Saakshi Kalra
Consultant
Gurugram
Summary
Consultant in KPMG Global Service Ltd, and have an overall professional experience of 9+years working as a project management professional for varied clients and geographies primarily Travel, Transport and Hospitality (TTH) and Analytics & Insight A&I and Telecommunication Domain. Comfortable working under strict deadlines in fast-paced environments Proven records of achievements. Skilled, creative and innovative.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
PMO Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2014 - 11.2019
- Domain: Travel Transport and Hospitality
- Preparing various reports and analysis based on IOU requirement such as
- HC analysis, Revenue Projections, Cost analysis /
- Project Commercial Management which includes won creation, invoice creation, submission (in customer portal Supplier Tools
- Following up with onsite team for invoice approval when payment done within credit period and connecting with AR team for payment mapping
- Contract Management System which includes contract creation and updating amendments
- Project Resource Management which includes associates' allocations and release
- Taking care of timesheets of associates
- Creating RGS both onsite and offshore as per requirement
- Preparing Fluidity report Seat tagging and de-tagging of associates
- Maintaining Travel Projection Plans
Consultant
KPMG Global Services
01.2020 - Current
- PMO COE Core
- Responsible for generating weekly and monthly Management Information (MI) reports for the deals and consulting sales team.
- Proficient in creating and publishing dashboards that provide a comprehensive summary of opportunities, wins, losses, and comparisons with set targets.
- Adept at translating complex data into actionable insights, facilitating informed decision-making for the sales and leadership teams.
- Ensure accuracy and timeliness in reporting, contributing to a transparent and data-driven decision-making process within the organization.
- Engaged as an Engagement Manager overseeing end-to-end user adoption testing for a comprehensive firm-wide system change.
- Proficient in implementing and testing various applications/tools, including Concur, Coupa, Replicon, twenty5, S/4 Hana, CRM, and profinda.
- Experienced in multiple facets of project management, including opportunity management, resource management, time and expense management.
- Specialized in ensuring engagement profitability and revenue recognition within the scope of system changes.
- Budgeting and forecasting, documentation management, analyzing engagement profitability, cost analysis and invoicing for FP, Job and T&M project,Time and cost analysis, participating in client meetings, providing support in end-to-end PMO activities
- Involved in Providing Project Management Support by owning and maintaining Project Milestone and Deliverable Sign Off Tracker, Holiday Tracker and Handover Tracker
- Project Commercial Support by owning the Commercial Tracker - Budget Tracking based on SoW signed, updating actuals through manual hours collection for 20+ teams and 200+ resources on weekly basis, SAP Reconciliation and WIP Analysis and client invoicing on monthly basis
- Admin Support through various activities such as Team Onboarding/ Offboarding, DL & SD management, maintaining the Contact list, monitoring central mailbox for requests
- Review and maintain milestone tracker, Track actual hours / expenses incurred against original budgets signed-off through commissioning notes (CNs).
- Report financial figures to client every month / quarter / year; Identify which CNs are over budget such that remediating measures are put in place.
- Optimized customer experience by delivering superior services and effectively troubleshooting issues.
- Conducted regular reviews of operations and identified areas for improvement.
- Helped meet changing demands by recommending improvements to business systems or procedures.
- Managed multiple deadlines across several businesses to meet dynamic needs of multiple clients.
- Produced detailed and relevant reports for use in making business decisions.
- Delivered outstanding service to clients to maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.
Education
MBA - Finance
Gujarat Technical University
08.2011 - 07.2013
BBA -
Gujarat University
06.2009 - 07.2011
Skills
CSM, Agile Methodologyundefined
Additional Information
- “WoW Excellence Award”: Mar 2021- was awarded for receiving great feedbacks from stakeholders on multiple projects
- “WoW Excellence Award”: Sep 2020- was awarded because of performance and hard work was able to extend the scope and support provided on the project
- “On The Spot Award” – TCS- April 2017 was awarded by the company against my flawless work in various projects and for proactive participation in understanding client's requirements.
- “Star of the Month” – TCS- July 2017 was awarded by the company for delighting the client by delivering project on time despite of many re-runs request.
- “Cheers for peer's Award”- Nielsen – Feb 2016 was received from client side for demonstrating the high-quality performance in the project work and overall communication.
- “On The Spot Award” – TCS-Aug 2016 was awarded by the company, in appreciation of active participation and for being the Winning Team in first Data Solutions Knowledge Tree presentations of the quarter .
- “On The Spot Award” – TCS-Jan 2016 was awarded by the company, in appreciation of active participation and for being the Winning Team in Second Data Solutions Knowledge Tree presentations of the quarter.
Certification
Kaizan( Booster Certificate), KPMG Global Services
Timeline
Kaizan( Booster Certificate), KPMG Global Services
07-2023
Certified SAFe® Agilist,Scaled Agile, Inc.
07-2023
PMP Trained,Knowlettwoods® LLP
05-2022
CSM,Scrum Alliance
02-2022
Consultant
KPMG Global Services
01.2020 - Current
PMO Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2014 - 11.2019
MBA - Finance
Gujarat Technical University
08.2011 - 07.2013
BBA -
Gujarat University
06.2009 - 07.2011
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