Murugasarathi Palanivelu
Analytics Program Manager
Bangalore,KA
Summary
Versatile Senior Manager with 18 years of experience specializing in Data Analytics & Insights with AI 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
18
18
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
4
4
Languages
5
5
Excellence Awards
2
2
Start Up Initiatives
1
1
Year of Business Entrepreneurship
Work History
Senior Manager
Brillio Technologies
08.2022 - 08.2024
- Established strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring long-term partnerships and repeat business.
- Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures
- Lead Pre-sales support in creating RFPs (Request for Proposals) and project bidding
- Drive Insights & Analytics COE with Thought Leadership in creating BI Project methodologies and drive POVs and POCs
- Develop SOW (Statement of Work) for new client contracts
- Manage Revenue and margin targets for accounts by closely working with client partner and Finance team on revenue recognition
- Drive Weekly/Monthly Revenue meetings with Leadership
- Requirements Gathering, Building Project Plan, Estimations and Acceptance Criteria
- Create and Manage ADO (Azure DevOps) Sprint Boards and drive Scrum meetings
- Work with Client in resolving Project RAID logs and drive CSAT score and client pulse
- Drive Weekly/Monthly Status reviews with Client Stakeholders
- Manage Resource utilization and allocations
- Plan future pipeline projects and manage resource career growth.
- Help the team identify their career path with performance development framework
- Identify Performance Improvement Plans and drive training plans
- Drive Innovation through Hackathons, Roadshows and Events
- Manage Open demands and work with Talent Acquisition team
- Hire the right set of talents and conduct the buddy orientation for the new joiners
- Drive Quality Initiatives. Key Presenter in CMMI level-3 Certification Audit.
- Perform Internal audit and lead CODEX (Internal Quality Tool) governance
- Drive intranet adoption through blogs, POVs and Project Showcases
- Organize Brown bag sessions for the vertical team
- Organize & conduct trainings to upskill / Certifications
- Develop Skill Gap and Skill Matrix
- Review BI Online Training courses and content on Udemy (L&D Partner)
Associate Director
KPMG Global Services
08.2017 - 07.2022
- Led teams of up to 32 personnel, supervising daily performance as well as training and improvement plans.
- Have regular cadence with Geo Stakeholders to discuss pipeline projects
- Take part in new proposals and presentations to client on BI capabilities
- Established strong relationships with key industry partners, creating mutually beneficial opportunities for growth and collaboration.
- Represent the D&A group in larger forums through thought papers and case studies.
- Key member of project budget planning and resource planning activities
- Manage and maintain resource forecasting and utilization
- Key member of Innovation and Process Automation group
- Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to gather requirements and create project plan
- Drive Sprint Planning and Agile ceremonies along with the Scrum Master
- Drive project utilization and resource bench management
- Focused internal project audit to improve quality of deliverables
- Anchor weekly status meetings and provide updates to stakeholders
- Identify and define Quality Goals and KPIs for the portfolios identified
- Set Baseline metrics and collect project audit data and prepare for CMMI Audit
- Reduced operational costs by identifying inefficiencies and implementing cost-saving measures in various departments.
- Maintained compliance with industry regulations while adapting to changes in legislation or best practices as needed.
- Managed cross-functional teams for multiple large-scale projects, successfully completing each on time and within budget constraints.
Project Manager
Anvizent
07.2016 - 08.2017
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards and customer expectations
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Conduct regular project meetings and provide clear direction and guidance to team members
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Communicate project status updates to stakeholders, including senior management
- Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
- Identify and manage project risks and issues, and develop contingency plans as needed
- Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to gather project requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives
- Worked on the RFP (Request for proposal) to win the project
- Conduct Architecture design sessions for POC (Proof of concept)
Assistant Manager
KPMG Global Services
03.2015 - 06.2016
- Data loading from data sources like SQL, Oracle, Hive, and from flat files, Excel.
- Created Dimension, Fact tables and Master Calendars to optimize the data model.
- Created QVDs and QVX (through Alteryx) for faster loading of the data tables.
- Have implemented Incremental Loading for huge data sets for daily refresh of data.
- Design & Develop Dashboards with Drill Down, Cyclic Group and Infographics.
