NITESH BEHERA
Simhachalam
Summary
Dynamic PMO and Finance professional with a proven track record of over 10 years at Reckitt, TCS in enhancing PMO, Resource Management, Portfolio management and stakeholder engagement. Excelled in leveraging Power BI & MS Excel for insightful financial planning and analysis, achieving streamlined operations and cost efficiencies. Skilled in fostering vendor relationships and leading strategic initiatives, demonstrating exceptional project management and communication abilities.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PMO, Strategy and Operations - Senior Analyst
Reckitt
Hyderabad
12.2023 - Current
- Defined goernance processes and SOPs to streamline demand management process, optimize resource utilization and have better financial control for the portfolio
- Developed and maintaining key reporting requirements across the product stream with the key data custodians of the information inputs and presenting the information to the target audiences
- Built process to review and manage contracts, their renewals, services and sow/cost modifications.
- Collaborated with Product Group Directors/ Managers, Platform and Adoption Directors, Data & Analytics Manager, and Solution Architect to embed operational best practices within Product Groups/ Lines to ensure the smooth operations in the Product Stream across key tooling used within the Product Stream
- Collaborated with the Product Group Scrum Masters to ensure adoption and practice are adhered defined within the Product Based framework and obtains key inputs to support the smooth operations in the Product Stream.
- Supported the usage and adoption of key tooling used across the product stream through regular training and guidance
- Driving continuous improvement opportunities with the respective tooling product owners to drive new requirements into their future product roadmaps for the stream.
- Ensured that all governance updates within the key systems and tooling are being made by key teams/individuals to the required governance timetable to represent the product stream.
- Ensured that all contracts are maintained and managed for the Product Stream under the governing principles to support the Product Stream members that have the responsibilities for the respective contracts.
- Collaborated with the respective Product Managers to ensure the maintenance of their respective product catalogues.
- Analyzed variances between actual spending and estimated budgets to identify areas for improvement in expense management.
- Provided timely actuals, forecast and budget data for IT and corporate management.
- Coordinated and finalized quarterly and annual financial reporting packages.
- Created reports on resource availability, capacity planning, scheduling and cost estimates.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors for external services or personnel when necessary.
- Submitted budget estimates, progress reports and cost tracking reports.
- Managed the recruitment process by screening, interviewing and selecting qualified candidates.
- Developed KPI dashboards using Power BI that provided visibility into operational performance metrics.
- Built RAID management framework by creating SharePoint list to track logs which helped project managers and stakeholders to act in time for potential risks, roadblocks.
- Defined Power Automate flows to send automatic reminders for open actions and tasks.
- Created centralized report to track total cost of ownership for different product lines to manage costs and expenses effectively across portfolios.
PMO, Finance, Resource Manager
IntegriChain
Pune
10.2021 - 12.2023
- Defined governance processes and created dashboards to monitor financial reports for product portfolio
- Assisted Project Managers in defining scope, finalizing budget and project estimations
- Coordinating various activities with technical team members as per project plan
- Creating tickets, CR's as per requirement in JIRA tool
- Drafting and keeping track of project burn reports, resource utilization report and revenue forecast reports
- Managing portfolios for various projects for ensuring all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and budget
- Conducting audits for inflight/in-progress projects on bi-weekly basis
- Designing & tracking project SLA, KPI reports for all active/inflight projects
- Created variance reports for portfolio to analyze EBITDA and cogs for various products
- Created P&L and Margin analysis reports to help leadership team in decision making based on factual data and metrics.
Project Manager, PMO & Finance Manager
TATA Consultancy Services
Hyderabad
03.2015 - 09.2021
- Evaluated project deliverables, defined project plans and lead, delivered projects as project manager; monitored execution status of various projects from initiation, planning and risk analysis, design, implementations and project closure within SLA
- Creating various dashboards and metrics for portfolio of projects for Revenue analysis, analyze project performance, progress using Clarizen, ServiceNow, Microsoft PPM tools
- Reviewed IT requirement/scope gathering, determining budget, project plans, risk analysis, change management, schedules, task delegations, creating work package, resource alignment, procurement
- Monitored projects with various complexity and duration/budget from quick wins to large initiatives
- Provided leadership, direction and strategic planning for business unit operations, labor management, business system demand management and business transformation.
- Established capacity planning models to optimize resource utilization while meeting customer demands.
- Provided support during budgeting cycles by leveraging forecasts as inputs into financial planning processes.
- Analyzed actual financial results vs budget to prepare variance reporting to functional groups.
- Completed month-end and year-end closings, kept records audit-ready and monitored timely recording of project billing transactions.
- Negotiated and reviewed contracts, rates and terms with current facilities and suppliers.
- Identified opportunities for cost savings through improved sourcing methods or alternative materials and suppliers.
- Planned and controlled budgets for contracts, equipment and supplies.
Education
Bachelor's - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
JNTU(K)
Andhra Pradesh, India06-2014
Skills
- Portfolio management
- Resource Management
- Vendor Management
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Revenue Forecasting and Reporting
- Cost Control
- Stakeholder management
- Project Management
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Change Management
- Transition Management
- Contract Management
- Costing and Estimations
- Vendor Management
- Project/Program Governance
- Strategic Planning
- Margin, P&L Analysis
- Audit and Compliance
- Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
Certification
- Certified PMO Practitioner
- Certification in Delivery Management from Transcend
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Telugu
- Odiya
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 02/14/93
Languages
Oriya
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Telugu
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
PMO, Strategy and Operations - Senior Analyst
Reckitt
12.2023 - Current
PMO, Finance, Resource Manager
IntegriChain
10.2021 - 12.2023
Project Manager, PMO & Finance Manager
TATA Consultancy Services
03.2015 - 09.2021
Bachelor's - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
JNTU(K)
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