Kasturi Sarkar

Associate Consultant

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 5 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Expert in Talent Analytics and Workforce Strategy
  • Proven track record in client engagement and research management
  • Strong background in data-driven decision making
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned consultant in Workforce Analytics and Market Research.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AnalyticsData AnalysisResearch ManagementClient EngagementResearch And Data ModelsAnalytical ResearchQuantitative Data Analysis

Other Skills

Data & AnalyticsStrategic Workforce PlanningTalent ManagementInclusionDiversity and EquityFuture of WorkData-Driven Decision MakingCustomized Research SolutionsTeam ManagementContinuous ImprovementCoaching and MentoringStrategic SourcingWorkforce PlanningQuantitative Data RequestsRFP Preparation

About

Experienced labor market and people analytics consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the banking, finance, and insurance industries providing advisory and thought leadership to C-suite Execs. Areas of expertise include Market Research, Business Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Business Research & Advisory, Data Analysis, Talent/Workforce/People Analytics, Human Resource Strategy, Corporate Strategy

Experience

10 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 4 mos
Current Experience

Accenture

Consulting Manager

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Atlassian

Principal Consultant

Oct 2022Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • A Data & Analytics professional with a proven track record delivering Talent Analytics solutions in a customer-centric and consulting environment
  • Subject matter expert and thought partner for all research and analytics-related questions to clients in areas of contemporary challenges such as strategic workforce planning, future skills, talent management, inclusion, diversity and equity, and future of work
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to identify and negotiate project goals, objectives and success measures and tracking to ensure excellence.
  • Tactfully challenges customers while acknowledging concerns and perspectives; champions the value of making data-driven decisions to help the customer make more informed decisions
  • Identifying and testing new data sources, methodologies, and ability to articulate complex themes in an audience-accessible way
  • Advocates for and helps define research direction, methods, best practices and team strategy
Data & AnalyticsTalent AnalyticsStrategic Workforce PlanningTalent ManagementInclusionDiversity and Equity+3

Gartner

3 roles

Team Lead, Research & Advisory

Promoted

Oct 2021Oct 2022 · 1 yr

  • Managing a team of 8+ senior researchers while serving 180+ clients (including Fortune 500)
  • An engagement partner for the commercial and advisory teams to understand and diagnose client problems, provide customized research solutions, and assist them in making client prioritization decisions
  • Subject matter expert and thought partner for all research and analytics-related questions to internal stakeholders (commercial, research, and advisors) and clients.
  • Accountable for implementing team-level programs aimed at improving client engagement with efficiency to drive client retention, revenue retention, and contract value growth.
  • Managing the project lifecycle for all team projects
  • Workflow and bandwidth planning for a smooth project intake and delivery process. Help the team manage their time effectively based on request inflow.
  • Driving continuous improvement in different research and project processes.
  • Responsible for coaching, mentoring and on-boarding the team members.
Research ManagementClient EngagementCustomized Research SolutionsTeam ManagementContinuous ImprovementCoaching and Mentoring

Specialist, Research

Oct 2019Sep 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

Senior Associate, Research

Jun 2017Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Leverage research and data models to solve global labour market problems at a granular level
  • Transform business problems in the areas of strategic sourcing and workforce planning into analytical research components for clients across Banking, finance and insurance industry in the US
  • Use tools such as root cause analysis, hypothesis generation to identify the drivers of members- business problems, create hypotheses regarding solutions, and test differences between conventional and progressive practice
  • Conduct extensive multi-dimensional secondary research and synthesize information independently to elicit key insights that are presented to CXOs at client-end.
Research and Data ModelsAnalytical ResearchStrategic SourcingWorkforce Planning

Moody's analytics

Analyst

May 2016Jun 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore

  •  Involved majorly in winning high valued mandates for reputed European Asset Management companies.
  •  Involved in preparing RFPs for institutional, retail and HNW investors.
  •  Assist with quantitative and qualitative data requests from internal and external business partners. Liaise with Sales, Portfolio Managers, Product Specialists and Compliance departments.
Quantitative Data RequestsRFP PreparationLiaising with Business PartnersQuantitative Data AnalysisClient Engagement

Arcadia group ltd

Employee

Sep 2015Jan 2016 · 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Part of the Operations team.
  • Was involved in daily processing of items.
  • Involved in working closely with the Operations manager during sale period, determining sale items and their after sale price.
  • Part of a multi-cultural and high paced work environment meeting tight deadlines.

University of warwick

Post Graduate Ambassador

Apr 2015Sep 2015 · 5 mos · Coventry, United Kingdom

  • Representing Post Graduates in the University addressing the needs and concerns of the students.
  • Writing blogs for potential Post Graduates.

The hope foundation

Intern

May 2013Jun 2013 · 1 mo · Kolkata Area, India

  • Was responsible for handling the tailoring section of the NGO. The tailoring section employs women of the disadvantaged class of society and gives them an earning chance at a better livelihood.
  • Helped devise new marketing techniques to sell the products of the tailoring sector better.
  • During my time there I ventured new marketing horizon with a different approach than what was employed before.
  • Prepared a report on the shortcomings of the department as instructed by the mentor which was well received.

Future group people office

Intern

May 2012Jun 2012 · 1 mo · Kolkata Area, India

  • Was in the Store Operations Procedure (SOP) Department. I was responsible of the daily auditing of the store.
  • Was also given the responsibility to conduct a 12 hour audit of the entire store, which spanned over two days.
  • Also worked with the store HR in order to understand the labour issues and challenges the store faces.
  • Submitted a report on the work done in SOP Department to the Eastern Region HR head, Future Group.

Education

University of Warwick

Master of Science (M.Sc.) — Economics

Jan 2014Jan 2015

Symbiosis School of Economics

B.Sc — Economics

Jan 2011Jan 2014

Calcutta Girl's High School

Commerce

Jan 2009Jan 2011

Auxilium Convent School, Kolkata

Jan 1997Jan 2009

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