Quality Project

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ABHINAV KAUL

Permanent and Present Address: Q-7/15, Ground Floor, DLF Phase-II, Gurgaon, Haryana- 122002 +91-981******* * ********@*****.*** Date of Birth: 13th April, 1982 Nationality: Indian

OBJECTIVE

To inspire the human capital in an organization to engage in broad-based thinking and envisaging so as to enable them to become the firm's repository of knowledge and the engine central to its competitive advantage and organizational success.

WORK EXPERIENCE

S&P Global Market Intelligence - April 2007 to Present (10 Years)

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Currently involved in training, mentoring, reviewing and enhancing the productivity and quality performance of a team of 21 researchers located in Gurgaon, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

Involved in decision making process of setting up the productivity and quality standards for the researchers.

Handling ad hoc requests assigned by European and Asian clients. Collection, formatting, cleansing, maintenance, updating, selection, reporting and basic analysis of data sourced from news articles, press releases and SEC filings.

Monitoring & reporting on standards & performance targets. Arranging & chairing weekly team meetings, focusing on targets & achievements. Implementing new initiatives in the Corporate Data process.

Preparing daily workloads for staff and coordinating the daily allocation of work. Motivating the team to achieve high standards and KPI targets with respect to Defect per Unit (DPU) model.

Performing due diligence every month and eliminating the guideline related discrepancies among the team members.

Providing prompt and accurate information on individual performance to the Process Director.

Involved in private companies’ and investment firms’ native names consolidation. The request is received through mails from the Financial Language Editor based out in Manila and Buenos Aires, and London divisions of S&P Global.

Performing quality checks on the deliverables, mentoring and training the new hires and developing the knowledge repository.

Developing measurement system analysis of the QA team which is linked to the repeatability and reproducibility on a regular basis.

Reports and Guideline documentation related to the Corporate data process.

Liaising with other departments like Mergers and Acquisition, Private Placement, Private Equity research and Investment with respect to guideline updates, documentation, and tasks to be completed in stipulated time.

Query handling and training of new members based out in remote locations like Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

Looking into the QA arbitration data on a weekly basis and preparing the report with logical reasoning.

Spot quality checks of the QA researchers

Part of quarterly release testing that involves identifying bugs and enhancements in the collection tool.

Responsible for formalization and documentation of guidelines and protocols for Corporate Data (Formerly known as Entity Validations) in the mentioned regions on a dynamic basis.

Profiling companies with respect to their constitution, core business, firm characteristics, and professionals. It demands knowledge of business intricacies related to overseas mergers & acquisitions, private placements, buyouts, and receiverships.

Exposure to various databases including S&P Global platform, Factiva, IDC, SEC/SEDAR filings, Newsedge, Lexis Nexis, ModelStation (A Clarifi tool), US and Non US Companies registers.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Proven ability to manage through others.

Strong decision making and problem solving skills.

Able to motivate and lead others in a team environment.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

An ability to build rapport and trust, quickly with work colleagues.

Able to prioritize tasks and workloads in order of importance.

Track record of delivering results with deadlines.

Team handling – Currently involved in query handling and mentoring a team of 21 researchers. This involves regular checks on the quality standards and productivity targets. Preparing the error analysis report on monthly basis.

Knowledge of SQL – Comfortable with creating tables, queries and usage of various joins.

Proficient in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Designed and created a time utilization calculator and reporting sheet on MS excel with in-built logic for the entire team of 70 researchers.

Developing Team building exercises – Since 2014, effectively involved in creating, conducting, guiding and executing team activities which involve participation of around 70 team members and the senior management itself.

Have been preparing and delivering presentations for the team on process specific topics like SQL logics, Investment Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, U.S. and Non U.S. company registers, Asset Products, Research Techniques and various SEC filings.

Presentation given to external teams as well on usage of ModelStation as a tool. ModelStation is a Clarifi product helpful for Investment Managers.

MAJOR PROJECTS

1.Led a team of 11 senior researchers for the project pertaining to Australian and New Zealand based private entities. The companies were required to be created and profiled based on certain logic. QAd and prepared the analysis report of the ANZ project that was submitted to the process head.

2.Worked on client’s portfolio of 1500 companies which require the share pricing data to be corrected. Led a team of 12 FTEs where the project involved in-depth analysis and comparison of the pricing data available on Capital IQ and Compustat platform. The market data which includes the pricing estimates were deeply studied and the reasoning was provided to the client about the discrepancy in the historical share price information.

3.Led the project involving a team of 9 researchers for the creation and profiling of Private Companies, Foundations, Private and Public Investment Firms. These companies were to have a sales cycle run on them so had to be completed in the stipulated time. The project was finished well before time with excellent quality.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Degree

Year

Institute/ University

PGDBM

2005-07

Apeejay School Of Management, Delhi

Bachelor of Arts

2000-2003

Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University

School

1999

Dayawati Modi Academy, CBSE Board

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Gold Medalist in academics (2000-2003), Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University

Gold Medalist in the first semester of MBA (2005-2007)

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Heading the sports committee of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Gurgaon

Integral part of S&P Global Market Intelligence corporate Carrom, Table Tennis teams.

ACHIEVEMENTS and INITIATIVES

Part of Community Impact Month, NGO social service, an initiative by S&P Global.

National level Table Tennis player, selected in U.P. team to represent the school at India Level.

Delivered a talk on All India Radio on Table Tennis training in small towns.

HOBBIES

Sketching, Carrom, Table Tennis

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