- Implemented Section Access for row level and Sheet level access to users.
- Published reports in Qlik Server and gave access through Access Points
BI Specialist
Fidelity Management and Research
02.2014 - 02.2015
- Conduct data quality assessments and implement data cleansing and enrichment processes
- Monitor and optimize data warehouse performance and ensure data integrity and security
- Perform data analysis and identify trends, patterns, and anomalies to support business objectives
- Design and develop dashboards, reports, and visualizations to provide insights and support decision-making
- Design and develop Qlikview automation reports.
- Prepare Qlikview Templates and provide automation support to the existing teams.
- Gather Project requirements and design the project architecture.
- Design and Implement BI solutions to various teams globally using VBA and Excel.
- Implemented Power pivot data models to automate various views of dashboard.
- Training the team on Qlikview and VBA for Excel & Access.
Manager
Citi Corp
04.2012 - 02.2014
- Build monthly analytical expense models for Expense Management Book of Costs.
- Build Expense reports by business and region to identify areas for potential expenses
- Support the Expense Analytics team with analysis of business level forecasts.
- Support Senior Management with expense line level trends and analysis.
- Providing monthly Financial Reports to the higher management.
- Preparation of P&L, Headcount Models along with trends of the past and analysis of the variance.
- Develop Operational Analysis, Revenue Report, Resource Planning Report based
- Involved in designing & developing Qlikview dashboards.
- Involved in implementing Activity Based Costing methodology to identify the Expenses incurred across the various products and services.
- Managed a team of 5 members and assisting a 10 member team in addressing Technical and business related issues.
Business Analyst
Hewlett-Packard
03.2011 - 03.2012
- Analyzing complexities of the Business Process and defining data filtering rules to create the monthly and weekly Reports/Dashboards.
- Design desktop utilities to support the business functions using MS Access and Excel
- Analyze the input data using Power Pivot 2010 in Excel 2010 which can hold millions of data rows to create Pivot tables and Pivot charts to create Dashboards
- Create Year on Year growth of the Business Process using Excel Applications
- Creation of tools to automate the manual steps involved in creating reports
- Performing Unit Testing of MS Access and MS Excel Applications.
- Coordinating with the Business Teams to decide on the strategies.
- Managing a 4 member team to co-ordinate with the clients and track the weekly and monthly deliverables
- Creation of excel reports to standard printing requirements
- Automated Power Point reports based on excel reports using VBA
- Built Snowflake Data Model in Power Pivot
- Developed POC for Qlikview BI Reporting
- Developed POC for Power Views in Excel
Senior Associate
Cognizant technology solutions
06.2006 - 02.2011
- Involved in analyzing new functional requirements & Analyze complexities of applications.
- Design and Development of applications -forms, reports and Coding in VBA
- Responsible in code review, Bug fixing and Unit Testing
- Identify the complex features of existing applications and redesign for easy usability
- Responsible to create Program Specification document and Unit Test Case document
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Production Engineering
Anna University
05-2006
12th Standard - Physics, Maths
Petit Seminaire Hr. Sec. School
Skills
Project execution management
Certification
Domo
Accomplishments
- Best People Champion award for consecutive 4 years (2018 to 2021)
- Living Core Values award based on people survey -2021
- CMMI Champion award in KPMG Consulting, 2020
- Hackathon Event - 3rd Runner up -Order Fulfillment Solution-2019
- Hackathon Event - 2nd Runner up -Geo Visualization Theme -2018
Personal Information
US Visa: B1 - Valid till 2029
Timeline
Senior Manager
Brillio Technologies
08.2022 - 08.2024
Associate Director
KPMG Global Services
08.2017 - 07.2022
Project Manager
Anvizent
07.2016 - 08.2017
Assistant Manager
KPMG Global Services
03.2015 - 06.2016
BI Specialist
Fidelity Management and Research
02.2014 - 02.2015
Manager
Citi Corp
04.2012 - 02.2014
Business Analyst
Hewlett-Packard
03.2011 - 03.2012
Senior Associate
Cognizant technology solutions
06.2006 - 02.2011
12th Standard - Physics, Maths
Petit Seminaire Hr. Sec. School
Bachelor of Engineering - Production Engineering
Anna University
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