Prashant Sharma, PMP

Experience

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  Interface Financial Services Ltd.

  Jun 1996 - Mar 1998

  Manager (Corporate Finance)

   Initiated, nurtured and serviced the relationship with corporate, institutional and high networth clients to assist them in raising and utilising long and short term resources. Financial products and services dealt with was Term Loans, Project Finance, G-Sec dealings, Mutual Funds, Inter Corporate Deposits, Bills Discounting, Certificate of Deposits, Loans against securities etc

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  Deloitte Haskins & Sells

  Apr 1998 - Jul 2000

  Deputy Manager (Corporate Finance)

   Carried out consulting assignment for various reputed clients in varied capacities through entire consulting process i.e., business prospecting, drafting proposals, advising and assisting, writing reports and making presentations Have worked on multiple assignments involving valuations, turnarounds, business and financial restructuring, investment management, mergers and acquisitions, special audits, diagnostic studies etc for various clients, illustrative list of which includes General Motors, Gujarat Electricity Board, Stock Holding Corporation of India, Arvind Mills, NIRMA, Bank of Baroda, Sayaji Iron and Steel Industries, Ashok Organics Ltd., Insutech Industries etc Show less

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  Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

  Aug 2000 - Jul 2001

  Assistant Faculty

   Programme Director and Faculty for Bankers and Investors training on “Advanced Techniques in Project Appraisal and Entrepreneur Assessment” Team under various programmes in the area of Banking, Business Finance, Management Accounting, Financial Analysis and Member of UNIDO organized Cluster Development Programme, which is funded by Government of Italy and by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and conducted by EDI Team member in European union – India Economic Cross-Cultural Programme for “Entrepreneurship Training and Information Exchange for Small Businesses in India and Europe” Show less

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  VM Patel Institute of Management,

  Jan 2002 - Mar 2004

  Lecturer (Finance)

  Teaching, Training and Research in the areas of Finance and allied areas.

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  LJ Institute of Management,

  Aug 2004 - Apr 2005

  Senior Lecturer (Finance)

  Teaching, Training and Research in Finance and allied areas.

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  Xavier Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management

  Jan 2006 - Apr 2007

  Assistant Professor (Finance)

  Had a progressive stint in academia that involved teaching Finance and allied disciplines to post graduate and doctoral students, training and conducting management development programmes for senior and middle level corporate executives and banking professionals, writing academic papers, and participating in academic conferences

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  MarketLine (Datamonitor) Ltd., Unit of Informa plc (LSE: INF)

  May 2007 - Jan 2010

  Senior Analyst (Company & Market Intelligence - Business Research and Financial Scorecards)

   Managed research responsibility for more than 3,000 world’s largest Company profiles including SWOT & Strategy sections across different key verticals, financial datasets, research snippets, company compendiums etc with timely delivery and highest quality standards  Worked on high variable scorecard project based on financial metrics to benchmark global BFSI companies across various segments and geographies Supported team to conduct company and industry research  Constructed financial models based on financial statements and other parameters and operations of the companies Reviewed Country PESTLE reports, economic analysis, and country statistics  Wrote, reviewed and edited news and other sections relating to deals (mergers and acquisitions, buy-outs and buy-ins), trends and developments in the BFSI domain Worked through several databases like Factiva, Bloomberg, Prowess, FactSet, Capital IQ, and Datastream. Show less

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  MarketLine (Datamonitor) Ltd., Unit of Informa plc (LSE: INF),

  Feb 2010 - Jul 2012

  Associate Project Manager (Company & Market Intelligence - Business Research)

   Supported R&A Director in developing new research products, media responses, press releases, improving delivery platforms and preparation of presentations (decks and reports) Developed a comprehensive “Regional Attractiveness Matrix”, an internal strategic support tool to global resources allocation Led a team of 37 associates consisting of Senior Analysts, Analysts, and Associate Analysts  Wrote on related business and corporate developments and have been quoted on a number of occasions in media space in Economic Times, Bloomberg, Biospectrum Journal, Express Pharma, Business & Economy magazine to name a few Guided Market & Competitive Intelligence team in research methodology for their primary and secondary research and to conduct studies related to market structures, market sizing, forecasts, key trends and drivers, relative market shares, competitive landscape and value chain presence Show less

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  Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: CTSH),

  Aug 2012 - now

  Research Manager (Service Delivery, Business Research and Consulting)

   Assisting senior leadership that includes but not limited to sourcing and leading comprehensive research projects, MIS reporting, Research Portfolio and Program Management, Service Deliveries, Business Development (Pre-Sales support, responding to RFPs, RFIs and RFQs), Account mining, Business operations and Strategy formulations Managing a big ticket end-to-end research account involving a mosaic of research products (Market, Industry and Company Research Reports, Databases etc) with a business value of $4m +. Owning quality norms in adherence to SLAs and operational delivery standards  Developing thought leadership point of views Generating actionable insights from available data using analytics tools and techniques Writing reports and presentations  Supporting Strategy & Operations consulting team as subject matter expert (SME)  Engaging different projects from time to time in research, analysis and consulting domains  Leading a high volume “Ask-an-Analyst” counter that resolves multiple client and non-client queries Building and developing teams Aligning with the Cognizant Academy to deliver relevant training programmesKey Contributions and Achievements: Introduced and implemented better process management yielding fall in turnaround time eventually resulted in additional billings Revised standard operating procedures that brought quality improvement  Resolved critical client queries that enhanced the satisfaction levels, and helped maintaining higher renewal and retention rateContributed strongly to Knowledge Management of the unit Launched detailed financial analysis database product (Datapacks) as an add-on that generated cross-sell and up-sell possibilities  Received honors and awards under “Rewards & Recognition” programme for intellectual excellence and customer support Show less