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Narasimhan B S

Narasimhan B S

Bengaluru,Karnataka

Summary

Certified Prince 2, Prince 2 Agile practitioner & PSM with six sigma yellow belt. Having 14 years of experience in Business analysis & Project management with Banking automation.

Business Analyst accomplished in financial and business process performance analysis. Highly organized, effective leader and communicator.

Successfully sold IT services to acquire new clients and onboarded them from Master Service Agreements (MSA) to Statements of Work (SOW).

Managed monthly operations, ensuring efficient setup and establishment of new business ventures in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Oversaw a team of 300+ individuals across 6 projects, demonstrating strong leadership and project management skills.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work history

Project Manager

Nagarro
Bengaluru, Karnataka
07.2022 - Current
  • Launch and development of new business initiatives in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), addressing both regulatory requirements and market demands.
  • Facilitated onboarding process for new clients, transitioning them from Master Service Agreements (MSA) to Statements of Work (SOW) with focus on efficiency and client satisfaction.
  • Oversaw monthly operational activities, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to project timelines.
  • Managed workforce of over 300 employees distributed across 6 distinct projects, promoting teamwork and achieving project goals.
  • Crafted and executed strategic initiatives to enhance business growth and streamline operations.
  • Cultivated and maintained strong relationships with clients, ensuring continued business and high levels of client contentment.
  • Managed 300 technical team members across 5 projects, driving project success through effective team leadership.
  • Implemented lean governance operating models, prioritizing ownership, predictability, and transparent delivery over traditional project reporting methods.
  • Ensured adherence to project governance cadence and escalation protocols.
  • Developed and maintained professional relationships with wide range of stakeholders, fostering collaboration and support.
  • Monitored project spending and compiled budgets to develop business use cases.
  • Prepared detailed project performance reports, incorporating statistics and newly researched information.
  • Utilized business intelligence reports to manage project financials, initiate project invoicing, and oversee revenue recognition.

Associate Project Manager - Business Analyst

Northern Trust
Bengaluru, Karnataka
01.2015 - 06.2022
  • Working with project owners and 8 team members to set challenging but realistic goals.
  • Manage Sprint Cycles, Stand ups, Story boards, Retrospectives, Reviews, Sprint Planning.
  • Assist Product Owner with right-sizing product backlog by distinguishing user ‘wants' from ‘must haves'.
  • Helped PO create Product Backlog by writing user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Prevent late no scope changes, Prioritize & take ownership for backlog decisions.
  • Work closely with Sprint Team & monitor deadlines.
  • Maintained project schedules by managing deadlines and adjusting workflow as needed.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to draft project schedules and plans.
  • Defined project deliverables and monitored status of tasks.
  • Generated reports detailing project information and predictions.
  • Drafted action plans and led meetings with stakeholders executives to review project status and proposed changes.
  • Developed slideshows and other forms of media to present project progress to executive team.
  • Trained and mentored junior team members leveraging previous experiences for optimal project approach.
  • Eliminated discrepancies in progress by reviewing performance, spend and timeline.
  • Handled queries and complaints responsibly and professionally, seeking mutually-beneficial resolutions for maintained stakeholder satisfaction.
  • Developed wireframes, site maps and content inventories for new website designs.
  • Reviewed files, records, and historic data to obtain required business information for development requests.
  • Communicated with customers, employees and other individuals to answer questions and explain information.
  • Documented process flows and developed requirements for functional improvements.

Senior Associate

InfraHedge
Bengaluru, Karnataka
08.2014 - 12.2014

Presales with risk analysis

Senior Fund Accountant

BNP Paribas Sundaram GSO
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
06.2012 - 07.2014

Worked within team of 15 partners in NAV Singapore team, which produces Net Asset Value (NAV) for Large Corporate relationships with portfolios holding equities, Commingled funds, mutual funds and fixed income securities.

Major responsibilities are as follows:

  • To work as part of accounting operations group and control its various functions to ensure timely and accurate NAVs and financial statements to clients.
  • Performed management reporting on transactions, including statistics on volume, productivity, accuracy, timeliness, new development and service impact to clients.
  • To maintain working relationship with clients, relationship managers and other partner areas to ensure that client needs are meet in timely fashion.
  • To establish, support and help to develop process improvements by actively pursuing or creating projects that benefit division in improving accuracy, timeliness increasing efficiencies or solve any problems.

Fund Accounting Analyst

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Bank
Bengaluru, Karnataka
06.2010 - 06.2012

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Finance

Bangalore University
Bengaluru
06.2010

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Financial Acumen
  • Risk Management
  • Financial Acumen

Timeline

Project Manager

Nagarro
07.2022 - Current

Associate Project Manager - Business Analyst

Northern Trust
01.2015 - 06.2022

Senior Associate

InfraHedge
08.2014 - 12.2014

Senior Fund Accountant

BNP Paribas Sundaram GSO
06.2012 - 07.2014

Fund Accounting Analyst

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Bank
06.2010 - 06.2012

Bachelor of Commerce - Finance

Bangalore University

Applications

  • Jira
  • Bloomberg
  • Microsoft Suite
  • Reuters & IDC
  • Global Invest One
  • TLM Premium
  • Tableau

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Certified Prince 2 & Agile Practitioner| Certified PSM I | Certified Business Analyst | Certified Agile Business Analyst | PSPO Trained | IIBA - ECBA Trained | Banking Domain | Project Management | ex-BNP | ex- SocGen | ex - Northern Trust | Experience in setup on new business in KSA

Certification

  • Prince 2 Agile Practitioner in the month of Oct 2021.
  • Prince 2 Practitioner in the month of Oct 2021.
  • Six Sigma Yellow belt.
  • PSM I in the month of Nov 2021
  • Trained CCBA from Trainsmart Academy.
  • Trained PSPO from Trainsmart Academy.

Tools

  • Jira
  • Balsamiq
  • MS Suite - Word, Excel, PPT etc.
  • Trello
  • Bloomberg


Narasimhan B S