Upendra K Kothuru
Summary
Dynamic and highly motivated professional with a passion for driving operational excellence and enriching organizational efficiency. Extensive experience as an accomplished Executive Operational Manager, Delivery Manager, and Scrum Master. Keen eye for solving complex challenges, optimizing processes, and contributing to strategies that enable the delivery of critical projects within timelines, fostering organizational growth. Shaped by a relentless pursuit of excellence, strategic vision, and a commitment to results-driven leadership. Offers a unique blend of technical prowess, strategic thinking, and strong leadership skills. Poised to make a significant impact in any organization, proving as a valuable asset.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Core Software Technologies Inc.
07.2022 - Current
- Organize and facilitate core Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
- Guide the team in understanding and following Agile/Scrum principles and values to ensure smooth delivery of workloads
- Help teams break down project tasks into manageable sprints aligned with the project timeline and goals
- Promote accountability and ownership among team members to deliver high-quality deliverables
- Work closely with Product Owners to prioritize the backlog, clarify project objectives, and ensure alignment with business needs
- Ensure the deliverables meet acceptance criteria and support business functionalities, such as Azure Cloud implementation for modernization
- Encourage teams to adopt the best practices in development, testing, and deployment to optimize efficiency
- Analyze team performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and propose actionable steps during retrospectives
- Monitor project timelines to ensure deliverables are on schedule and escalate delays when necessary
- Used Azure DevOps platform to track sprint progress, backlog items, team capacity, create azure dashboards for generating reports and key performance metrics
- Ensure that modernization efforts align with business objectives, including introducing new functionalities and improving operational efficiency
- Promote a customer-centric mindset to deliver a product that meets or exceeds end-user expectations
Delivery Manager / Scrum Master
EIS Technologies Inc.
06.2018 - 05.2022
- Oversee end-to-end delivery of EIS Time Entry System & Reporting Tool, ensuring alignment with business goals while facilitating Scrum ceremonies and Agile best practices.
- Manage team capacity, remove impediments, and facilitate cross-functional communication to optimize workflow and efficiency.
- Coordinate integrations with payroll and project management systems, oversee user acceptance testing, and maintain high-quality standards
- Identify and mitigate project risks, maintain risk registers, and ensure proper documentation of system features, training materials, and best practices.
- Provide regular progress updates to senior management, manage expectations, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
Executive Operational Manager
EIS Technologies Inc.
11.2010 - 05.2018
- Direct reporting to the CEO
- Single point of contact for all employees’ needs with respect to payroll, accounting, banking operations and Immigration
- Responsible for managing daily operational activities, coordinating & formulating policies for the use of human resources and materials
- Supporting in reaching the management’s long and short-term goals of the organization by working closely with the Finance and Human Resources departments
- Managing and directing EIS’s technical and physical assets
- Manage work orders
- Prepare & review external and internal reporting support schedules for fixed assets, intangible assets/liabilities, and depreciation expense
- Ensuring prompt resolution of employee grievances to maintain cordial management-employee relations and achieve dedication by workers
- Managing finance functions, determining financial objectives, policies, conducting cost analysis and reporting variances to facilitate internal financial control
- Plan and develop organizational policies and goals, analyze budgets to reduce costs and make recommendations for allocating the operating budget
- Liaising and co-ordination with statutory auditors & Tax auditors to ensure appropriate and adequate monitoring of company finances
- Single point of contact for all Immigration needs, compiling the documentation, working with attorney offices
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of the corporate handbook
- Preparing checks and processing payments to the vendors concerned
- Initiation and approving ACH payments to both employees and vendors
- Initiation and approving Wire Transfers through online banking
- Maintaining Payroll records and processing bi-weekly and monthly payroll of the employees & contractors
- Worked closely with the CPA Offices for finalizing the books P & L, balance sheet and ratio analysis
- Generating Invoices and billing customers in QuickBooks Online
- Following up with the employees and contractors for the approved timesheets
