Niraj Choudhary
Sr. Program Manager
Union,KY
Summary
Sr. Program Manager with 21+ years of experience on large-scale business/system transformation programs and as part of these large transformations, helped develop clients' vision for finance and optimized processes and organizations. My experience is in finance operations, tax, business strategy, program management, process design/reengineering/automation, and Enterprise Application implementation. Experience leading global, cross-functional and cross-divisional teams of up to 15.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Sr. Program Manager
Archer Daniels Midland Company
09.2015 - Current
- Worked closely with Business, Integration Managers, IT Leads, key stakeholders, SMEs as well as cross-divisional working teams to transform finance systems/processes, deliver solutions and help drive operational improvement/optimization efforts to empower ADM's digital strategy.
- Spearheaded Finance & Tax system integration programs for multi-million dollar businesses acquired through MADJV.
- Led designing, testing, implementation and training of Tax Compliance application in a very stern timelines, resulted in saving more than half a million dollars fine from IRS and saved around 2000 hours of internal tax department annually by automating the whole process.
- Lead Quantum project for more than 1000 business units, around 5000 users across North America, South America and Europe. Designed and implemented integrations with Oracle ERP JD Edwards, IBM and TRAX. This improved overall data accuracy, governance, providing faster month end and year end close.
- Accolades from CEO for going above and beyond in solution delivery.
Consulting Manager
Deloitte Consulting LLP
03.2013 - 09.2015
- Managed multi-million dollar high-profile program with team of 15. Lead programs for large global professional services firm with 310K+ employees and $48.2B annual revenue. Lead projects in Asia, Europe and North America that streamlined client business processes by implementing Enterprise Applications on a global scale.
- Led Application Portfolio optimization program for a fortune 500 client and played a key role in rationalization of 1255+ applications, saved more than a million dollar in licensing fees, upgrade and maintenance
- Developed and implemented Advanced Cost Analyzer Application for calculating P&L balance by product, eliminated discrepancies, increased data accuracy and plugged revenue leakage, saved thousands of hours of manual work quarterly by implementing optimization and automation initiatives.
Project Lead
Tech Mahindra Ltd
04.2007 - 03.2013
- Assisted key clients of TechM in their Finance Transformation projects; provided strategic direction, project management and solution guidance on various projects.
- Conducted workshops with key business users, partners, Architect etc., for highly complex project, collecting data from a variety of sources, evaluating and interpreting data, and drawing conclusions on options.
- Mentored team members and new joiners.
- Delivered projects in Oil & Gas, Health care, Consumer and Mining & Smelting industries. Designed to-be processes, wrote FDD, collaborated with technical team to complete development and testing and led CRP, ICRP, UAT, Go-live and post go-live support for fortune 500 clients.
- Earned Outstanding Performance and Client Appreciation Award for going above and beyond in client service
Audit Manager
CM & Company
02.2002 - 11.2003
- Worked as Statutory Auditor for a leading banking institution and identified poor corporate governance, its micro finance subsidiary was practicing evergreening of loans. Saved around million dollars of the investors and customers.
- Headed Tax Audit for major health care company, ensured corporate compliance with all the applicable local, state and central tax obligations, identified significant delays in remitting tax withholdings to the Department.
- Worked as a Revenue Auditor and plugged revenue leakage for a multinational consumer goods company, resulting from inadequate internal control and lack of consistent accounting policies & procedures.
- Worked as an Internal Auditor for a Power distribution company and identified inadequate segregation of duties resulting in misappropriation of funds, significantly impacting the bottom line of the company.
Education
Chartered Accountant -
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
05.2001 - 11.2006
Bachelor of Law -
Utkal University
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Ravenshaw University
Skills
Oracle JDE SAP S/4 HANA FI/CO VERTEX BlackLine Quantum Concur TRAX MS Office Suite Visio Integration using Middleware, API's, EDI, IDOC, BSSV's, AIF Program Management Product Management Agile, Waterfall SDLC Methodologies Data Analysis Continuous Business Process Improvement Finance & Accounting Tax Compliance & Reporting External & Internal Audit SOX Reconciliation Documentation Training & Workshops
Certification
Project Management for Professionals (PMfP) from TechM Learning World.
Entrepreneurial Endeavors
Founder’s Institute, Cincinnati, OH 2019 Cohort
Graduated from Founder’s Institute with a next-gen Enterprise Business Capabilities Application start-up idea. Founded a company, developed clickable PoC, did 8 fundraising round discussions with prospective investors, but had to shut down because of lack of funding.
Voluntary Activities
Living Lands & Waters community volunteer – Cleaned-up Ohio River
Go-pantry community volunteer – Volunteered for various activities as and when needed.
Timeline
Sr. Program Manager
Archer Daniels Midland Company
09.2015 - Current
Consulting Manager
Deloitte Consulting LLP
03.2013 - 09.2015
Project Lead
Tech Mahindra Ltd
04.2007 - 03.2013
Audit Manager
CM & Company
02.2002 - 11.2003
Chartered Accountant -
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
05.2001 - 11.2006
Bachelor of Law -
Utkal University
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Ravenshaw University