An accomplished multi-faceted result oriented professional with 2 decades of vast experience in business operations and general management of Companies and people delivering sustained organizational growth in dynamic environments, driving vision and achieving critical strategic goals set by the organizations with functional best practices involving as a key integral part of business operations.
Extensive diverse industry exposure comprising of logistics, financial services, international development, NGO, IT,Manufacturing & Services and infrastructure sectors managing revenues and growth targets with a proven track record of success. Efficiently managed business and project operations worth $20 Million USD, besides achieving revenue and growth targets. Major responsibilities covering these sectors are predominantly in the areas of corporate and organizational administration, business operations, financial management, project / program management office, account & general management.
• Responsible for primary market operations for the zonal office for the state of Andhra Pradesh. • Identified potential market segments and developed wide range of channel & distribution network, initiated, established and monitored branches and iinvolved in due-diligence support in pre issue management, distribution and sourcing/procurement in post issue management. • Managed and sourced wide range of IPO’s, allied financial products and services through channel and distribution network, retail individuals, HNI, financial institutions and effectively handled portfolios, CRM and maintained revenue generation leading a team of executive and trainees • Monitoring of receivable & payables, authorise bills and forward approvals for disbursement and overall general administration.
• Coordinate and interact with the client (Government of Andhra Pradesh) for implementation and execution of the project covering restructuring, privatization and disinvestments supported by the World Bank and funded by the Department for International Development (DFID). • Management of overall operations of project management office covering office administration, finance & budget, Procurements & outsourcing, contract management, HR, facilities, services and other critical areas in the day-to-day affairs reporting to the Project Director based in H O (London, UK). • Monitor itineraries and coordinate work schedules of visiting subject matter expatriates for project based visits and meetings. Work along with multiple internal and external stakeholders. • Oversee financial management of the project comprising of forwarding monthly budget, authorize bill & establishments, operational expenditure and fund disbursement.
Centre for Action Research and People’s Development
August 2005
to August 2007
Hyderabad
India
• Overall management of administrative operations such as monitoring of programs, field staff, facilities, services and logistics. • Manage fund administration, budget management and regulate disbursement of funds on day-to-day basis. Monitoring and formulating budgets & conduct analysis to determine the difference between projected and actual expenditure. • Coordinate, interface and liaise with the related stakeholders and supervise field staff for project execution
• Manage day-to-day general and financial management, business operations and sourcing, monitoring of ITES projects and call center process. • Operations, Administration, HR, Recruitment, personnel and payroll management and facilities. • Administer contracts, invoices, receivables & payables, salaries and other disbursements. • Coordinate and act as a SPOC between on-site development support team, technical head, outsourcing service providers and client.
• Oversee day-to-day operations,general management, HR and personnel administration and other business operational matters. • Administer financial management such as maintenance of Vouchers, Receivables & Payables, Invoicing and estimations, physical stock taking, MIS and report generation other business operational matters. • Procurement of materials and work force from vendors/suppliers and scheduled disbursements as required. Timely site visits for monitoring of construction as against the schedules agreed upon. Providing business support, relationship with suppliers, Liaison with external agencies and bankers, Pre-audit and coordinate with external auditor for statuary audit.
• Managed recruitment processes, personnel management, staff supervision, training, development and welfare, administered payroll & disbursement, exit clearance and assisted in the recruitment of senior consultants. • Coordinate, interface and work along with project consultants of the client, senior administrative staff, expatriates, establish rapport and maintain relations with stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Administered planning the budget forecast for a healthy fund management, authorized and regulated receivables & payables, invoices, bills and establishments for disbursement of funds. Oversee comprehensive financial statements such as monthly budgets, compilation of receipts & payments and periodic budgetary variances analysis statements. Timely Interaction and Coordinate with the finance department and Interact with internal and external audit teams, compliances if any and action taken report (ATR). • Coordinate with relevant departments for deployment of funds on a schedule basis and provide support to staff and different departments of the project and ensured all appropriate financial procedures are maintained. • Managed and maintained receipts and payments of sale proceeds, and dis-investments of the enterprises worth $100 Million USD and acted as a custodian and advise investments.
• Management of all administrative operations such as coordinating, planning and directing across departments supporting organizational business administrative functions, budgetary administration, procurement, contract management, maintenance of the assets, guest house, project vehicles, services and other operational logistics. • Managed and streamlined business administrative network operations and significantly improved organizational effectiveness with customer focused, account management, CRM, sourcing, administered branch management, distribution and MIS. Liaise and interact with banks, financial institutions and a large number of stakeholders. • Implemented innovative programs, market research, staff training and development procedures, identified clients, matched the requirements to solutions with ensured customer satisfaction by achieving high serviced quality norms. • Designed and implemented strategic manuals, standard project operational procedures and financial guidelines, executed and maintained program management processes and disciplines with overall responsibilities of project management office (PMO) operations covering administration, financial management, sourcing of services and facilities, procurement & vendor management, resource & personnel management and monitoring and evaluation. • Effectively identified potential service providers/vendors and resourcefully interacted with global consulting companies and individual firms for outsourcing of time bound assignments, efficiently managed wide range of services comprising selecting, negotiating, managing SOW/SLA’s, performance & delivery management and managed “end to end” ongoing project based outsourcing services worth $5Million USD. • Successfully administered business and project operations, achieved revenues, growth targets and managed finances and project operational management, coordination, liaison & public relations, organized, conducted investor’s meets, pre-post bid conferences and focus group sessions in the employments taken till date.