SUMMARY:

• A versatile Confidential business system leader offers award - winning experience in building Agile processes and technical innovations that enhance strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance.
• Develops metrics, analytics, and tools for a wide-range of business goals, including mergers, integration, and growth, while empowering sustainable cost savings.
• First to manage the Project Life Cycle and successfully go live with Enhanced Prudential Standard (EPS) mandated Comprehensive Capital Analysis & Review (CCAR) project for FP&A and Controllers Team. Provide Technical leadership for heavy management, regulatory and financial reporting.
• Partnered with Confidential team to align and empower the users of Rally and trained delivery team on agile methodology and use of Rally.
• Captured millions of dollars of cost/time savings for Confidential by delivering 48 high profile, value-add projects each year.
• Provided vital to executive management decision-making by providing numerous key analytics which led to $150M in savings over a two year period for Confidential / Confidential .
• Instrumental in realigning Total NIE by GAAP, managerial hierarchy, and headcount as part of two mergers and integration efforts for Confidential; achieved significant cost savings in the process.
• Streamlined the reporting process utilizing Hyperion Intelligence, Hyperion Essbase and Visual Basic for Applications Macros, Hyperion Reports, and web-based publications; eliminated timing and lag factor with automation and revised design and lowered turnaround time by more than 30%.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• IT Leadership
• IT Program / Project Management
• Financial Planning
• Business Analytics & Intelligence
• Business & Financial Reporting
• Data Technology
• Oracle/Hyperion Essbase/HFM/DRM Platform
• Agile Methodology
• Process Improvements
• Relationship Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Six Sigma Green Belt Training
• Fluent in English & Hindi
• People Manager and Team Builder
• Mentor
• Training & Development.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

IT Lead

Responsibilities:

• IT Project Lead for Confidential 's Intermediate Holding Company (IHC) for Controllers and Projects for Confidential approved final rule, Enhanced Prudential Standards (EPS), for regulation with regards to US banking operations owned by Confidential.
• As Technology Project Lead (TLP) & Primary Technical Adviser, coordinate & liaison with Senior Management, Business, Quality Engineering, Project Management, & Security Risk for planning, detailing & successful execution of FPA-IT-Projects: 1) Forecasting & MTP Solution, 2) Management Reporting, 3) Comprehensive Capital Analysis & Review (CCAR) Stress Testing and 4) Elimination Forecasting capability in Oracle/Hyperion/Smart View.
• Enabled Controllers IT Projects: 1) CCAR FR Y-14Q - Generating Capital Assessments and Stress Testing Report for EPS-IHC-CCAR rules. This report provides detailed data on asset classes, capital components, categories of pre-provision net revenue on a quarterly basis, to support supervisory stress testing models for continuous risk monitoring efforts. 2) SEC/BTMU Reporting using Hyperion Financial Management /Smart View - Developing reports, technology components, functionality and configuration changes to support Consolidated IHC reporting for General Ledger & Non-GL reporting including Income Statement and Balance Sheet and Non-Financials.
• Repeatedly delight Executive Management and Stakeholders in going live with projects earning "congratulations group on a tremendous accomplishment These are the first EPS projects that have gone live. Considering all the work, the challenges, and the breaking of new ground - this is something all should be personally proud of accomplishing." Foster an environment & commendably accommodate all usual & unexpected gyrations associated with projects. Demonstrate resiliency, get-it-done attitude, mentor, guide and coach during entire Project Life Cycle.

Confidential

Senior Manager

• Led the Confidential program, representing a massive investment by Confidential serving as Essbase SME and Data Technology Lead for the Finance Transformation undertaken by Confidential Consulting Team.
• Served as Product and Consumer Lead on the Data and Governance Team, providing a thorough documentation of definitions, hierarchy, requirements, process, mapping and data profiling.
• Team Lead on Confidential Essbase/Management Reporting projects, including a finale list of dimensions and metrics; compiled­­ list of Non-BPC Reports for PFIT BI/Report Team and conduct workshops to gain approval for a Top 7 reports pilot and preparation, validation, and publication of reports from bank analyzer.
• Contributed to data, mapping, aggregation and load rules from Essbase to Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) Tool; facilitated the perfect reconciliation of data between Essbase, BPC, and PEAK.

Manager

Confidential

• Lead and be the first Data Technology team to adopt the Confidential wide Confidential and associated tools.
• Created an Essbase Cube named Resources Planning and Management (RPM) to initially track project resources by tasks and all related attributes for data technology team.
• Worked with cross-functional teams to set high quality SLAs between business units and data technology team.
• Managed all aspects of Finance Feature Roadmap to user acceptance of user story upon successful completion.
• Product Manager for Oracle/Hyperion Essbase Systems widely used by Finance domains.
• Served as the Original Product Owner for Economic Model sponsored by Finance which developed into Confidential Analytics Knowledgebase (PEAK).

Manager

Confidential

• Managed Hyperion/Oracle Essbase System from early inception, developing 48 Essbase cubes, 100+ dimensions, and 1,200+ metrics, providing a single vision for the organization while establishing 24/7 global production support.
• Managed the month-end close process, meeting Day 2 SLA targets for 14 months consecutively.
• Led 10 team members in technical development of Essbase programs, determining and designing structure of databases, load rules, allocation, scripting, modularization, materialization, release, and documentation.
• Designed, developed, and delivered executive, financial, and daily dashboards for Confidential executives through web and iPad platforms; team currently supports approximately 30 critical decks and reports.
• Maintained collaboration site, Confidential Essbase Wiki page, and a robust Process Control Manual for each cube, each process, each deck, and report; oversaw process improvement/continuous improvement efforts.
• Earned the Confidential DT Shout Out Award for DS-6 / FP&A 2H for most outstanding Data Technology Team.
• Received the Confidential CFO’s FINNOVATION Award for a forecasting tool upgrade and monthly consumer report.
• Managed Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions in creation of a highly utilized Forward Looking Dashboard (FLD).

Confidential

Assistant Vice President

• Administered the calendar for credit card division planning, forecasting, and month-end close processing; developed high performance teams through development of technical, heavy analytical, planning, and reporting talent, including senior executives, managers, senior-level analysts, and business analysts.
• Managed, designed, and implemented Essbase Financial Planning Structure, reducing budgeting cycle time by 20 hours per month for 100+ FP&A users; improved productivity 30% as a result.
• Teamed with business owners to ensure effective forecasting, variance analysis, and strong financial controls.
• Streamlined the budget process for HR, executive, finance, corporate communications, and overhead functions.
• Designed and built an Confidential group web-based collaboration site, a first of its kind.
• Helped save $20M+ in 2008 as key contact with corporate FP&A through realignment of cost allocations.

Corporate Manager

Confidential

• Managed and consolidated a companywide budget, with 20+ inputs, for non-interest, five-year operating budget of $10B and a $1.4B annual budget; oversaw headcount planning with an outstanding class of candidates.
• Oversaw management of big data, including processing, transfer, consolidation, and disseminate of massive financial data from multiple systems across the business to facilitate informed decision-making.
• Reduced turnaround times by integrating multiple templates/data points into one fully-automated master template.
• Redesigned the plan and forecast submission template, created automatic lookups and pivot reports, and trained planners and executives to reduce the planning and forecasting cycle by 2.5 days.
• Received CFO’s Award for being first to build and maintain a Share Point Site providing transparency and visibility.
• Awarded “You Made WaMu Process Better” by CFO at the “Finance All Hands” Conference and was recognized as the “Essbase User Champion” by Finance Technology Team for leading numerous breakthroughs.