Manager Assistant

Shikha Kaushal

Date of Birth ** September ****

Nationality Indian

Location Dubai, UAE

Contact Details Email : ***********@*****.***, Mobile : +971-*********

Profile Summary Currently working as an Assistant Manager with the Oil & Gas Practice of

Protiviti Middle East in UAE. In the current role, I am leading a team of six

consultants to deliver a range of advisory, internal audit and risk based business

consulting services to clients in the oil & gas industry across Middle East. An

MBA graduate from IIT Kharagpur ; BE from NSIT, University of Delhi and

possess a rich industry experience of over 5 years in providing consulting to

oil & gas clients in UAE, India, Qatar & Oman. Also worked on several

consulting projects across the domains of public finance, urban utilities &

governance and infrastructure.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Protiviti (Middle East), UAE Assistant Manager Jan 2014 – till date

Oil & Gas

Providing risk based business consulting and advisory services to a range of clients in the oil & gas sector of Middle

East region to assist them in identifying and managing their risks with respect to systems and processes .

Risk Assessment across the 21 divisions of National Drilling Company – Carried our Risk Assessment exercise across the 21

divisions( including technical and support functions) of National Drilling Company (NDC) at Abu Dhabi. The high

risk areas across the company were identified, and based on these inputs a risk based internal audit plan for three

years was developed.

Review of Technical & Integrity Division of Fertil : Reviewed the process for the Engineering, Process Technology and

Asset Integrity sections of the Fertil plants in Ruwais, and suggested way to improve their process and strengthen

controls.

Review of the HSE Division of Fertil: Carried out a review of the fire safety, environment, process safety and

occupational health processes of the HSE division and identified the key gaps in the adequacy and effectiveness of

controls. Subsequently suggested recommendations for process enhancement.

Review of Technical Services Division, Dolphin: Executed a process improvements and internal audit assignment for the

Technical Services Division at Dolphin Energy. The work involves carrying out a risk based assessment of t he

process with regard to Asset Integrity & Inspection, Engineering, Minor Projects and Docu ment tracking system.

This was followed by testing of controls in place for managing these risks, identifying the gaps and suggesting process

improvements.

HR Operations Review in Occidental Petroleum: Reviewed the 5 key HR processes – Recruitment, On-boarding,

Administration, Termination and Data Privacy & Security, for the Middle East operations of the international E&P

firm. After an analysis of the gaps with respect to process efficiency, suggested recommendations for process

improvement.

Review of ‘Procure to Pay’ Process of Shelf Drilling: Carried out process review of the Procure to Pay Cycle of Shelf Drilling

which specializes in the operations of Jack up rigs. Identified the process gaps and subsequently gave

recommendations for improvement across the procurement, logistics and account pa yable functions within the firm

Review of Commercial Drilling Division of ZADCO (Zakum Development Company ): Carried out a review of Commercial

Drilling Team activities to evaluate the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal control processes

within the division. As per the results of the review recommendations were prepared for strengthening the controls to

safeguard company’s assets and resources

Involved in a multitude of business development activities for the development of Advisory practice of Oil & Gas in

Middle East region

PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd, India Senior Consultant Jun 2011 – October 2013

Oil & Gas

Advised large public sector and private companies on corporate strategy, market assessment, market entry, policy &

regulatory due-diligence, bid process management, new investments and expansions.

Carried out review of market assessment for the envisaged products of an integrated extraction and petrochemical

plant in Western India, for a leading E&P public sector company.

Developed research papers on energy security to assist a central ministry in national energy security

Served as Knowledge Partners for an International HSE Conference, organized by Cairn, India.

Served as Knowledge Partners for an EU-India conference on International Energy Cooperation, organized by

Directorate Energy, European Commission.

Public Finance

Advised international funding agencies such as Asian Development Bank, in designing state public resource

management programs and assisted state governments in strengthening state finances through revenue mobilization,

expenditure rationalization and service delivery improvements in social sector.

Carried out a Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) for health sector in an Indian state to identify the areas of

intervention for improved service delivery and optimum utilization of funds.

Urban Utilities and Governance

Assisted urban local bodies and international bilateral agencies in the area of urban infrastructure, viz. water supply,

waste management, sewerage and sanitation and urban transport.

Explored the potential for private sector participation in water/wastewater s ector in eight states of India, for an

international funding agency in Japan. Also designed a roadmap for Japanese companies to enter this sector in India.

Extensively involved in business development activities that helped in generation of business worth $200k

Consistently rated in the top 30 percentile amongst my peers during annual appraisals.

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., India Assistant System Engineer Sep 2007 – Jul 2009

Provided a range of IT services for Landmark, software of Halliburton which assisted the upstream oil & gas

industry utilize critical information in making better decisions while minimizing risk.

Carried out software development for TCS’s financial services product BaNCS, to customize it to the specific

functional requirements for Royal Bank of Canada.

Evalueserve.com Pvt. Ltd., India Business Analyst Jun 2007 – Aug 2007

While serving the telecom giant, Qualcomm, I was responsible for requirement gathering, data capturing, relating the

findings with the current business scenario and presenting the results after a thorough analysis of the findings.

EDUCATION

2009-2011 MBA, Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur CGPA : 8.23

2003-2007 BE(Instrumentation & Control), Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), Universit y of 72.35%

Delhi

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Synovate Business Consulting, India Consultant (Intern) May 2010 – July 2010

Provided consulting to Indian Central Government, for the preparation of a development plan for an investment

region in an Indian State as part of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

LANGUAGES English (Fluent), Hindi (Native), Punjabi (Native)

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Running: Marathon winner in the women’s category during the annual sports festival of IIT Kharagpur

Community Initiatives: Organized several activities for the development of poor children, a s an active member of

‘Shraddha’ the social service club at IIT Kharagpur

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