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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Professional Enhancements
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Interests
Professional Highlights
Key Leadership Areas
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Ramya Bharath

Ramya Bharath

Hyderabad

Summary

Professional Summary:

A Finance, Information Technology professional and an Operations Specialist, who combines business acumen and technology to enable clients achieve breakthrough digital transformations and enable growth of both the topline and bottom-line of organizations.


I am a people-focused Client Management Specialist, with over two decades of expertise in the areas of Digital transformation, Sales, Revenue Growth, Operations and Process Excellence spread across multiple domains and industries. Additionally, as a certified Chartered Accountant and a seasoned Account Executive and People leader, I have successfully delivered on financial and non-financial goals, for all the organizations I have worked for.


Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Director- Program Management

Innova Solutions, India
07.2023 - Current
  • Global PMO Operations Lead for projects spanning across the United States, India, Mexico and Taiwan regions.
  • Leadership Reporting on various KPIs and Analytics.
  • Led Program and Project governance for team size of 2000+ personnel, supervising weekly project performance as well as profitability and improvement plans.
  • Maintained positive stakeholder relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
  • Standardized and institutionalized best practices in the Project Management Lifecycle across the globe.

Business Development & Operations Head

Vasista Enterprise Solutions Private Limited
10.2013 - 05.2023
  • Gained market leader position by on boarding 50+ leading brands in the Dairy Segment
  • Demonstrated outstanding client management skills resulting in zero customers churn rate
  • Drove digital adoption for top clients and delivered cost savings of INR 10-12 crores per annum (US$1.25 million-US$1.5 million)
  • Established steady partnerships with Strategic partners, Key vendors, Bankers, Financiers leading to better sales, scale and top CXO connect
  • Designed the road map for the product and enriched the product with many 'good to have' features.

Responsibilities:

Business Unit Leadership : Lead the Sales, Growth and Business Operations of a cloud-based Mobile Platform catering to a traffic volume of INR 13.5 billion value (US$ 1.7 billion) transacted monthly. Provide Business consultancy services to CTOs to align clients on the future-state architecture.

Drive end-to-end systems implementation of the ERP Solution for complex manufacturing supply chains in the Education, Agriculture and Dairy verticals.

Provide leadership on major Operational Processes, Controls and HR initiatives.

Lead Financial Consultant

Neumck Strategy & Advisory Services
04.2011 - 02.2012
  • Prepared financial plans and projections for new startups to secure funding from prospective investors/banking channels
  • Helped conduct financial screening of new ventures and re-organized internal processes of clients.

Chief Financial Controller

New Lease Software Private Limited
03.2008 - 11.2009
  • Enabled growth of the Company's 'Outsourcing Business Unit' for serving the UK customers and aided the company's top management with timely MIS.

Head-Financial Projects

Rural Technology & Business Incubator- IIT Madras
05.2007 - 12.2007
  • Handled the end-to-end implementation of the prototype for successful set up of 5 ATMs, presented the pilot results for evaluation and further expansion to the top teaching faculty at IIT Madras.
  • Efficiently liaised with senior officials from State Bank of India and obtained sponsorship for establishing Banking Services at Cuddalore District

Responsibilities:

Work in close association with renowned Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala and his team from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in identifying and designing products and services suited to the Rural Banking space.

Business Analyst / Team Leader

Tech Mahindra
06.2005 - 12.2006


  • Work in close association with the Senior Business and IT Team of State Bank of India , one of the most prestigious and largest projects in the Banking segment for the development & maintenance of products and services on the Internet Banking Portal.
  • Drive IT adoption and Design, solution and implementation of new features, enhancements.
  • Significantly contributed to better internal processes to re-align priorities and deliver customer delight with reduced turn-around-times
  • Recognized as the Outstanding Performer for the contribution made towards the Project in May'06.

