Jaikumar A Thirmal Raj, PMP

Experience

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  Southern Motors Pvt Ltd

  Nov 2001 - Dec 2002

  Management Trainee

  Trained in service at the Mahindra, Hindustan Motors and Mitsubishi passenger car divisions.Customer care executive for Mitsubishi passenger car Service & Sales division.

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  Bosch India

  Jan 2003 - Sept 2008

  Senior Engineer - Technical Sales

  Led major fuel injection system development projects (Common Rail and Mechanical systems) for multinational vehicle manufacturer. Drove R&D projects through production. Managed sales and product development of Diesel System products and software. Coordinated external and internal customers. Handled logistics, inventory management, procurement, and production planning.• Opened major new revenue stream by leading project management of €10 million development project to bring Indian car manufacturer in compliance with US standards; drove project from acquisition through client needs analysis and production requirements through testing and rollout.• Generated reporting using different SAP tools to capture planned resources and capacity allocations prior to project acquisition and during project execution. Show less

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  The Leonardo and The Utah Science Center

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Projects & Information Technology Manager

  Led set-up of The Leonardo Arts and Science Centre and promoting interest in Science education in Utah middle and high schools through hands on experiments and exhibits. • Leveraged knowledge of business infrastructure and operations to enable launch of new nonprofit arts and science center.• Built technology infrastructure, procurement team, and business systems during high-growth ramp-up period for what is now a renowned and innovative museum.

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  Goldman Sachs

  Apr 2010 - May 2017

  Oversee project management and business analysis initiatives focused on refining processes and risk management to improve business efficiency. Manage team of analysts performing credit risk analysis. Define strategy as liaison with senior leadership from Technology, Operations and various Controller groups, as well as trading desks enterprise-wide (New York, India, Japan). Drive business analysis and continuous improvement of processes to gain efficiencies. Spearhead multiple projects in the face of changing regulations.• Freed up $200 million in capital by driving improved business analysis and forecasting to ensure compliance and minimize risk while maximizing capital flow in highly regulated environment.• Improved staff morale and motivation by establishing PMO strategies that standardized operations to reduce redundancy and increase efficiency.• Led technology initiatives to continuously develop new applications that improve accuracy and timeliness of credit risk-based capital calculations; acted as liaison and subject matter expert to relay end-user needs and build business requirement documents for technology teams. Show less Served as project manager within PMO for various departments within Finance Division. Led business analysis and project management of financial systems and software development projects that impacted organizational change across multiple departments, including technology initiatives to meet rules established by the Dodd-Frank Act. Provided Big Data impact analysis for testing new mapping software logic. Drove full project management lifecycle, including creating business requirements documents and project management plans, coordinating across the firm, tracking progress, evaluating risk, and creating exhaustive testing plans.• Successfully launched new reporting system following federal mandate to upgrade within 6 months; led analysis and mapping of millions of lines of data, tested, and launched in 3 months.• Liaised with senior leadership from Technology and various controller groups to define regulatory project strategy; documented daily workflows, mapped processes, and documented gap-analysis. Show less Improved operational efficiencies and data quality by driving various project management initiatives. Completed Software Project Management, UAT Testing, and Production Rollout in coordination with various divisions. Communicated project status to PWM Steering Committee. Moderated weekly cross-regional Ops/Tech meetings to communicate and prioritize resolution of production issues and project deliverables. Managed month-end and year-end client reporting activities.• Improved efficiency of reporting team by liaising across team to identify reporting schedules and allocate staffing resources.• Acted as project manager over Portfolio Accounting and Tax for firm-wide initiative to meet IRS regulations as per The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. • Built out technology platform that enabled automated completion of new requirement for portfolio accounting and tax group, eliminating need for 10 new hires to manually calculate cost basis and profit loss.• Led scripting and testing of close to 200 test scripts for calculating cost basis for various options scenarios; tool was successfully launched. Show less

  • Associate - Capital Analysis, Planning and Reporting

    Feb 2016 - May 2017

  • Associate - Controllers Technology Office

    May 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Associate, Operations Division

    Apr 2010 - Apr 2014
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  Autoliv

  May 2017 - now

  Overseeing Account Management for seatbelt and steering wheel safety technology for the Nissan Business Unit. Responsible for all aspects of technical sales, financials and client relationship. Project Manager responsible for Application and Development of Knee Airbag technology at Autoliv North America. Overseeing multi-year product development projects from acquisition to product release - with teams spanning across Japan, India, Mexico and the United States.

  • Commercial Manager

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Account Manager - Autoliv North America

    Sept 2019 - Jul 2022

  • Project Manager - Autoliv North America

    May 2017 - Jan 2020