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MANU CHHABRA, PMP
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Senior-level project management professional with experience in leading finance and technology transformation, financial systems integration, and process optimization projects. Skilled in developing project management documents and driving projects to successful completion. Adept at solving business problems with financial and data-driven analysis. Experience in managing implementation of business intelligence/data analytics software solutions for improved monitoring of business KPIs Ø Project/Program Management Ø Finance Transformation Ø Process Improvement Ø Financial Systems Integration Ø Financial and Business Analysis Ø Financial Modeling Ø Scrum Master Ø Business Intelligence/Data Analytics Ø Excel/Power BI analysis PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RGP CONSULTING, Atlanta, GA 2017 - present
Finance and Strategy Project Manager: Manage implementation of finance transformation projects to improve financial and operational performance of client’s business
• Managed strategic projects to reduce costs, improve operations, and increase profitability at a multi-billion- dollar healthcare client. Develop financial and business analysis, and project documents (plan, charter, scope, workflows etc.) to reduce $10M-$15M healthcare costs through various initiatives
• Managed project to implement Smartsheets project management software. Developed project plan, RAID, status update, communication, and training plan and managed weekly project status meetings to successfully implement the software
• Developed financial and benchmarking models in Excel and Power BI/Pivot for cost comparisons between client’s healthcare costs vs industry benchmarks by various departments and healthcare diagnosis
• Managed project to implement Oracle Cloud ERP R13 (Financials) including Data Relationship Manager
(DRM) at a Technology client. Developed project documents (charter, scope, plan, schedule, requirements, process flows, integration plans, communications plans, and testing plans).
• Implemented standardized and centralized Chart of Accounts as a single source of truth in Oracle DRM through sprints. Facilitated Sprint meetings (Planning, Standups, Retros). Assisted in Sprint Release and product design feature development.
• Scrum Master on Visual Lease-lease accounting software implementation for new accounting standard ASC842 at a Technology client. Helped team to implement software released in iterations. Facilitated Iteration Planning/Review/Retro, Daily Standups, Demos. Assisted in Agile Release Train/ PI planning for global solution delivery.
• Scrum Master for a customized Revenue Billing software solution development and deployment at an Investment Management client. Assisted Product Management in defining and deploying software features. Developed budget, forecast, project documentation, and new billing processes. Helped team with release planning and deployment. Coached and mentored other scrums in the finance department. Page 2 of 4
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA 2014 - 2017
Senior Manager, Business Intelligence, Corporate Strategy (2016 - 2017): Led financial and business analysis to explore global growth opportunities and support corporate strategy (reporting to Chief Strategy Officer)
• Led initiatives to analyze macroeconomic data and its short- and long-term impact on Company financials
(volume, price mix, revenue) to support company growth model and global strategy. Successfully developed analysis and presentations on various projects such as correlation between marketing investments, execution, and revenue growth; impact of beverage/sugar taxes on market and company financials
• Developed analysis and key business insights and presented recommendations on performances of various business units and global markets. Presented market segmentation findings to senior leadership teams resulting in renewed focus on issues in global markets
• Created presentations and analysis to support year around meetings including Board of Director, Strategy/ Business Planning, and Investor meetings (CAGNY, Barclays, Morgan Stanley Analyst Conferences etc.)