Lead- Retail Operations & Control

Oriental Bank of Commerce
11.1998 - 04.2005
  • Core team member in assisting the top management in investigation assignments
  • Identified a major enhancement to be deployed in Finacle to plug a loophole resulting in revenue generation of INR 1.10 crore (US$ 1lac) for Secunderabad branch
  • Responsible for operations and growth of Retail Banking Operations of 12 branches in Tamil Nadu & Kerala Region
  • Set-up business targets, examine the growth pattern and provide marketing support.
  • Core member of the IT team involved in studying 'Finacle Banking software' and deploying an Audit Software called 'Ethics' solution to ease the internal audit and reporting process
  • Hand-picked by the Top management as one of the core 3 team members to form a special cell to support the Joint Parliamentary committee investigations.

Education

Chartered Accountant -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
05.1998

Bachelor of Commerce - undefined

Osmania University
03.1997

Skills

  • Digital and Business Transformation
  • Pre-sales and Solutioning
  • Sales and Account Management
  • Program and Project Management
  • Business Unit Leadership
  • Business Process Reengineering
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance Advisory
  • Change Management

Accomplishments

  • Cleared CA in the first attempt-both Intermediate and Final.
  • Secured 8th Rank in Intermediate Public Examination at State level.
  • Awarded Gold Medal by Prashanthi Society for Best Student in Andhra Pradesh in 1993-94
  • Awarded LN Gupta Gold Medal by Osmania University, Hyderabad for securing Top Position in the Arts Faculty.

Certification

  • 2012: Trained in SAP(FICO) module.
  • 2004-Certified Trainer of National Stock Exchange

Professional Enhancements

  • Lean Six Sigma- Green Belt, 2023
  • Trained in SAP ERP (FICO) Module, 2012
  • Certified Trainer of National Stock Exchange, 2004


Software Expertise:


  • SAP ERP (FICO)
  • Finacle
  • IRIS Accounting & Reporting
  • Tally. ERP9
  • MS Applications
  • GitHub Project Management

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Tamil
Advanced (C1)
Telugu
Advanced (C1)
French
Beginner (A1)

Interests

Diploma holder in Carnatic Music

Performed in music programmes conducted by Cultural Associations at Hyderabad and Yuvavani Programme of All India Radio, Hyderabad

Professional Highlights

Fast-track performer who enabled break-through digital transformation of clients using cloud-based solutions in record times. Expert in Pre-Sales and Account Management activities. Adept at understanding different technology systems like SAP, Oracle, Tally, POS systems and enabling integrations with different third-party systems.

Key Leadership Areas

CXO Advisory: Proven excellence in providing consulting services to CTOs of large companies and delivering significant business impact.

Digital Transformation Management: Deep knowledge and proven performance in implementation of ERPs, cloud-based SaaS solutions, B2B2C mobile platforms, large and complex supply chain solutions and Banking/Payment gateway/third-party system/software integrations.

Change management: Helped clients smoothly transition from old legacy systems to cloud-based open-source technology solutions.

Sales & Account Management: Leading Sales & Growth Revenue of organizations and managing Client accounts with annual turnover of over INR 10,000 crores (Annual turnover of USD 1.25 billion)

Governance & Compliance Advisory: Good expertise in compliance frameworks, risk management methodologies, defining SOPs, reviewing policies, drafting agreements/contracts, vendor management and implementing best practices.

BU Leadership: Strong expertise in leading business units to drive profitability & cost efficiencies with singular focus on streamlining and managing operations with proactive planning, introducing new concepts and steering change.

People Leadership: An effective communicator with multi-linguistic skills, good relationship management skills, team building skills & adept at internal and external stakeholder management. Led cross-functional teams of varying sizes.

Timeline

Associate Director- Program Management

Innova Solutions, India
07.2023 - Current

Business Development & Operations Head

Vasista Enterprise Solutions Private Limited
10.2013 - 05.2023

Lead Financial Consultant

Neumck Strategy & Advisory Services
04.2011 - 02.2012

Chief Financial Controller

New Lease Software Private Limited
03.2008 - 11.2009

Head-Financial Projects

Rural Technology & Business Incubator- IIT Madras
05.2007 - 12.2007

Business Analyst / Team Leader

Tech Mahindra
06.2005 - 12.2006

Lead- Retail Operations & Control

Oriental Bank of Commerce
11.1998 - 04.2005

Bachelor of Commerce - undefined

Osmania University

Chartered Accountant -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Ramya Bharath