016
Finance Specialist
MetLife GOSC
12.2010 - 05.2015
PGDM - Global Strategic Management
ICFAI
Associate of Arts - B.Arts
Magadh University
High School Diploma - undefined
BIEC
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BSEB