SUNIL KUMAR DEVOO
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic leader with a proven track record in driving strategic initiatives and enhancing team collaboration. Expertise in project management, budget oversight, and stakeholder engagement ensures consistent achievement of organizational goals with efficiency and precision. Recognized for adaptability and reliability, with a strong commitment to impactful results. Proficient in leveraging data-driven insights to optimize processes and mentor teams, fostering excellence in fast-paced environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director
KPMG Global Services
05.2023 - Current
- Led and supervised teams of 40+ personnel, driving daily performance, training initiatives, and continuous improvement programs. Simultaneously built and nurtured strategic relationships with key U.S. stakeholders, fostering cross-border collaboration and unlocking mutually beneficial growth opportunities.
- Improved team efficiency by 5% through process redesign and workflow optimization, streamlining procedures via detailed analysis and implementation of new systems to boost productivity.
- Led end-to-end project management for large-scale initiatives by developing detailed plans with clear timelines and milestones, coordinating multi-phase execution, monitoring performance metrics to drive continuous improvement, and delivering concise status updates to stakeholders and executive leadership—ensuring consistent, high-quality, on-time delivery.
- Enhanced project visibility, implementing dashboard and reporting tools for real-time progress monitoring.
- Managed risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize potential issues during project execution.
- Improved client relationships, consistently meeting or exceeding project expectations and maintaining open lines of communication.
- Facilitated change management efforts, ensuring smooth transitions during the implementation of new processes and systems.
- Conducted root cause analysis to diagnose issues in existing processes, enabling targeted improvements for maximum impact.
- Mentored junior staff members, providing guidance on professional development opportunities and career progression paths within the company.
- Oversaw annual budget planning processes, ensuring financial goals were met while maintaining optimal resource allocation across departments.
- Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention.
- Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
- Evaluated individual performance and delivered constructive feedback to enhance skills and productivity. Established clear performance goals and provided tailored coaching to support employees in achieving milestones, fostering continuous growth and team effectiveness.
Manager
Ernst & Young GDS
12.2010 - 04.2023
- Team management - Act as a servant leader and mentor a team of 20 members to achieve project objectives
- Spearheaded the implementation of new software platforms, resulting in easier project tracking capabilities among team members.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with process teams and developers to implement and validate RPA solutions for tax workflows. Led UAT and production testing, ensuring alignment with expected outcomes and proactively identifying recurring issues for resolution. Provided strategic insights to leadership by evaluating process efficiency, discussing pros and cons, and recommending enhancements to optimize automation performance.
- Initiated and implemented few ideas and one of the ideas of tax return posting method which resulted in saving of 2,500 hours each year & around $ 75,000/-
- Analyze and monitor budget basis requirement and report to stakeholders
- Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
- Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
- Developed comprehensive risk management plan, minimizing potential disruptions to business operations.
- Spearheaded transition to remote work during global health crisis, ensuring business continuity and employee safety.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
- Coordinating with country team for the yearly Tax legislative changes and tax grid decision data and review the data received; later work with team of on testing of calculator and review and sign off Shadow Payroll.
- As part of process team involved in hiring candidates, managing new hire training, process training for the team
- A subject matter expert (SME) on the tax tool CCH
- Was part of implementation of specialized team that prepared US Non-resident tax return and that lead to cost saving of each return preparation
- Have experience in working with both internal and external stakeholders
- Work with cross-functional teams, and assigned project managers to plan and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget
- I have experience in working both autonomously on projects and with a team driving, coaching, mentoring them and acting as a point of escalation
Analyst
Omega Health Care Private Ltd
05.2008 - 09.2010
- As staff at Omega Healthcare, my role was to make sure the out-patient bill is paid by the Insurance company
- Based on the rejection report received from Insurance company, analyze the code and call request to reissue to payment
- Managed approximately 30 outgoing/incoming calls per day from the insurance company
Education
Managing Business Strategies For Sustained Growth -
IIM Kozhikode
Kozhikode, India07-2025
Bachelor of Science - Bio-Chemistry
Christ College
Bangalore01-2007
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Relationship building
- Project planning and development
- Stakeholder communications
- Root-cause analysis
- Operations management
- KPI tracking
- Client relationships
- Team leadership
- Operational efficiency
- Process improvements
- Delegation
Timeline
Associate Director
KPMG Global Services
05.2023 - Current
Manager
Ernst & Young GDS
12.2010 - 04.2023
Analyst
Omega Health Care Private Ltd
05.2008 - 09.2010
Managing Business Strategies For Sustained Growth -
IIM Kozhikode
Bachelor of Science - Bio-Chemistry
Christ College
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