Rajat Narang

Experience

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  Domino's Pizza

  Dec 2010 - Aug 2011

  Associate Manager (Operations)

  • Led a team of 15, allocated individual responsibilities and ensured smooth running of the restaurant • Involved in accounting and forecasting sales and forming business strategies accordingly to deal with uncertainties• Responsible for waste and cost reduction to increase margins, Initiated recording of wastage and forecasted lean hours thereby reducing electricity and Gas consumption expenditure by 20% • Undertook a challenge and succeeded in 3 months to turn around the restaurant from negative monthly EBIDTA to a positive EBIDTA of approx.300000 by increasing revenue by 75% and decreasing costs Show less

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  Goa Institute of management

  Jan 2012 - Mar 2014

  Student

  • Represented GIM in CFA Institute Global Research Challenge – Equity Research and prepared a sell side research report on Zee Entertainment Ltd (ZEEL)• Central Bank of India-A corporate social responsibility project which involved in helping the underprivileged sectors in getting benefit from Govt. schemes• Prepared a report on Ratio Analysis of Ranbaxy labs• Presented a paper “An Analysis of communication skills in Pizza Delivery Sector”• Assessed and analyzed The Business Environment of Airline industry to Identify factors affecting Industry growth• Core committee member of Rated Films (the Movie Club of GIM) responsible for screening movies on campus focusing on learning through movies and promoting recreational activities on campus• Keen Gamer and secured 1st position in Counter Strike Competition held in GIM Show less

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  Central Bank of India

  Apr 2013 - May 2013

  Summer Intern

  • Assessed the current service model and gathered adequate data to analyze and reduce the gap in value perceived by customers and perception of value delivered• Implemented the Servqual Model using RATER scale across 10 branches to identify gaps in the service quality • Evaluated and Reported the gaps and pain points which were reducing the customer engagement with the bank

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  Cognizant

  May 2014 - now

  Consultant with Finance Solutions Consulting practice at Cognizant Business Consulting with a focus on Business Process Transformation, ERP Assessment, Roadmap and Implementation• Experience in ERP Financials, accounting process flows and Supply chain processes with profound understanding of business processes around Record to Report, Acquire to Retire, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, AR, AP, GL, FA, Costing, Budgeting & Forecasting• Expertise in Requirements Elicitation, Business Analysis, Business Processes Transformation and Bench-marking• Successful track record in executing consulting projects in areas such as ERP Assessment and envisioning, IT strategy and System implementation• Authoring BRD’s, FRD’s, Process flow diagrams, Business Case and other project collateral's• NetSuite ERP functional experience (2 end to end Implementations), along with visualizing the designs and executing custom solutions for functionalities not available “Out of Box”• Experience in leading a team of functional and technical resourcesAdditional contributions specific to Domain/Business Unit• Business development/Marketing initiatives - Lead the Bidding process from Offshore with over $3 mn worth of wins over a period of 3 years• Bench-marking study– Prepared Cross Industry and Cross Company Financial Bench-marking for Financial Year - End Closing Process using secondary data of over 300 companies published by APQC• Industry Trends and Process differentiators – Drafted Business Process Flows used across Industries and Process Differentiators for specific industries• Consulting Accelerators – Drafted a Vendor Evaluation Framework used for Consulting engagements to analyze and select best fit product out of shortlisted solutions• Cost Benefit Analyses – Created a Cost benefit analysis framework to calculate benefit projections of IT investment and Payback period without considering the time value of money Show less Strong analytical skills; support business operations through analysis and ability to understand and appreciate technology to facilitate in bridging the gap between business and technology teams• Requirements Elicitation and prioritization with client SME’s• Analyze, understand and document Current Architecture (As- Is)• Propose a future Architecture that would align with future strategies of client (To – Be)• Create Kick off Decks and Workshop presentations• Prepare End - User training material• Business development & Marketing initiatives - Proactively leading the Bidding (pre sales) process from Offshore. Creating RFP responses and Orals deck for existing as well as new clients• Marketing Collaterals – Designed a Brochure for a Retail client highlighting enhancements developed, Created Finance Newsletter in the area of Financial Transformation, showcasing Projects delivered by our team Show less

  • Senior Manager

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Manager

    Jul 2019 - now

  • Sr. Consultant

    Jul 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Business Analyst

    May 2014 - Jul 2016