Narayanaswami Appadurai

Experience

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  Tata AIA Life Insurance

  Feb 2005 - May 2006

  Executive-Finance & Accounts (South)
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  Wipro

  May 2006 - May 2008

  Team Leader – Operations
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  Shell

  May 2008 - Sept 2016

  Manager- Finance Process Expert

  As a Process Expert,I provide hands on technical support in interacting with one or more engineering teams (internal/client), while supporting defined products requiring design, implementation or products&Upgrades.I also gather system enhancement requests from users; underlying structure and or standards identifying bugs and sharing the requirements with the team.For understanding business needs, I interact with BA and Technical teams. I also prepare business scenarios during requirement initiation, create test plan and schedule calendar for testing, acquire approvals for test plans to be conducted, perform UAT by executing test cases, and provide sign off.To gather insights & information sessions with ability to use these touch points to probe deeply to understand stated & unstated challenges, I work closely with client’s teams. For building team effectiveness by promoting a spirit of cooperation between team members, I manage third party technically teams.Some highlights of my profile include: Process Expert – Projects & Timewriting (PTW)● Managed Subject Matter Experts (Super Users) approx. 150+ FTE globally● Resolved process related questions/issues, validated and supported process improvement change requests● Provided Support business stakeholders (Process Owners/Architects) efforts to assess and improve process execution, performance and/or design● Covered the whole SERP (SAP) enhancement Process (Prepare business case till business readiness activity)● Provided for all phases of SAP system implementation including prepare to deploy, deploy, stabilize, sustain, improve and retrofit● Liaised with other support teams globally ● Provided expertise regarding End to End process execution and related information technologies/systems ● Measured progress by working with Process Owner and process teams, monitored dashboards to determine progress and assess KPIs to recommend correct actions Show less

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  Voonik

  Oct 2016 - Apr 2018

  Senior Manager - Financial Processes

  **(Acquired by ShopUp)Risk Management and Issue Assessment: Create and promote the requirement of a risk-based control framework and risk-based assurance model for Finance and Operation teams. Implementation: Support functional managers on unit level in the implementation of steering documents and working methods. Process Improvement: Identify improvements in working methods, together with the functional managers, to continuously improve efficiency. Solution Assessment: Eliciting, translating, and documenting business, functional and non-functional requirements for one or more complex process areas and communicating with influence and persuasion as necessary to reach agreement. Steering Documents: Creating business requirement documents to ensure technical specifications can be developed. Documenting specification, user manuals, procedures, and other relevant information SAP Implementation: Gathering and analyzing business & functional specifications for translation into a detailed design document.Project Management: Established process in all steam of Finance as well as in Operations and implemented ‘best practice’ processes across the organization to ensure effectiveness resulting in reduced costs and improved service delivery Issue Mitigation: Collaborating with other engineering groups to discuss and review the proposed software issues, changes, and suggestions to processes and products and exert significant latitude in determining objectiveService Delivery: Develop and execute strategic improvement plans for Service Deliver Excellence as well as cost savings for ongoing projects Resource requirement planning including future projections, selection processing and approvals for appropriate projects in pipeline Show less

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  Medlife.com

  May 2018 - Jun 2019

  Program Manager - Planning & Financial Management

  **(Acquired by PharmEasy)Risk Management and Issue Assessment: Create and promote the requirement of a risk-based control framework and risk-based assurance model for Finance and Operation teams. Warehouse/Store Management: Work with Pharmacist/WH/Store Managers for the completion of all applicable documentation specific to warehouse/Stores’’ process/product implementations in order to establish ‘Best Practice’ models Project Management: Established process in all steam of Finance as well as in Operations and implemented ‘best practice’ processes across the organization to ensure effectiveness resulting in reduced costs and improved service delivery Strategic Planning: Built executive relationships within client base, articulated and strategies, created demand and led customer discussions to advance the upsell opportunities. Internal Controls: Responsible for creating and maintain Internal control framework and support the Chief Financial officer(CFO) in the process to design and deploy of standard controls Research and Analysis: Conducted in-depth study to identify the requirements of the client, provided periodic review of services availed and recommended suitable offerings in different departments and branches of the client. Session Planning: Drove planning sessions to ensure a client is able to fully leverage the platform to meet their performance and operational efficiency goals. Conducted quarterly business reviews and check-in points with key clients Show less

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  Flipkart

  Jun 2019 - Mar 2021

  Compliance ManagementRegulatory ComplianceGlobal GovernanceRisk ManagementAudit & Global Investigation Stakeholder ManagementControllership Reporting & Control analytics (Global)Due DiligenceBudget & Cost ControlInternal ControlsProject ManagementKnowledge Management Organizational Development (OD)Interventions

  • Associate Director - Ethics and Compliance

    Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Senior Manager - Ethics and Compliance

    Jun 2019 - Mar 2021
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  Universal Sportsbiz Private Limited

  Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

  Head Of Compliance
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  Confidential

  Apr 2022 - now

  Third Party Compliance Manager (APAC, China & Europe)