Rhea Kamal

Part of the Financial, Planning and Analysis team responsible for all technology finances of the Enterprise Functions Technology (EFT) and the Tech Chief Operating Officer’s (TCOO) office within the Technology function.

Key Projects

• Lead the Metrics Program - identified KRIs and KPIs for all processes within EFT and TCOO.
• Collaborate with Tech Finance leaders across the org for implementing and tracking the process metrics
• Drive the Tech Finance’s portfolio – forecast, budget and track all tech spends and identify key areas of efficiency and improvement.
• Oversee the Tech cost allocations across all LoBs and functions of the org - key stakeholders are technology application and business owners

Led teams of ~6 responsible for the global statutory audits, and end-to-end project management for clients across manufacturing and services industry

Key Achievements

• Recognized with ‘Applause’ award (annual - top 2%) thrice and ‘Spot’ Award (quarterly - top 5%) 7 times for exceptional client service
• Fastrack promotion in 12 months (firm avg - 24 months); 4/120 undergraduate Associates to be promoted (23 years vs. avg 27 years)

Key Projects

Business Development - Handpicked by the Lead Client Service Partner from a pool of 1000+ Seniors to lead audit of GE ($60Mn fees)

• Performed research and feasibility studies including centralization/location assessment for the audit proposal; won the GE account
• Secured 20,000 additional hours ($600K fees) for the India office by identifying efficiencies while heading the global transition audits

Automation & Analytics

• Invited (5/50 Seniors) to be part of Exploratory Data Analytics Fellowship, focused on driving analytics driven automation
• Scaled down 25,000 hours (35% of budget) by initiating use of Tableau dashboards for risk-based sampling approach
• Achieved 3,000 hours savings (~$100K) by piloting use of proprietary Artificial Intelligence summarization tool – Argus
• Developed roadmaps using multiple user iterations to ensure Argus included audit support functionalities for reviewing contracts
• Saved 400 hours by analyzing revenue using Reveal – proprietary regression analysis tool; promoted use across 2 other clients

Audit & Financial Analysis

• Spearheaded audit of complex revenue streams ($37Bn), comprising revenue from long-term construction turnkey projects
• Performed valuation analyses ($50Mn) to help develop pricing strategies for standalone offerings on multi-deliverable contracts
• Saved 10,000 man-hours for client by identifying internal control gaps and mapping SOX controls to processes in transition audits
• Identified inconsistencies of $2Mn during update of revenue accounting standards, recommended control improvements
• Led the external team overseeing the migration of accounting systems from SAP to Oracle for 45 client legal entities across APAC
• Drove centralization of client’s book-keeping by making recommendations for efficiencies under the Shared Services Center
• Analyzed “Design and Implementation” of controls by performing process walkthroughs with Controllers and Chief Financial Officer

Firm Building Initiatives – Instrumental in making contributions as key member of various Centers of Excellence (CoE)

• Shared Services Center (SSC) – Invited by leadership to contribute to the CoE based on experience on multiple SSC audits
• Brought in GAAP & global statutory SSC audits ($1.2Mn fees) of MTS Systems Corporation to the India office through CoE networks
• Contracts Review – Provided best practices, research, and support on reviewing 1400+ complex contracts requiring significant judgement
• Stakeholder Management - Liaised regularly with multi-continental cross-functional teams as the single point of contact for India office
• Certified Deloitte Faculty Excellence Trainer - facilitated national office trainings and conducted 50+ hours of P2P learning sessions