Rohit Toranala
Project Manager | Certified ScrumMaster® | Certified Scrum Product Owner®
Hyderabad,India
Summary
Finance transformation leader with nearly 14 years of progressive Banking, Financial Services sector experience in global project management, Scrum framework, Agile Methodology, Stakeholder Management, People Management, Operational Excellence, Risk & Compliance, Business Process Transformation, Learning & Development, Talent Development, and Business Transitions offering rich business process acumen & record of unblemished service, & achievements across a diverse range of functions and ERP implementations. Excellent track record of driving midsize to large teams and motivating them to generate high efficiency.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Project Manager, GPO
Carrier Technologies India Ltd
Hyderabad, India
07.2021 - Current
- Responsible for all aspects of development and implementation of assigned project transformations and own and coordinate associated project plan for successful execution for Finance
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
- Transformation and ERP consolidation/implementation
- Driving Harmonization and process design before transition
- Managing work streams/ project initiatives in large scale, complex transformations
- Guide, lead and coach client leadership / project teams across lifecycle of complex programs and strategic initiatives
- Managing senior stakeholder relationships at Managing Director, Partner, Functional Head levels
- Handling implementation tasks and taking ownership of end to end functionality starting from requirements gathering fit gap analysis, as-is and to-be study and user training
- Implementation of system enhancements and evaluating system to ensure that IT has properly designed and tested system and it properly integrated with other key tools/modules prior to go-live
- Working with EMEA, APAC and North America region Business teams on setting up new entities and also worked on largest Finance transformation implementation projects & enhancements
- Drive PMO focus on three key performance indicators (KPIs): On-time Delivery, Quality and Efficiency
- Coordinate with functional/BU stakeholders to maintain and adjust on transformation roadmap based on business needs
- Create, track, and maintain project plan to support transformation roadmap
- Perform overall day-to-day management of multiple projects to ensure that project objectives are achieved within time/cost/quality constraints
Process Manager (Corporate Finance)
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Hyderabad, India
07.2019 - 07.2021
- Supervising the Global Technology Operations – Revenue Management and Global Sales & Commissions Incentives Administration teams in Hyderabad
- Working on conversion of revenue management of 23 business units to be moved from legacy systems to Oracle in phased manner
- Met project goals on time and within budget constraints by managing implementation project activities, adhering to deployment standards and monitoring project schedules.
- Revenue Management team primarily works on forecasting and then tracking to real time billing, accruals, invoicing, deferrals (amortisation), revenue recognition & re-class entries for multi service businesses, perform reconciliation, over & under analysis
- Collaborate with Account and Project Management teams to update monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue forecasts
- Reduced days to bill in billing by more than 3 days in the last one year and oversaw the execution & implementation of salesforce for sales & commissions team
- Develop partnerships across key finance functions within the Company, such as FP&A, corporate finance, and account management teams
- Developed Monthly revenue dashboard on constant currency to track progress of team’s performance
- Identified business trends & collaborated with various internal stakeholders to facilitate performance monitoring & strategic decision making
- Created accounting controls in accordance with SOX, implemented improved internal controls and related policies and procedures to prevent material impacts to revenue
- Improved efficiency and effectiveness of performance and management of processes across departments.
