Varun Chandiok

Finance Transformation Initiatives:

• Business Performance Enhancement: identified key business process drivers and implemented effective solutions that led to a 70% boost in operational efficiency.
• Efficiency Improvements in Project Scoping: Employed cross-enterprise perspective in requirement gathering, boosting project efficiency by 30% through clear scope definition and articulation of project artefacts.

Strategic Finance Planner (SFP) Development:

• Revenue Management through Strategic Tools: Developed and enhanced SFP to replace traditional tools, integrating goals-based advice that improved client engagement and increased sales by 5%.
• Innovative Financial Modelling: Introduced ongoing service charges in financial models, collaborating with teams across banking sectors, which led to revenue increase.

Holistic Financial Planning:

• Cutting-edge Financial Tool Development: Spearheading creation of Holistic Finance Planner in UK, aimed at providing strategic financial guidance based on customer financial profiles.

Skills

• Business Process Analysis: Utilized business analysis tools to significantly enhance business performance, leading to a 70% efficiency boost by implementing effective business solutions.
• Requirements Gathering and Scope Definition: Employed a cross-enterprise perspective for meticulous scope definition and requirement gathering, improving project efficiency by 30%.
• Customer Relationship and Stakeholder Management: Managed extensive stakeholder interactions and customer relationships, crucial in the development and rollout of new financial products that increased sales by 5% and improved customer satisfaction.
• User Experience Optimization: Led data flow, business process, and process flow modelling, along with User Acceptance Testing, to ensure optimal user experience and adherence to business requirements.
• Project and Agile Management: Demonstrated mastery in agile project management by streamlining finance project timelines by 20% and successfully leading the development of finance planning tools.
• Advanced-Data Visualization and Presentation: Expert in crafting compelling presentations using PowerPoint, MS Visio and Tableau, essential for stakeholder communications and demonstrating project impacts and outcomes.
• Design Thinking and Customer-centric Innovation: Applied design thinking to develop the Strategic Finance Planner, enhancing user experience and CRM integration, thereby increasing relationship manager productivity by 70%.
• Dynamic Project Leadership: Led cross-functional teams in high-stakes environments to deliver innovative financial solutions, directly impacting efficiency improvements and financial outcomes.

Project Leadership and Cost Optimization

• Elevated reactive capability by spearheading the integration of an integrated inspection facility, saving ₹2 million annually by minimizing downtime during part replacements and verification processes.
• Reduced analysis throughput by 80% through the implementation of a troubleshooting procedure for critical electrical defects, resulting in standardization and a cost-saving of ₹6.7 million in repair costs annually.

Process Optimization and Production Efficiency

• Streamlined the incoming inspection process, increasing component validation coverage by 80%, resulting in a 2% increase in production throughput and savings of ₹1 million by reducing rework and warranty repairs.
• Mobilized and governed 12 projects for autonomation (Jidoka) through QR code-linked PLC controls, reducing defects generation and outflow by 30%, resulting in annual savings of ₹3 million.

Value Creation and Digital Transformation

• Directed 30 end-to-end projects, including digitization and value engineering initiatives, upgrading SQCDM parameters, resulting in a 25% reduction in warranty claims.
• Fostered a collaborative work environment, achieving a record increase in component localization from 88% to 92%, saving ₹4 million.
• Initiated a digitization process mapping critical-to-safety electrical components with the Vehicle Identification Number, reducing the scope of market recall from million units to a few hundred.