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Sayali Kulkarni

Sayali Kulkarni

CA

Summary

Proficient in leading global transformation initiatives which enabled organizations to save over 400k at an average of 3 mid-size prioritized projects per quarter, increased process efficiency by 35% and enabled product releases which significantly contributed to average 10-12% increase in revenue.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
Certification
3
3
Languages

Accomplishments

  • Spearheaded 50+ projects with average cost savings of $110,000, 11% in revenue and 35% increase in operational efficiency.
  • Pioneered initiatives such as Kaizen events, successfully generating positive outlook towards internal improvements.
  • Exceptional contribution to a project for training the team on process designing and project management, twice- EY.
  • Exceptional Performance of the Quarter, for notable achievement in project implementations – Gigamon.
  • WOW Award for leading continuous improvement initiatives - Mahindra First Choice Services.

Work History

FINANCE TRANSFORMATION SENIOR PROCESS ANALYST

Gap Inc.
12.2023 - Current
  • Developed and implemented financial transformation strategies to achieve increased operational efficiency of end-to-end project lifecycle by 40%
  • Identified and led cross functional process improvement opportunities within finance functions resulting in modernization of manual processes which resulted in cost savings equivalent to 1 FTE / project
  • Created and maintained documentation for financial processes and procedures and recommended solutions based on analysis of financial data to drive decision-making and efficiency
  • Recommended solutions such as robotics process automation, natural language program, Oracle, Power BI, UiPath, SAP HANA, Alteryx and Anaplan based on the problem statement, cost vs benefit analysis and overall business case.

PROCESS EXCELLENCE SENIOR BUSINESS CONSULTANT

Ernst & Young
02.2022 - 03.2023
  • Partnered with clients' C-level executives to identify pain areas and recommended solutions with transformation roadmap, which enabled organizations to modernize internal processes and achieve 18% increase in process efficiency within a quarter
  • Developed new products for EY and contributed to acquiring new clients with deals worth $2.5 million in revenue
  • Led initiative to establish SMBC’s standard processes and procedures for their credit operations in the US, trained a team of 12 members on process mapping and business analysis, and was recognized with an award.

SENIOR BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYST

Gigamon Inc
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Designed a roadmap for strategic implementation of initiatives, established standard framework to achieve 100% PM standardization across all functions, conceptualized data-based project prioritization matrix and was recognized with an award
  • Served as a primary contact with the Subject Matter Experts (SME) and champion of their needs across the SDLC and successfully implemented software-based transformation solutions with 99% adherence to original project timelines and resources
  • Partnered with leadership for metrics establishment, analysis and establish methods for continuous quality improvement and led 25+ agile software development projects which resulted in average of $150,000 cost savings / project, 40% increase in operational efficiency and 12% increase in revenue
  • Type of projects - post M&A standardization, supply chain improvement, Salesforce (SFDC) transformations, SAP, MS D365 transformation, Partner Operations transformation.

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION CONSULTANT

Client: Silicon Valley Bank
04.2019 - 12.2019
  • Proposed transformation roadmap which covered changes in Organization Structure that resulted in sustainable distribution of responsibilities with 100% KPI coverage, and changes CRM and Self-service portal with potential to reduce the number of systems leveraged by 60%, resulting in 45% reduction of operational costs
  • Automated data transfer between remaining systems and reduced non-value adding activities by 43%.

MANAGER OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE

Equifax
01.2018 - 07.2018
  • Partnered with C-level executives to identify operational pain areas, develop strategic solutions, and prioritized 10 projects
  • Led project and process training for cross-functional teams of Customer Care, Data Scientists, and IT developers, and guided them to completion, resulting in: Increased customer retention by 55%, Increased customer satisfaction by 14%, Average of $100,000 cost savings per project, 17% increase in revenue
  • Enabled leadership to identify and finalize key metrics for their function, providing a baseline for the prioritized projects and increasing metric coverage from 20% to 100%
  • Guided a 10-person team and delivered better insights to banking clients on their Data Quality based on regular meetings.

CONSULTANT

Capgemini
02.2015 - 10.2017
  • Collaborated with cross-functional leaders to identify project data reporting pain points, designing a robust & standard future state process across European BUs
  • Reduced manual activities by 36%, improved process efficiency by 32%, increased FTR financial data accuracy to 98%, and enabled a high user adoption rate of 96% post implementation of new methodologies
  • Led in-person change management activities in Ikea, Sweden, enabling tool transition for 100+ project managers managing 3000+ engagements.

DEPUTY MANAGER BUSINESS EXCELLENCE

Mahindra First Choice Services
06.2013 - 01.2015
  • Led process improvement projects with Sales, Service, HR, Operations, SCM, Finance and Legal
  • Developed business cases, user stories, and achieved each division's annual targets such as 48% increase in brand awareness, increase in customer satisfaction index from 86% to 92% and developing new supply chain strategy to cater to in-house and franchise workshops.

Skills

  • Strategic Plan
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • Transformation Solutions
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Agile
  • Six Sigma
  • Lean
  • System Design
  • Change Management
  • KPIs
  • User Stories
  • Training
  • Risk Mitigation
  • MS Visio
  • IBM-Blueworks Live
  • ARIS
  • Lucid Chart
  • Kaizen
  • Minitab
  • Celonis
  • Mondaycom
  • JIRA
  • MS Project
  • MS Azure
  • AWS
  • Asana
  • SharePoint
  • Smartsheet
  • Clarity
  • ASPNET
  • Oracle SQL
  • SCRUM
  • Salesforce SFDC- Sales
  • SFDC-Service
  • SFDC-Finance
  • SAP
  • ERP
  • Microsoft D365
  • Domo
  • Power BI
  • Process improvement strategies
  • Workflow Management
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Training and Mentoring Experience
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Business process reengineering
  • Idea Development and Brainstorming
  • Digital Transformation
  • Team Development

Education

Master of Business Administration -

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering -

University of Mumbai

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Training

  • Agile Project Management
  • SCRUM
  • PMP
  • ASP.NET & Oracle SQL
  • Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Business Process Modeler from IBM
  • ITIL Foundation from PeopleCert
  • Process Auditor

Certification

  • Certified in ASP.NET & Oracle SQL
  • Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Certified Business Process Modeler from IBM
  • Certified in ITIL Foundation from PeopleCert
  • Certified Process Auditor

Interests

Skilled dancer, singer, and a foodie. 

Software

C

C

C#

SQL

Timeline

FINANCE TRANSFORMATION SENIOR PROCESS ANALYST

Gap Inc.
12.2023 - Current

PROCESS EXCELLENCE SENIOR BUSINESS CONSULTANT

Ernst & Young
02.2022 - 03.2023

SENIOR BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYST

Gigamon Inc
01.2020 - 01.2022

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION CONSULTANT

Client: Silicon Valley Bank
04.2019 - 12.2019

MANAGER OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE

Equifax
01.2018 - 07.2018

CONSULTANT

Capgemini
02.2015 - 10.2017

DEPUTY MANAGER BUSINESS EXCELLENCE

Mahindra First Choice Services
06.2013 - 01.2015

Master of Business Administration -

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering -

University of Mumbai

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