Vedavyas Chennakeshavapura

25+ years experience : 17 yrs in BPO - Operations & Solution Design ...... 6 yrs in audit & consulting ..... 3 yrs in core accounting and finance related Accenture : Nov 2008 to date Sep 22 to date - Solution Architect : F&A, CaaS Offerings Sep 17 to Sep 22 - Cost Architect (till Mar'20) & Support Solution Architect - Associate Manager -Solution design support -Costing input & analysis -Response development and operations support -Support for analytics available in tool set, costing quality checks, solution drivers, etc… -Support the Solution Lead or Senior Solution Architect in solution presentation and approvals -Prepare cost summary data for the deal and send it to pricing -Detail review on costing and pricing with deal team, transition team, Technology team, PMO and service reporting team -Preparing Benchmark reporting for F&A opportunities Dec 15 to Aug 17 - Solution Enablement Cost Architect : Managing costing solution across offerings like F&A, Proc Ops, HR, Banking, Capacity Services, etc. Enabling greater Buyer values (Client Value) & optimizing internally the cost to serve (both in terms of efficiency & Cost). Apr 11 to Nov 15 - Assistant Manager for F&A Outsourcing engagement with a leading banking client. Transitioned & managed F&A process. On the panel of "Recon Champion Network" for the client and helping to build world class recon process and systems. In charge of entire deal Business Excellence as well as other Value added initiatives. Nov 08 - Mar 11 - Assistant Manager for F&A Outsourcing engagement with a leading travel industry global client. Managed F&A general accounts. Lead projects for clean up of IC & Property related accounts. GEMS Education, Dubai (Oct 2007- Oct 08) as Accounts Officer: In charge for an international school (2000+ pupil) for day to day operations including treasury management, payroll, budget preparation and control, MIS, ERP development. Accenture -Mar 2004-Sep 2007: Team Lead (2004-6) & then Assistant Manager (2006-7) - Operations at Accenture - transitioned & managed Inter-company accounts in Retail & Marketing segment and Joint venture billing in production segment for a global Fortune 500 oil producing client OKS Speciality Lubricants (I) P Ltd (Apr 01 to Mar 04) as Accountant - in charge of entire accounting function including taxation, audit, factory at Mysore etc. Gnanoba & Bhat, CAs, Bangalore (Sep 97-Mar 01) : Senior Audit Assistant - Independently handled various types of audits, due diligence, Six Sigma projects Upendra & Co, CAs, (94-97) : Articleship under ICAI