Associate Process Manager
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Bengaluru, India
03.2017 - 06.2019
- Oversaw transition of credit administration & collections (US/Canada/International), Procure to Pay and Record to Report team of 20 FTE from Hyderabad to Bangalore in phased manner
- Strategise transitions and growth of Corporate Finance team in Bengaluru
- Mentoring 2 Team Leads in Order to Cash and Record to Report by assisting in their transition from FTE role to People manager role
- Additional responsibilities include training and interim POC for Risk & Compliance and Learning & Development team in Bangalore location
- Developed strategies in Order to Cash team that resulted in reduction of A/R days from 38 to 31
- Automated 4 daily activities thus saving ~4800 hours per annum (equivalent to 4 FTE)
Process Lead
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Hyderabad, India
08.2013 - 02.2017
- Transitioned Order to Cash process from New York office to Hyderabad
- Identified opportunities to improve and automate monthly reporting model to enhance process efficiency and accuracy
- Create and analyze aging reports for different products/clients such as AR Aging Analysis and Monthly update on Aging as per Director of Business Unit and Owner of Business Unit
- Managed team of 5 FTEs and was responsible for end-to-end people management
- Proposed and integrated ideas to increase efficiency in credit & collections processes by creating self-taught Excel macros to produce reports more efficiently
- Developed process improvements through observations by leveraging Oracle functionality and Excel automation and presented ideas for efficiency improvements to executive team and various management teams.
Senior Process Associate
Thomson Reuters
Hyderabad, India
12.2009 - 07.2013
- Traveled Onsite to London, UK for Knowledge transfer and Lead transition of entire Order to Cash Process of Westlaw UK and Westlaw India (involving Customer Master, Order Processing, Billing and Cash Application) after coming back started training individuals and with great teamwork gradually grew to 6 FTE process
- Played integral role in UAT as ‘SAP Business Coordinator’ in Finance team’s transition from legacy system to SAP platform
- Additional responsibilities included being part of L&D Team to design and facilitate training programs for associates
- Supervised processes to eliminate weak points or bottlenecks in business operations
- Participated in special projects to increase productivity and make meaningful impact on company and mission
Process Associate
Genpact
Hyderabad, India
12.2008 - 12.2009
- Researching payments and deposits made from and received into Merrill lynch Clients account throughout day
- Help clients in investigating Payments made from Merrill Lynch accounts with help of SWIFT Messaging service
- Processing wires for different national and international banks to have funds credited to accounts whose volume would be around $365 billion per day
- Research & Investigation is primarily carried out through E-mail and in some cases have to call corresponding banks to follow up
- Assisted in providing reverse transition of process from outsourcing partner to captive partner
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Nizam College (Affiliated To Osmania University)
Hyderabad 05.2005 - 05.2008
Board of Intermediate Education -
Andhra Pradesh Residential Junior College
Hyderabad 05.2003 - 05.2005
Schooling & Matriculation -
VD Prasada Rao Memorial High School
Hyderabad 06.1999 - 06.2003
Skills
Power BI, Jira, SharePoint, MS Office
Certification
Internal Auditor - Quality Management Systems (QMS) (ISO 9001:2015)
Additional Information
- Make A Difference (M.A.D.), non-profit organization focused on child development. Volunteered as a teacher for a year and then progressed as an Operations Head/Center Support Fellow (Client Relationship Manager for Hyderabad) for 2 years. Assisted in formulating strategies to improve client relations; analyzed and reported performance across 5 Projects implemented in 7 client locations through a 200-member team. Volunteered in recruitment drives, Inductions, design & implementation of projects in the city.
Timeline
Certified Product Owner
08-2022
Adopting and Adapting Agility
08-2022
Certified ScrumMaster
03-2022
Project Manager, GPO
Carrier Technologies India Ltd
07.2021 - Current
Internal Auditor - Quality Management Systems (QMS) (ISO 9001:2015)
01-2021
Process Manager (Corporate Finance)
Broadridge Financial Solutions
07.2019 - 07.2021
Associate Process Manager
Broadridge Financial Solutions
03.2017 - 06.2019
Process Lead
Broadridge Financial Solutions
08.2013 - 02.2017
Senior Process Associate
Thomson Reuters
12.2009 - 07.2013
Process Associate
Genpact
12.2008 - 12.2009
Bachelor of Science -
Nizam College (Affiliated To Osmania University)
05.2005 - 05.2008
Board of Intermediate Education -
Andhra Pradesh Residential Junior College
05.2003 - 05.2005
Schooling & Matriculation -
VD Prasada Rao Memorial High School
06.1999 - 06.2003
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