Gopinath B.
Associate Director - Predictive & Gen Ai - Digital Finance @Novartis
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Associate Director - Predictive & Gen Ai - Digital Finance @Novartis
Business Domain : Enterprise Finance planningFunctional Expertise : AI Enablement,Data Strategy, Data EngineeringLeading the design, execution & Delivery of AI-driven financial planning solutions to support a large BPA (Business Planning & Analysis) community across Commercial, R&D, Technical Operations, and related functions. Key Responsibilities & Scope:Digital Finance Planning Data Lake: Architecting scalable data platforms to support integrated and real-time financial insights.Finance Data Engineering: Driving robust pipelines for structured and unstructured financial data ingestion and processing.Forecasting Capabilities: Developing advanced forecasting models leveraging ML and GenAI to enhance planning accuracy and agility.GenAI-Powered Financial Use Cases: Dynamic Sales Forecasting Management Cash Flow Forecasting Resource Allocation Forecasting for Commercial & Clinical Trials Material Demand Planning for finished products & clinical trials Internal & External Cost Forecasting (Pre Clinical research & Clinical Trials) Innovation Focus:Self-service analytics capabilities for finance planning on Power BI. Spearheading Agentic AI Architectures to enable autonomous planning agents.Designing GenAI Use Cases in Finance, People & Organization (P&O), and Commercial functions to drive decision intelligence and operational efficiency.
EDUCATION
Indian School of Business
Certificate, Product Management
JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
PHd., Computer Science
Indian School of Business
Product Management
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
ME, Software Systems
ABOUT GOPINATH B.
Visionary data and digital transformation leader with 21+ years of experience driving enterprise data strategy, FAIR data implementation, and AI enablement. Proven track record in building high-performance teams, delivering data platforms and products, and leading Data Science, GenAI, MLOps, and DataOps initiatives. Skilled in stakeholder engagement, platform strategy, and business partnering to turn data into strategic advantage. I specialize in orchestrating complex, enterprise-wide initiatives that unlock business value through the systematic use of data and technology.Currently shaping data-driven innovation at Novartis through scalable, future-ready solutions leveraging Gen AI.
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