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Gayathri S

Gayathri S

Bangalore

Summary

Dedicated and focused project management specialist with several years of experience excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals. Flexible, detail-oriented and adaptive team player with expertise in equipment operation, staff training and development, customer service and process improvements.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Manager

Honeywell
Bangalore
10.2023 - Current
  • Defined all project plan papers, including the scope of financial, scheduling, and risk management plans, in collaboration with the project controls department.
  • Lead complex, large-scale, and/or high-risk projects.
  • Efficiently tracked and managed project development and efficient use of resources.
  • Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages.
  • Participated in cross-functional teams responsible for developing innovative solutions for complex problems.
  • Developed and maintained project plans, timelines, and budgets.
  • Created and implemented processes to ensure successful completion of projects.
  • Developed a strong relationship with stakeholders, being a SPOC, and communicated effectively with stakeholders to ensure project goals are met on time and within budget.
  • Identified risks and needs associated with each project, and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
  • Drove continuous improvement of project delivery process by providing strong leadership.
  • Developed strategies for avoiding possible project roadblocks.
  • Enhanced knowledge by participating in relevant industry workshops.
  • Managed the budgeting and forecasting of program resources.
  • Together as a team, we achieved the business KPI through collaboration.
  • Reviewed budget and subcontractor estimates in detail and analyzed for accuracy with scope of work relevancy in mind.
  • Created and implement metrics and Reports that help understand the health of business and identify improvement opportunities

TEAM LEAD-PROGRAM & PROJECT CONTROL SERVICES

Accenture
Bangalore
07.2021 - 09.2023
  • Involved in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling, and closing of the projects (End to End Project life cycle).
  • Involved in planning the SDLC of the project.
  • Worked on Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
  • Collected the requirements from the customer and defined the scope of the project.
  • Active player in creating, collecting, and verifying the Master Service Agreement, Work Order, Statement of Work, and Purchase Order documents from the client.
  • Involved in breaking down the scope into small work packages to create the activity list.
  • Planned the schedule, cost of the project, and projected it in the Microsoft Project Application.
  • Analyzed projects to determine resource requirements and procured necessary equipment and software.
  • Running daily status call with the project team and key stakeholders to track the progress of the project, identifying the problem and solving it.
  • Working on opportunity Pipeline request and Business Development.
  • Involved in RFP proposals, submission, and negotiations.
  • Analyzing the new CRs and advising the senior management and clients about the go-ahead.
  • Handling clients independently regarding the project progress, revenue management, and problem-solving & decision-making.
  • Maintaining Issue Log, Lessons learnt register, and Root cause analysis documents.
  • Onboarding and Offboarding, Allocations and tracking, resource planning for the existing and upcoming projects.
  • Creating assignments for the resources and maintaining track of the same.
  • Follow-ups and coordination with various departments in the org and internal teams.
  • Handling all the financials of the project.
  • Working on budget change request for all the projects across the region.
  • Raising monthly invoice efficiently, sharing it with the client, and checking the client's payments.
  • Forecasting revenue of the project on a quarterly basis and working to meet the projected revenue.
  • Driving operational improvements, which result in savings and improved profits.
    Preparing and publishing Access management and User Management Reports to the Client.
  • Preparing in all Monthly Client reports.
    Working on documentations and SOPs to help others in the team.
  • Preparing all monthly client reports.
  • Hands-on experience in various project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Projects.

BUSINESS OPERATIONS ANALYST

Teradata
Mumbai
07.2020 - 07.2021

• Creating Shell Setup for all the projects by coordinating Project Managers and Engagement manager across the globe.
• SME for offboarding. Offboarded almost 250+ resources on year-end.
• Creating Billable and task milestone for resources depending on requirement.
• Onboarding and Off-boarding, Allocations and tracking, resource planning for the existing and upcoming projects.
• Creating Assignment for the resources and maintaining track of the same.
• Follow-ups and coordination with various departments in the org and internal teams.
• Handling all the Financials of the project.
• Working on Compliance reports and Integration of tools.
• Analyzing the overall Business targets regionally using Hyperion and presenting the same to CFO.
• Working on Budget change request for all the projects across the region.
• Invoicing Events and Maintaining the data for future audits.
• Essential and Presale project creation and handling.
• Submitting Quarterly actuals report to higher management.
• Working on various missed timecards and expense of the resource and project.
• Working on documentations and SOP's to help others in team.

PMO Project Coordinator

Tech Mahindra
Hyderabad
10.2016 - 07.2020
  • After selecting the associate, onboard them to the project and assign tasks and phases to capture project efforts for invoicing purposes at the end of the month.
  • Responsible for overall billing (initiation to payments) for both T&M and FP projects.
  • Resource management - Allocations and tracking, resource planning for the existing and upcoming projects.
  • Timesheet management – preparation of monthly timesheets for all clusters and locations required for billing and invoicing.
  • Follow-ups and coordination with various departments in the org and internal teams
  • Handle all the financials of the project.
  • Preparation of Work Orders (WOs) and getting the data updated in the org tools, and taking necessary approvals.
  • Involved in preparation of SOW and reviewing it in line with MSA.
  • Getting signoff from the legal, quality, and finance departments and submitting it to the Sales Manager for submission to the client.
  • Getting the PO from the client and creating a new project database in the project management tool (SAP-Projects) by estimating the efforts for each phase and task.
  • Consulting the Project Manager and identifying the risk, and tracking it.
  • Be the single point of contact for the customer regarding any issues related to the purchase order, invoicing, and act as a liaison between the client and the finance/quality departments for resolving the same.
  • Addition of Purchase Orders and creating customer masters as and when required.
  • Working on unbilled, unrecognized, and unearned revenue every month and publishing the outstanding reports to the Senior Management.
  • Expertise in analyzing EBITDA every month to assess the project's performance.
  • To be the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for any operational-related issues within the Global Delivery Centre with the customer.
  • Dealing with third-party vendors for license purchases of software, which are required by the delivery team on a need basis.
  • Handle all the month-end and quarter-end activities required as per the organization's standards.

Executive Trainer

CONNECT TRAINING SOLUTIONS (P) LTD
Tirunelveli
06.2016 - 09.2016
  • Providing Aptitude, Communication, and soft skill Training to the Students.
  • Website Address: www.connecteducation.in

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

National Engineering College
Kovilpatti
04-2016

Skills

  • Strategic Project Planning
  • Resource Management
  • Financial Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Relationship Building and Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Business Development

Accomplishments

  • ACE-Extra Milestone Winner
  • Awarded CAPTAIN's Award for efficiently handling all the processes of new projects in the account.
  • Awarded STAR of the Month for handling offboarding in an efficient way.
  • Awarded BRAVO multiple times for various initiatives.

Certification

  • Executive Degree Certificate Advance Project Management Programme from SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

Timeline

Project Manager

Honeywell
10.2023 - Current

TEAM LEAD-PROGRAM & PROJECT CONTROL SERVICES

Accenture
07.2021 - 09.2023

BUSINESS OPERATIONS ANALYST

Teradata
07.2020 - 07.2021

PMO Project Coordinator

Tech Mahindra
10.2016 - 07.2020

Executive Trainer

CONNECT TRAINING SOLUTIONS (P) LTD
06.2016 - 09.2016

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

National Engineering College
Gayathri S