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Overview
Work History
Education
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Palani Kumar M

Chennai

Summary

Prince 2 Certified, over 16+ years of experience in F&A (PTP, RTR, OTC & FP&A) domain. Includes 5+ years in Service Delivery in Health Care, P&C Insurance and Banking domain and 11+ years in Project Management (F&A domain) across all regions. Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Manager - Transition

Accenture Solution Private Limited
10.2013 - Current
  • Senior Manager in Transition (Level 8)
  • Reports to AVP (Level 7) or VP (Level 6) per Complexity of Transition
  • Create Project Plan, Monitor and Track to Closure
  • Bring the project to a successful go-live criteria within the targeted timeline and with a well documented audit trail
  • Business Process Mapping and ensure adequacy of standard operating procedures and client specific best practices
  • Oversee knowledge transfer
  • Coordinating with operations and support functions (such as HR, Technology, Business Excellence, Service Management etc) to identify means of improving our proposals development activities
  • Stakeholder Management and interaction with client and client teams
  • Providing Status Reports on the progress of the projects, manage RAID logs and Program Management
  • Lead & delivered small to large scaled service transition & transformation projects from solutioning, knowledge transfer and stabilization in line with recognized best practice methodology - managing risk, governance, quality assurance, issue resolution, reporting.
  • Experienced in identifying Automation opportunities for different business units like financial services & Health Care across different geographies.
  • An effective leader with excellent communication, negotiation, relationship building skills and comprehensive knowledge on implementing F&A, FP&A deals

Client, Role, FTEs, Achievements

  • International Airlines, Wave Lead, 50, Automation & $ Savings
  • Chemical Industry, Wave Lead, 150, Fit gap Analysis
  • Mortgage Banking, TWE Lead, 200, On time enablement
  • Oil & Gas Industry, Wave Lead, 200, Business setup
  • Real Estate , Transition Lead, 175, Successful setup
  • Health Care, Transition Lead, 80, Successful setup

Assistant Manager

TATA Consultancy Services
10.2008 - 10.2013
  • 5 Years in Service Delivery supported for F&A for Banking, Retail and Real Estate projects
  • Successfully completed 3 US onsite Transitions and migrated the projects from onsite to offshore Delivery Centers
  • Coordination with HR, L&D team to make sure onboard the resources as planned and schedule on pre process trainings for successful transition
  • Last project handled with team size of 60 FTEs for F&A domain and successfully transitioned the project from Onshore to offshore
  • Accountable to manage Quality Management documents and manage the Internal & External audits
  • Responsible to share Process Automation ideas as aligned on contract

Senior Process Executive

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2007 - 10.2008
  • Worked for Telecommunication and Property & Causality Insurance projects
  • Creation of PON (Purchase Order Numbers) and creation of FOC (Firm Order Confirmation) to create layout on installing telephone cables for technical team
  • Successfully Transitioned P&C Insurance scope from client locations
  • Supporting Sales support team and creation of Quote, Premium and other relevant details for P&C
  • Leaded team and handling Stakeholder management was key deliverables

Financial Transaction Executive

Perot Systems Business Process Solution
10.2005 - 01.2007
  • Worked for Doctors office
  • Understand payment dues for doctors and reach out with Insurance for claims

Education

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Brussels University (JARO Educations)
Chennai/Brusseuls
09-2008

BBA - Business Administration

VHNSN College (Madurai Kamaraj University)
Virudhunagar
05-2003

No Degree - XII Th Standard - Commerce

Kendriya Vidyalaya
Kalpakkam
08-2000

Skills

  • Program Management
  • Managing Program Activities
  • Management Reporting
  • Scheduling and Coordinating
  • Managing Operations and Efficiency
  • Budgeting and Resource Management
  • Due Diligence
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Change Management
  • Business Excellence

Certification

Prince 2 Certified


Additional Information

Core Competencies:

  • Transition: Handled almost 13 Projects with different modes of the Transition and Transitioned over 1500+ FTEs
  • Role: Transition Manager and Location Lead for TWE (Technology & Work Enablement)
  • Geography: APAC, EMEA, Americas, MEISA & SSA Regions
  • Domain: F&A (PTP, RTR, & OTC) and FP&A
  • Certification: Prince 2 Certified


Contribution to Growth:

  • As part of Transition team initiatives, worked with Global leadership team and improved delivery efficiencies in Methodology
  • Continuous Learning program enriching the Domain knowledge of Transition team
  • Automation with the help of CORD, Lean and SPS across projects


Languages Known:

English, Tamil & Hindi


Passport:

Valid till June 2027


US B1 Visa:

Valid till 2028

Timeline

Senior Manager - Transition

Accenture Solution Private Limited
10.2013 - Current

Assistant Manager

TATA Consultancy Services
10.2008 - 10.2013

Senior Process Executive

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2007 - 10.2008

Financial Transaction Executive

Perot Systems Business Process Solution
10.2005 - 01.2007

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Brussels University (JARO Educations)

BBA - Business Administration

VHNSN College (Madurai Kamaraj University)

No Degree - XII Th Standard - Commerce

Kendriya Vidyalaya
Palani Kumar M