Dec 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Feb 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Providing sector specific expertise and intelligence on the global start­up ecosystem
• ● Responsible for tracking new technologies, investment trends and building insights on Consumer focused tech companies
• ● Provided in­depth sector knowledge and identified interesting startups and helped clients make better investment decisions

Jun 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• People Trust is a Human Resources and Management Consultancy with a key focus on the domains of banking, financial services and analytics. Our extensive hands-on experience enables us to offer tailor-made solutions in Recruitment, Training and Consulting to both organisations and individuals.
• Assisted a Fortune 500 company in an Advisory capacity in the implementation of their internal Sarbanes Oxley compliance
• ● Responsible for implementing internal Sarbanes Oxley compliance for a realty trust
• ● Identified key controls, assessed controls for design deficiencies, operational effectiveness and updated process
• Learning & Development & Recruitment
• ● Created and delivered curated content to develop leadership skills for a major confectionary chain.
• ● Delivery of training sessions of a long­term ‘Graduate Program’ for a leading provider of risk advisory services
• ● Responsible for sourcing, reviewing and interviewing potential candidates for various roles through various channels
• ● Managed a recruitment drive for a global leader in Property & Casualty Insurance for their ‘Center of Excellence’ in India

Jun 2013 – Apr 2014 · 10 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Responsible for roll out and implementation of strategic initiatives; acted as primary point of contact for various departments
• across branch and HO
• Created the business model for entry into the consumer durable lending space; analyzed existing competitive market
• scenario and consumption trends, and presented it to the board of directors
• Planned a country-wide movement to tablets as the new POS device aimed at achieving 60% reduction in support services
• and increase in gross revenue by 33%
• o Instrumental in gaining insights through focus group discussion with sales force on drawbacks, perceptions and usage pattern
• of current technology of mobile phone as point of sale device
• o Identified gaps in the sourcing to disbursement process, liaising with credit, collections and sales to restructure sales process
• Responsible for managing an organization-wide change implementation process across 500 branches, for the sales vertical
• Trained 18 member team on the best practices on change management

Sep 2008 – Mar 2012 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Project management for a leading telecom company, responsible for implementation of financial consolidation tool by a third party vendor and facilitating adherence to project timeline
• Managed a team of 20 members on vendor side and reported directly to the VP Finance on client side
• Coordinated with client team to collate vital information ahead of time, diagnosed bottlenecks in advance and advised client and vendor on ways to achieve early resolution
• Team Lead - Contributed significantly in developing analytics processes, business development and training on statistical & nonstatistical
• analysis of financial data, In charge of planning, prioritizing and reviewing workflow and ensuring timely delivery
• Leadership and Team management
• Promoted to team lead position within a year, first amongst a peer group of 15
• Spearheaded a team of 10 individuals including engineers and accountants, exceeded revenue targets and delivered business
• worth 50 million INR per annum with CAGR of 25%
• Accomplished 12% improvement in team productivity by optimizing team resources and workflow management
• Trained new members of the team on the technical aspects during a 2 week training session
• Business Development
• Initiated product portfolio expansion; included AR analysis with client collaboration, generating 15% revenue growth
• Proposed introduction of a workflow management tool; streamlined customer communications and feedback, establishing stronger customer relations and additional project revenues
• Research and Consulting – Retail & Consumer sector
• Delivered domain knowledge expertise through benchmarking, competitor analysis, industry analysis, SWOT and management profiling, through primary and secondary research
• Analyzed company reports and analyst views; benchmarked financial metrics and built analyst commentary
• Developed knowledge of research databases such as Thomson, OneSource, Capital Line, Factiva, Datamonitor, Forrester, Gartner and 10k