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Prashanth Bellary

Transition and Transformation Leader
Prashanth Bellary

Summary

Accomplished Leader with 23 years of experience, strong communication skills, and the ability in build and motivate teams, while implementing new technologies within changing business environment.

Exposure to all the aspects of managing and growing business with ability to execute in high pressure environment, Ability to develop business in new territories and set up things from scratch and stabilizing operation while keeping costs under control.


Work Experience - I have worked with Established companies like Accenture, Cognizant Technology Solution, CapGemini, Bank Of America and American Express spanning multiple geographies


Results-oriented and accomplished transition professional with solid understanding of sourcing/backoffice industry and consolidation. Forward-thinking and resourceful with superior work ethic and good leadership, problem-solving and project management abilities.

Overview

24
years of professional experience

Work History

Accenture

Accenture Digital Operations
03.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Leading one of the largest global transition teams for strategic clients at Accenture, covering a diverse services portfolio, global delivery locations footprint and programs
  • Responsible for driving 'first time right' for a range of global customers
  • Formulation of GCC strategy and capabilities for multi-functions (Managed Services,F&A, Banking and FS,Procurement, Commercial, HR) across India capability hub sites. Defining frameworks, capabilities for continuous improvements and to expand GCC footprint
  • Leadership and Sales experience in F&A operations, customer relations, financial, market & economic analysis and advisory services, Solution Validation, Resource optimization
  • Successfully lead over ~ 3000 + FTEs transitions across domains in the current role (solution through delivery)
  • Skills/KRAs: Sales Support, Transition Solutioning, Effective Client Anchor, Transition playbook concept to creation, Gen-AI in transition, Transition Execution, Steady State delivery (start green, stay green), Stakeholder Management - Team Development.
  • Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
  • Secure cross-organizational readiness and continued business growth in terms of competence, performance and succession through enabling an end-to-end approach

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Cognizant Technology services
01.2013 - 01.2020

Job overview

  • Multiple roles during 7 years stint to include Transitions Lead for F&A clientele globally
  • The role involved overall guidance and support to the new and existing clients in formulating the growth strategy in the F&A space. The key responsibility areas were Consultation &Process improvements supporting Pre-sales solutions, Business Development and implementing best practice methodologies across industries and geographies.
  • In the role of 'Transitions leader for F&A as horizontal' managed 25+ clients across geographies with 35+ team members
  • Worked closely with Pre-Sales, Due Diligence, Sales, Delivery, Transformation, Quality and leadership teams regularly
  • Successfully transitioned over 4000+ FTEs across multiple domains and geographies during my tenure at Cognizant (Sales (RFI) through Steady State Delivery)
  • Skills: Complex project solutions made simple, Cost and Resource optimization, Financial Analysis, Risk Management, RPA,Tech based transformation, Enhance methodology and framework to adapt industry changing needs, Transition Skill Development, Stakeholder Management, Mentorship.

Cap Gemini

Cap Gemini as Engagement Manager
01.2010 - 01.2013

Job overview

  • Transition Leader in India and the EMEA
  • Managing large transition team responsible for EMEA execution
  • Including: Creative transition solution support to early and robust implementation for a no surprise go-live
  • Developing innovative, scalable transition solutions for complex consolidation
  • Developing & managing transition playbook and adhere to timely implementation
  • Responsible for all the EU + Britain based clientele, Lead, plan and conduct discovery, due diligence and fit gap exercises
  • Provide innovative and adaptive transition solution that help clients meet their business case
  • Key contributor to broad talent acquisition, retention, and development initiatives, ranging from leadership recruiting and training to long-term talent planning.

Syntel Limited

Syntel Limited as Program Manager
01.2004 - 01.2010

Job overview

  • Senior Manager-Process Initialization
  • Leading the OPS Risk support for GTO West - Africa, US, UK, Europe and MESA for SCB
  • Leading a group of 6 managers, 10 process leads, (Team of 180 resources) for American Express travel and foreign exchange portfolio with a $40 Mio annual budget
  • Global Foreign Exchange Services is one of the key business areas for American Express
  • Managed the movement, internal and delivery for all verticals, Credit cards, Insurance and American Express Healthcare
  • Framing of SLA dash board reporting and Knowledge management of the wholesale banking and retail FX business for Amex
  • Budget management (project budget, vendor product budget)
  • With the Software services division worked as Functional Expert - Subject Matter Expert (SME) in building a service platform front end for Amex India phone banking and Customer Operations
  • Actively involved in Site solution management, domain expertise input for pre-sales, vendor evaluation, RFP, RFI and framing of Sow.

Bank of America

Bank of America - Assistant Manager Operations
01.2002 - 01.2004

Job overview

  • Assistant Manager-Operations - Payments - Nostro Reconciliations
  • Recruited by CEO, part of the pilot team, leading a team of 2 team leaders and 40 associates for $70 million portfolio that reconciles nostro accounts for more than 60 branches across JAPA and EMEA regions
  • My team involved in bookkeeping (A/P, A/R, nostro reconciliations), collections (secured a year-old receivable which was classified as uncollectible), data and financial management (researched international regulations and payment logistics, arranged International Wire Transfer logistics, process improvements on outstanding payments, high value payments on PEGA), prepared communications and mailings
  • HR administration (hiring, firing, health insurance benefits, payroll), facility and personnel management (maintenance, staffing, reception, office administration), as well as being the board liaison (meeting minutes, records, special project staffing and coordination).

