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KSHYANA PRAVHA PRADHAN
Business Consultant
Bengaluru
Summary
Senior Business Consultant with expertise in developing and executing robust business plans. Skilled in identifying pain points, monitoring existing business practices and recommending effective solutions. Driven and logical with strengths in handling key accounts and exceeding expectations. Very assertive and open in discussing issues, including constructive feedback.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Business Consultant
EY
Bengaluru
12.2021 - Current
- Leading all assessments - To analyze client's current state pain points to determine the areas that need automation, process improvements for optimization of finance processes around OTC - Collection and Cash Application.
- Conducted solution assessments, counseled clients regarding controls, risks, process issues and productivity inefficiencies and provided recommendations for choosing right solution and set of tools for automation of OTC process - GRAB and Mapletree.
- End to End Project Implementations - Requirement Gathering, Solution Assessment, Implementation, Testing and Delivery.
- Liaise between business and technical to ensure mutual understanding of processes and applications.
- Actively involved in S4HANA - UAT Testing and Delivery - Invoice Creation, Dunning process, payment uploads and allocation of incoming and outgoing payment with related invoice, Journal postings and Bank account Reconciliations.
- Conducted end user sessions on cash processing - S4 HANA and Highradius tools
- Treasury Process - Bank statement processing (integration, import and upload), Applying logics for auto-matching bank statements open items, Cash allocation and followed by various reporting activities: Bank account reconciliation reports, Monthly Sales Order Report and Monthly Overdue Report, etc. to client ABB
Functional Consultant
HighRadius
Bengaluru
07.2019 - 11.2021
- Leading the execution of the proposed solution and managing all the involved stakeholders
- Monitoring the health of the project – Measuring the timeline, cost variance and value addition to ensure the implementation is on track and reporting the same to senior leadership
- Develop Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) and Process Design Documents (PDDs and FDDs) as per project parameters
- Completed 4 successful enterprise market project implementations for major clients in US and Europe belonging to various industry (Bose, Latham&Watkins, Richemont, Bank of America (BOA))
Techno Functional Consultant
HighRadius
07.2017 - 07.2019
- Involved in end to end implementing processes (Agile Methodologies) of Cash Application module and B2B solutions aimed to minimize the operational risk and maximize the efficiency for clients like Bose, Latham & Watkins LLP, Richemont and various North American & European clients.
- Actively involved in Blueprint Session, User Acceptance testing, Cutover, Go-Live and Hypercare phases.
Project Intern
HighRadius
10.2016 - 06.2017
- Involved in remote data capture, identifying and resolving the existing configurational bugs for live projects
- Performed qualitative and quantitative analysis of payments, remittances, cash flow, and reconciliation reports
- Worked on posting behaviour of ERP like SAP
Education
MBA - Business Administration and Management
IIM
Raipur 11.2021 - 11.2023
Bachelor of Technology - BTech - Computer Science Engineering
KIIT University
Bhubaneswar 07.2013 - 06.2017
Skills
Business consultingAccount ReceivablesOrder to Cash CycleProcess Design DocumentationSolution AssessmentClient Training - UAT sessions
S4 HANA
Treasury Process - Cash Allocation and Reporting
Process Models (Visio) - AS IS, TO-BE and other models based on parameters
Highradius
BlackLine
Additional Information
- EY Appreciate, Spot Award, Q2 2022 EY - Awarded for the dedication and perseverance that contributed to success of delivery for client -GRAB
- Award of Applause - Q4 2019 High Radius Dec 2019 Received ‘Award of Applause' award for implementing cloud-based product, Cash Application, with Law firm client (LATHAM & WATKINS) effectively with 100% automation.
- Award of Applause - Q1 2018 HighRadius Mar 2018 Received ‘Award of Applause' award for consistent passion, dedication and hard work in project activities.
Certification
BlackLine -Financial Close Implementation
Interests
Team Oriented and Customer Focused
Passionate Learner - Creativity
Timeline
Senior Business Consultant
EY
12.2021 - Current
MBA - Business Administration and Management
IIM
11.2021 - 11.2023
Functional Consultant
HighRadius
07.2019 - 11.2021
Techno Functional Consultant
HighRadius
07.2017 - 07.2019
Project Intern
HighRadius
10.2016 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Technology - BTech - Computer Science Engineering
KIIT University
07.2013 - 06.2017