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Leena Krishnappa

Bangalore

Summary

PMO professional with 10+ yrs. of experience in managing Complex projects and programs for organizations like LTI Mindtree Ltd and HCL. With additional work experience of 3+ yrs. across various roles in the field of Finance & Accounts, enables me to play an active role in contributing to the growth of the organization by fully utilizing my potential and experience, adding value to the environment for mutual fulfillment and reward.

Work History

PMO Professional

LTI Mindtree Ltd
  • Monitor Programme reporting and assist team in reporting to Senior Management and stakeholders

  • Provide Project planning, Milestone management, Scope management, Resource forecasting

  • Prepare regular status reporting for the engagement leadership and management review Deck for clients

  • Executing regular staffing audit with Project manager and monthly forecast review meeting with Delivery manager and Account manager to discuss project plan vs actual, revenue projection and resource demand

  • Provide and maintain a capacity planning and resource tracking service across the Programme

  • Identify and report margin improvement areas and work with PM, DM and AM to clear gaps and improve margins

  • Process controls defined for Project managers and Delivery managers in terms of Contract management and project administration activities

  • Worked towards streamlining the existing contract management process along with Account manager and internal Finance team

  • SOW is reviewed for compliance as per agreed rate card and record maintained on all SOW initiated for the account

  • Planned Track financial reporting whilst ensuring that the programme and projects adhere to the agreed budget

  • SOW and Purchase order status is tracked and followed upon to ensure “NO PO” situation in under control

  • Tracking Milestones and ensuring timely invoicing

  • Spend reporting, coordinating for approvals on Volume discount and ensuring timely issuance of Credit

  • Regular review meetings with client Supplier management team to review processes and clarify concerns impacting regular operations

  • Closely monitoring and tracking Demand, staffing movement, attrition, release, Campus involvement and onboarding and offboarding evidence

  • Creation of SOW as per the rate card agreed with client

  • Ownership of administrative activities on data analytics project at MindtreeEnsure continue administrative support to project manager from project initiation to closure (project creation, effort estimation, staffing, timesheet and invoicing)

  • Forecast revenue and margin for the next 6 months and submit for higher management reporting

  • Responsible for timesheet compliance by all the team members

  • Review the expenses on the project and ensure the project related expense if beyond the agreed scope is raised to customer for change request and billed accordingly

  • Analyze the unbilled and ensure timely billing in co-ordination with Corp
  • Finance team

  • SPOC to ensure that project dashboard has updated with Project Plan, SLA Documentation, SOWs, Purchase orders, Change requests, Project metrics, SLA documentation, Risk Register, training plans, Knowledge maps and Skill registerAA

  • SOW/Document verification is done for the New Project/Extension of existing project for each Customer.

  • Continuous follow up with Delivery Manager on project support documents (SOW/Purchase Order/Task Order) expiration to ensure that there is no Revenue Loss for the month.

  • Continuous follow up with concerned stakeholders on all level of approval to get the system updated as in the supporting document.

  • Co-ordinate with Finance to ensure there is no backlogs Billing Payment for the Inactive Projects and close the projects in the system to keep the system clean.

  • Working in tandem with Delivery and Sales Team to forecast revenue on a 12 month rolling period basis by tracking existing projects, future project renewals, new wins and sales funnel.

  • Revenue/FTE Projection along with Project Margin is given on monthly basis with Delivery concurrence for New/Existing projects.

  • Variance analysis is done on monthly basis to compare the Actual Vs
  • Projected revenue and publish the report to the Delivery head/Manager to bridge the gap in subsequent month during forecasting

  • Complete ownership on new allocation/Modification/De-allocation of resources to the respective projects.

  • To ensure that Domestic/Long Term transfer is completed successfully for the resources.

  • Monitoring of resource allocation to the projects and take necessary action in advance on their expiration to achieve the utilization more than 98%
  • Also keeps track of resources movement from one project to other project of different Business Unit.

  • Coordinating with the client to ensure timely and accurate billing for Fixed Bid, Milestone and T&M projects, Ensure no Invoice rejection.

  • Coordinate with Finance and Revenue Controller team to update the Milestone, Rate card, PO, TO in the system for smoother billing completion.

  • Raising the Invoices, Validate the Invoice and share with Sales team/Project Manager for Payment.

  • Keeping track of Un-accrued and Unbilled Revenue for all types of projects post Billing completion for current month and rigorous follow up is done with delivery team on relevant supporting documents to accrue the Revenue in the subsequent month.

  • Maintain list of active Milestones which are due for Fixed Price and Recurring Billing types of projects to ensure to Bill on deliverable date

Education

BE - Engineering Technology

VTU

Timeline

PMO Professional

LTI Mindtree Ltd

BE - Engineering Technology

VTU
Leena Krishnappa