ICICI Bank

ICICI Bank - Manager Operations
01.2000 - 01.2002

Job overview

  • Manager - Operations
  • Promoted twice due to willingness to add additional responsibilities and consistent delivery
  • Lead a team of 100 officers (7 team leaders-)
  • Member of transition team taking CSI from the banks base location to a significantly larger new location
  • Set up the credit card servicing team in the new location (recruited, trained and improved the then process) (developed product support database, lead tracking and customer care processes, coordinated new product launches, seminars, and cross selling), planning and logistics (managed call volume tracking and transport logistics, and logistics for shift management), SLA framing and maintenance (created and coordinated for intraday SLA and performance levels, analyzed the trends and capacitated for high / low volume call handling effectively).

Education

Osmania University

MBA Finance

Osmania University

Bachelor of Commerce

Skills

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Work Experience Details

  • Accenture, Leading one of the largest global transition teams for strategic clients at Accenture, covering a diverse services portfolio, global delivery locations footprint and programs. am responsible for driving "first time right ' for a range of global customers . Leadership and Sales experience in F&A operations, customer relations, financial, market & economic analysis and advisory services, Solution Validation, Resource optimization Strong values around work, excellence, driving outcomes, acceptance of personal ownership, and accountability, believer of technology-based optimization. Successfully lead over ~ 3000 + FTEs transitions across domains in the current role ( solution through delivery) Skills/KRAs : Sales Support ,Transition Solutioning, Effective Client Anchor, Transition playbook concept to creation, Gen-AI in transition, Transition Execution , Steady State delivery ( start green , stay green ) Stakeholder Management - Team Development
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions, Multiple roles during 7 years stint to include Transitions Lead for F&A clientele globally. Head of Transitions Command Center - BPO India & PMO - Strategic Initiatives. In the role of "Transitions leader for F&A as horizontal " managed 25+ clients across geographies with 35+ team members. Worked closely with Pre-Sales, Due Diligence, Sales, Delivery, Transformation, Quality and leadership teams regularly. Successfully transitioned over 3000+ FTEs across multiple domains and geographies during my tenure at Cognizant ( Sales (RFI) through Steady State Delivery ) Skills : Complex project solutions made simple, Cost and Resource optimization
  • Financial Analysis , Risk Management, Enhance methodology and framework to adapt industry changing needs, Transition Skill Development,Stakeholder Managemenr, Mentorship
  • Cap Gemini, Transition Leader in India and the EMEA Managing large transition team responsible for EMEA execution Including: Creative transition solution support to early and robust implementation for a no surprise go-live. Developing innovative, scalable transition solutions for complex consolidation Developing & managing transition playbook and adhere to timely implementation Responsible for all the EU + Britain based clientele , Lead , plan and conduct discovery, due diligence and fit gap exercises. Provide innovative and adaptive transition solution that help clients meet their business case. - Key contributor to broad talent acquisition, retention, and development initiatives, ranging from leadership recruiting and training to long-term talent planning.
  • Syntel Limited, UK- For American Express. Senior Manager-Process Initialization. Leading the OPS Risk support for GTO West - Africa, US, UK, Europe and MESA for SCB. Leading a group of 6 managers, 10 process leads, (Team of 180 resources) for American Express travel and foreign exchange portfolio with a $40 Mio annual budget. Global Foreign Exchange Services is one of the key business areas for American Express, While American Express is the global leader in travel and FX, and the challenges to be on the top and maximize profits are not possible without the latest systems in place. Foreign exchange services have had 8 business critical processes to be migrated in the last 3 years and also at the same time, replacing the current systems with more market compliant and customer friendly. Managed the movement, internal and delivery for all verticals, Credit cards, Insurance and American Express Healthcare. Framing of SLA dash board reporting and Knowledge management of the wholesale banking and retail FX business for Amex. Budget management (project budget, vendor product budget).With the Software services division worked as Functional Expert - Subject Matter Expert (SME) in building a service platform front end for Amex India phone banking and Customer Operations. Actively involved in Site solution management, domain expertise input for pre-sales, vendor evaluation, RFP, RFI and framing of Sow
  • Bank of America, Assistant Manager- Operations - Payments - Nostro Reconciliations Recruited by CEO, part of the pilot team, leading a team of 2 team leaders and 40 associates for $70 million portfolio that reconciles nostro accounts for more than 60 branches across JAPA and EMEA regions. My team involved in bookkeeping ( A/P, A/R, nostro reconciliations), collections (secured a year-old receivable which was classified as uncollectible), data and financial management (researched international regulations and payment logistics, arranged International Wire Transfer logistics, process improvements on outstanding payments, high value payments on PEGA), prepared communications and mailings . HR administration (hiring, firing, health insurance benefits, payroll), facility and personnel management (maintenance, staffing, reception, office administration), as well as being the board liaison (meeting minutes, records, special project staffing and coordination)
  • ICICI Bank, Manager - Operations Promoted twice due to willingness to add additional responsibilities and consistent delivery. Lead a team of 100 officers (7 team leaders-).Member of transition team taking CSI from the banks base location to a significantly larger new location. Set up the credit card servicing team in the new location (recruited ,trained and improved the then process)(developed product support database, lead tracking and customer care processes, coordinated new product launches , seminars, and cross selling ), planning and logistics (managed call volume tracking and transport logistics, and logistics for shift management), SLA framing and maintenance (created and coordinated for intraday SLA and performance levels, analyzed the trends and capacitated for high / low volume call handling effectively.

Timeline

Accenture Digital Operations

Accenture
03.2020 - Current

Cognizant Technology services

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2013 - 01.2020

Cap Gemini as Engagement Manager

Cap Gemini
01.2010 - 01.2013

Syntel Limited as Program Manager

Syntel Limited
01.2004 - 01.2010

Bank of America - Assistant Manager Operations

Bank of America
01.2002 - 01.2004

ICICI Bank - Manager Operations

ICICI Bank
01.2000 - 01.2002

Osmania University

MBA Finance
1997.04

Osmania University

Bachelor of Commerce
1994.04
Prashanth BellaryTransition and Transformation Leader