Priyanka Kothapally

• General Administration & Management

Skilful in heading, administrating Human Resources, Finance, Accounts, and Procurement. Good at preparing strategy, implementation roadmap by defining timelines, resource planning, cross team collaboration, service level agreements and key measures for achieving business goals. Adequate at ensuring deadlines are achieved and can prioritize well in context of competing timelines.

• Project Management and implementation

Co-led various Agricultural, Rural and Telangana State level projects. One of them was co-partnering with UNDP India to capture traditional climate resilience practices by farmers in Telangana, that will be presented to the Government of Telangana, India as a knowledge product for policy making. Single handedly put together the Telangana State Start-up Ranking 2021 project data reports by extending timely collaboration towards on time completion of the project.

Supported business management projects by monitoring and tracking risks, issues and action items.

• Support extended to the Management

Good at cultivating and managing relationships at different levels and with a variety of partners external to the organization. Independently could set-up an internal framework for employee hiring, conduct interviews, draft reports and documents to improve correspondence to management, schedule coordination and recordkeeping. Experience in building consortiums, collaboration with stakeholders from multilateral organizations, government, development partners, and industry partners. Processed vital documentation, completed forms, obtained appropriate legal and Tax compliance and authorization for services.

Skilled in budget management, facing company account audits by putting up the data

workflow, portfolio reviews, due diligence, and forecasting. Proficiency in data analysis and business risk identification

• Interpersonal Communication

Demonstrates good listening and interpersonal skills like empathy, flexibility, and diplomacy. Interacted well with business clients, Eco-system partners, start-ups, Innovators to build connections and nurture relationships. Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.

• Oversaw and improved deliveries through proactive coordination of daily operations.

• Evaluated department performance, provided inputs to address inefficiencies in Human Resources department, and reports to assist senior staff. Developed and updated tracking spreadsheets for process monitoring and reporting. Maintained accurate records and documentation of project and submitted it to organization.

• Shadowed CEO to understand Business operations, strategy and implementations. Analyzed industry trends and tracked competitor activities to inform decision making. Submitted detailed report and presentation on collaboration, learnings and processes.

• Black-listed websites which are phishing for Google products. Cultivated relationships with industry leaders and within company to share tips and information. Installed system updates to address vulnerabilities and reduce security issues.

• Supported productivity increase and business growth through new hire training and mentoring. Monitored participant workflow and behaviors throughout training process. Developed effective training plans based on department needs and objectives. Introduced standardized training for cohesive learning environments.