- Reconcile different bank accounts monthly
- Prepare and audit financial statements, audit reports, sales invoices, balance sheet and debtors reconciliation to keep close track of financial performance
- Create and maintain a monthly and annual operating budget
- Monitor cash flow and ensure that funds are arranged in cost effective manner after projecting accurate cash forecast and eliminating cash in hand shortage
- Responsible for administration of the finance department and maintaining coordination between various other internal departments for smooth functioning
- Report key issues and concerns to CEO to take corrective measures
Operational Manager & Authorized Signatory
EiS Technologies Private Limited
01.2007 - 11.2010
- Management of Company finances and HR Operations
- Coordinating with CA & CS Offices for preparing annual tax returns & finalizing on filing the returns
- Monthly Payroll management, Vendor Management – sending out Invoices, collecting checks/payments and remitting them
- Analyzing revenues and expenses on monthly basis
- Generating different financial reports on a monthly basis
- Coordinating with the Government agencies for meeting statutory compliances
- Design and implement systems, policies, and procedures to comply for gaining internal financial control
- Providing inputs into the accounting and controlling process for affiliate branches/regions including postings and cost analysis
- Preparation of annual budgets with controls to prevent overage
- Contributed to the process improvements to shape the organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow
- Contributed to direct initiatives to improve work environment, company culture or overall business strategy
- Prepare/review external and internal reporting support schedules for fixed assets, intangible assets/liabilities, and depreciation expenses
Manager – Operations
Team Management Solutions
04.2002 - 11.2006
- Headed the collections activities for the major banks and financial institutions like HSBC, ABN AMRO BANK, BAFL
- Managed a team of 20 collection agents working closely to train, motivate and improve their skills as needed and meet the business requirements
- Liaising between businesses and customers to collect debts and resolve outstanding balances
- Track all the repayment schedules of the debtors and ensure to meet the deadlines for successful collections/repayments
Manager – Administration
Shanti Group of Institutions
03.1997 - 03.2002
- Defining business plans, marketing strategies and implementing the defined strategies
- Managed a team of 12 faculties and 4 lab faculties
- Scheduling the classes and assign the faculty for the students depending upon the time slots they have opted for
- Screening, interviewing, and recruiting the faculties and lab-faculties
- Maintenance of the systems and network in the computer Lab
- Overall responsibility of the center
- Preparation of the Budget report every month
Education
MBA -
Alagappa University
Bachelor of Science -
Osmania University
Skills
- Global Expansion
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Process Optimization
- Change Management
- Team Leadership
- Risk Mitigation
- Agile
- Lean Agile
- SCRUM
- Azure DevOps
- Jira
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint
- Tally
- QuickBooks Online
- Intuit Full-Service Payroll
- ADP Run
- Workday HCM
- Workday Payroll
- Workday Recruiting
- Workday Report Writing
- Workday Integration
- Management and Operational Expertise
- Recruitment & Resourcing
- Finance & Accounting
- Payroll Management
- People Management
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Domainlevelskills
- Project Management, Strong project coordination abilities with comprehensive understanding of business systems.
- Management and Operational Expertise (HR, Finance & Accounting), Proven leadership in both executive and specialized roles, demonstrating expertise in managing and optimizing operational function.
- Recruitment & Resourcing, Co-ordinate, Identify, plan and supervise the recruiting process of employees/resources for various Business Units per the Organizational needs.
- Finance & Accounting, Expert on all facets of Finance functions with emphasis on cash flow and management accounts including banking and payroll.
- Payroll Management, Proficiency using Intuit full-service Payroll, ADP Run, ADP Workforce.
- People Management, Exemplifying leadership and Collaboration by working with all departments to develop strong relationships with employees to strive towards a common goal.
Personal Information
Immigration Status: US Citizen
Timeline
Scrum Master
Core Software Technologies Inc.
07.2022 - Current
Delivery Manager / Scrum Master
EIS Technologies Inc.
06.2018 - 05.2022
Executive Operational Manager
EIS Technologies Inc.
11.2010 - 05.2018
Operational Manager & Authorized Signatory
EiS Technologies Private Limited
01.2007 - 11.2010
Manager – Operations
Team Management Solutions
04.2002 - 11.2006
Manager – Administration
Shanti Group of Institutions
03.1997 - 03.2002
Bachelor of Science -
Osmania University
MBA -
Alagappa University
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