• Partnered with Corporate Knowledge & Insights, Investor Relations, Finance/Controller, and Global business units to drive business insights and recommendations Senior Finance Manager, Valuation & Analytics (2014 - 2016): Managed finance transactions and developed underlying valuation models and P&L analysis to support divestiture of Coca-Cola North America bottling territories
• Developed and maintained valuation and cost allocation models for target territory. Developed deal economics presentations for senior management, leading to successful refranchising of 20+ territories for three major US bottlers. Managed deal team in execution of the deal and development of various deal documents (timeline, business case, integration, and communication plans)
• Developed detailed financial forecast data supporting the annual long-term planning process to leverage in the valuation scenarios
• Coordinated with various operating teams to support the collection of synergies (historical and forecasted) required to analyze various financial valuations in refranchising of the bottling territories
• Developed system economics database in Microsoft Access using SQL programming to report on P&L for complete Coca-Cola bottling system including internal business units and external bottlers DELOITTE CONSULTING, New York, NY/Atlanta, GA 2010 - 2014 Engagement Manager, Corporate Finance Practice: Managed financial transformation projects to improve operational effectiveness by re-designing processes, organizational structure, and systems at cross-industry corporate clients
• Managed Oracle Order-to-Cash ERP implementation project analyzing current state and design future state improvements in finance processes, systems, organizational structure, and service delivery model at a $10B media company. Resulted improved end to end software solution and processes with $30M of annual cost savings
• Managed a project to implement Oracle ERP (R12) (order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report) through development of global shared service centers and centers of excellence at a $32B Industrial Products Manufacturer. Led to improved reporting capabilities, simplified finance processes, and centralized systems resulting in approximately $41M of cost savings
• Managed a project to implement an integrated global transfer pricing and intercompany markup tracking and reporting SAP system at a $200B pharmaceuticals company as part of a post-acquisition integration. Page 3 of 4
Managed 75 global client teams in data reconciliation and system testing resulting in close to $20B profit realization
• Managed a project to redesign management and financial (internal and external) reports at a $35B consumer retail company. Conducted current state analysis of the reports in Finance, Accounting, and Tax departments, developed requirements analysis and future state standardized reporting solution in Oracle OBIEE
PhyCARE SOLUTIONS, New York, NY 2009 - 2010
Business Analysis Manager (Revenue Management): Managed finance and business analytics projects to enhance revenue growth at various client hospitals
• Managed implementation of Cognos Business Analytics solutions along with improved business KPIs for enhanced insight into billing and accounts receivable. Resulted in reducing payment collection period from 45 days to 30 days and increasing revenue by 10%
• Developed and implemented a pay-for-performance compensation model for 1,500 physicians, leading to additional 5%-15% compensation for physicians
MORGAN STANLEY, New York, NY 2007 - 2009
Investment Banking Associate: Managed financial projects related to M&A and debt and equity issuance. Managed teams in preparation of financial models and presentations for various corporate clients.
• Managed M&A advisory project while representing Bertelsmann AG on the sale of its fully owned subsidiary, Direct Group North America (CD, Music, and Books business) to a private equity company, including development and presentation of in-depth financial models, investor presentations, and confidentiality memorandums.
• Managed project to raise funds through Initial Public Offering (IPO) for various clients in education industry, winning bid to issue debt and equity for a major online education provider. CLARAVIEW, INC. (a division of TERADATA), Falls Church, VA 2003 - 2005 Senior Business Intelligence Consultant: Managed teams of developers and analysts in design, development, and implementation of customized business intelligence and data warehousing software solutions
• Managed team in the development of customized business intelligence solutions at Lowes Home Improvement to improve transportation logistics and store inventory. Conducted current state and requirements analysis and designed, developed, and implemented end to end business intelligence solution. Reduced retail order completion time by 40%
• Managed project to implement Informatica ETL solution at Keyspan Energy. Successfully converted and transferred geo-satellite data from legacy databases to Oracle relational database MANUGISTICS, INC. (acquired by JDA SOFTWARE), Rockville, MD 2001 - 2003 Technology Consultant: Managed technical projects to implement end to end demand planning software solutions in diverse industries
• Implemented demand planning software solution at various clients- APL (shipping), Rohm & Haas
(chemical), Bacou-Dalloz (manufacturing). Developed project plan and other project documents, implemented software, imported client data, trained client technical team, engaged business team to use software
• Administered and managed Oracle Databases (R10); Developed and implemented UNIX and PERL scripts to run various database processes in nightly batch scripts Page 4 of 4
• Implemented business intelligence solution at AstraZeneca (pharmaceutical) and Nissan (automotive). Conducted current state reporting requirements analysis, designed future state reports and data warehouse
(star schemas)
STRATEGY.COM (a subsidiary of MICROSTRATEGY), Vienna, VA 1999 – 2001 Web Applications Engineer: Worked on all aspects of web application projects, including design, development, testing, and implementation to create business intelligence software solutions
• Developed software to analyze data and create customizable finance, weather, and sports related web content and alerts using ASP.Net
EDUCATION
DUKE UNIVERSITY, The Fuqua School of Business, MBA, Finance & Strategy UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, College of Engineering, MS, Mechanical Engineering DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE, College of Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering CERTIFICATIONS/ADDITIONAL INFO
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (passed Nov 2009)
• Passed CFA Level I exam
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (ID: AWS01394996) (Issuer: AWS)
• Certified SAFe® 5 Advanced Scrum Master (Issuer: Scaled Agile Inc)
• Oracle Financials Cloud: General Ledger Certified Implementation Specialist Candidate
• US Citizen
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