Kunal Sharma

About Kunal Sharma

Kunal Sharma, in his role as a business transformation/change management consultant with major British banks in the last 12 years has been associated with significant, high impact, organization wide projects across APAC and UK to help businesses achieve their strategic goals to reduce the cost of doing business and transform their operations.His stint as a consultant has strengthened skills like influencing, leadership, execution, and perseverance. Conceptualizing thoughts and giving shape to mind maps is a skill which Kunal has put into practice and helped his client do wonderful thingsA Self-Driven and Disciplined Professional with a wide exposure to Various Dimensions of Business Analysis & Project Management, Hand-on Experience of Lean Methodologies and Ability to Affect the Company’s Bottom Line by Working Effectively, Keep Quality High and Stay Flexible to Change.Specialties: 1.Problem Solving : Breakdown complex problems into simple manageable pieces, Articulate problem statements, Assess Opportunities, Conduct Cost Benefit analysis, Scenario planning & Risk Assessment2.Design Business Operating Model : Create low level BOMs, process maps,Target State Models to show business objects and relationships3.Facilitation skills : Conduct Stakeholder Workshops, Drive Decision Making Sessions, Facilitate Brainstorming Sessions, Promote Support for Project and Ownership of Solution4.Business Skills : Mind Mapping, Concept Charts, Visual Modeling by being Imaginative and Creative5. Policies & Standards : Policy mapping and implmentation roadmap for industry standards like NIST, ISO 27002, MAS TPRM and SANS CSC FrameworkDomains - Banking Operations : Retail Banking, Trade Advisory, Corporate Banking, Cards and Mortgages- Information Security : Third Party Assessments, Audit Remediations, Patch Management and Vulnerability Assessments, Compliance Monitoring, Policy Mapping & Adherence, Managed Security Services

Experience

1. Director

   Positka

   Jan 2024 — Present

Education

• Vellore Institute of Technology

  MIB, International Business

  2003 — 2005

• D.A.V. Public School - India

  AISSCE (10+2), