Charu Vinod

About Charu Vinod

A Strategic Business Consultant, IIM Alumni with nearly 19 years of experience in driving operational excellence, digital transformation, and process reengineering across various sectors including finance, technology, and logistics. My expertise reclines in fostering innovation and efficiency through tailored solutions and collaborative leadership. I am passionate about leveraging my skills to create sustainable growth and optimize business processes.Throughout my career, I have successfully led high-value programs for global clients, managing complex stakeholder relationships and ensuring service delivery excellence. I am well-versed in methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, and Value Stream Mapping, which I utilize to streamline processes and enhance productivity. My most significant achievements include generating approximately 10% efficiency improvements through various projects and achieving a remarkable 3X growth in the channel partner network within just one year.

Experience

1. Assistant Vice President - Business Process Reengineering & Transformation

   State Street

   Dec 2022 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Expertise in Leading and driving key Reengineering initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and drive continuous improvement aligned to company’s objectives through structured Project management approach.• End to End streamlining of processes at Function level to provide business efficiency through multi levers like Process Simplification, Lean methodology, Process Standardization, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping and Automation.• Experience in Transformation planning through process study, strategizing and implementing solutions that are aligned with the Business dynamics. • Understanding in-house Technology capabilities and recommending the solutions aligned to Business Functions Budget and required outcome.• Liaising with various tech partners to understand offering and align the same to the project• Managing stakeholder relationships – working closely with Business Leads, SMEs, to understand the process and optimize service delivery to achieve the agreed Project outcome (Operational excellence, process optimization, efficiency, etc) in terms of agreed transformation.• Partnering with Leadership - leading and driving high-value programs for global clients to achieve operational excellence and process optimization.• Partnering with Product Teams to execute the defined strategic roadmap ensuring compliance and agreed outcomes. • Team Management – Build and lead PMO team to support project requirements, tracking JIRA, Track and Report Project Progress to Leadership (Sponsor and Project Stakeholders)• Projects executed for Fund Accounting, Security Valuation, Middle Office addressing Service Model, Bespoke Client Reporting, Process Standardization, Knowledge gaps, Operational issues are some of the highlights.• Generated ~10% efficiency through the projects managed.

Education

• International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

  Advanced certification in UI UX Design Thinking, UI UX Design Thinking

• Modern Education Society's Ness Wadia College of Commerce, Pune

  B.Com, Cost Accounting

  2000 — 2005

• Project Management Institute

  PMP, Project Management

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  Executive Program on Growth Strategies for Business Leaders, Business Administration and Management, General

Skills

• Talent Management
• Mis
• Employee Engagement
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Outsourcing
• Resource Management
• Management
• Process Improvement
• Bpo
• Finance
• Transition Management
• Performance Management
• Crm
• Banking
• Team Management
• Operations Management
• Analysis
• Sourcing
• Vendor Management
• Software Documentation
• Business Development
• Talent Acquisition
• Training
• Leadership