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Ramaiah Pothula

Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic Governance Manager with a proven track record at Diageo, excelling in data governance and quality initiatives. Expert in project management and stakeholder engagement, successfully implementing new tools and integrating data assets. Recognized for driving process excellence and fostering collaboration across teams to enhance operational efficiency. PMP and Greenbelt project certified.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Governance Manager - Material Master Data

Diageo
Bangalore
07.2024 - Current
  • Managing the data governance program by defining the strategy to ensure adherence to the related policies, compliance, and standards, thereby creating and implementing processes and procedures.
  • Leading the planning, structuring, prioritization, development, implementation, and management of a data governance framework.
  • Engaging senior business leaders in establishing a roadmap, ownership/accountability, securing funding, and committing resources to prioritize data management and resolve data quality issues.
  • Driving process excellence, knowledge management strategies, transitions/data migrations, related transformation projects, and initiatives across multiple functional areas, and training to follow data management and governance policies and practices.
  • Successfully delivered Two new tool implementations and over ten data asset integrations and design metrics, related operating model. Risk and escalation management in maintaining the data standards (CARM, GAR controls)

Business Analyst

Diageo
Bangalore
06.2022 - 06.2024
  • Supported in the identification and documentation of high-level business requirements to implement the End-to-End Customer Onboarding project in Salesforce.
  • Played a pivotal role in supporting the design team with SAP functional design and configuration, along with the supporting SAP module, Sales Force, RDDC (KYC tool), and MuleSoft.
  • Supported in the creation of detailed system end-to-end customer onboarding process design documents. Supported the end-to-end market testing, technical testing, and issue resolution.
  • Coordinated with the Data Quality team and created the Data Quality rules in the Salesforce tool for Customer Master.
  • Facilitated brainstorming sessions with cross-functional teams for problem solving activities.
  • Identified gaps between current state and desired future state operations.
  • Evaluated business processes for improvement opportunities through automation or streamlining.
  • Created detailed process flows and user stories to document system requirements and design solutions.
  • Identified opportunities for cost savings through process automation initiatives.
  • Conducted detailed business analysis, outlining problems, opportunities, and solutions for a business.

Senior Team Lead

Diageo
01.2018 - 06.2021
  • Lead cross-functional projects to discover insights that will guide strategic decisions and uncover optimization opportunities.
  • Recruit, train, develop and supervise team members.
  • Leading a team of 15 member and ensure accuracy of data and deliverables of reporting employees with comprehensive policies and processes.
  • Deliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of internal stakeholders, on a regular basis and design follow-up actions.
  • Responsible to lead review calls with clients to understand the business requirements, gain domain expertise and provide routine updates on ongoing Data Quality tasks.
  • Responsible for driving Data Quality improvement, initiate and approve Data cleansing activities.
  • Monthly process performance review by stakeholder via call (Includes presentation/ Power BI and Business case/Project Charter)
  • Build, develop and maintain data models, reporting systems, data automation systems, dashboards and performance metrics support that support key business decisions

Financial Associate

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
06.2016 - 01.2018
  • Creation of vendors and customers general data and company code data in SAP
  • Work as SAP Superuser for generation of training materials on Master Data (MDM) and provide input for process and system optimization.
  • Work closely with relevant governance boards to support and develop functionalities for Master data across line functions.
  • Acts as process owner for Master Data to identify and lead initiatives for improvement and simplification to define processes and deliver key functional excellence ensuring quality management for Master Data.
  • Maintaining Payment Methods, Payment Terms, Posting Block, Payment Block.
  • Blocking & Unblocking of Suppliers/Customers in SAP on Company Code level.
  • Mass uploads of the customer, vendor data in Parma and SAP
  • Updating Vendor with New Bank Details and Deleting Bank Details which are not in use.
  • Handling on Duplicate Vendors & Customers.
  • Handled internal and external audits for the department and was successful.
  • Unauthorized changes are also a monthly activity where we check whether anyone has changed any data in SAP without proper updating/authorization.

Process Associate

Accenture
10.2014 - 05.2016
  • Cash application/ Order management
  • Allocation of payment regarding invoices.
  • Recording of deductions made by the customers and following up for the details.
  • Preparing bank reconciliation statements on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
  • Sending weekly reports for payment received but unallocated.
  • Reconciling the customer general ledger weekly.
  • Resolving queries for any issues that arise in the course of the process.

Education

MBA - Finance and Marketing

RGM College
Andhra Pradesh
01.2014

Skills

  • Project management
  • Data governance
  • Data quality
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • MDG, SAP
  • Teamwork and collaboration

Certification

PMP Certified

Green Belt Certified

Awards

Received Quarterly award for best performance in Diageo., Awarded North Star and Spark award in HPE for the Best Performance, Three Glod label Awards for Supporting multiple projects., Numero award achieved within 5 months of joining in Accenture for Best Performance.

Timeline

Governance Manager - Material Master Data

Diageo
07.2024 - Current

Business Analyst

Diageo
06.2022 - 06.2024

Senior Team Lead

Diageo
01.2018 - 06.2021

Financial Associate

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
06.2016 - 01.2018

Process Associate

Accenture
10.2014 - 05.2016

MBA - Finance and Marketing

RGM College

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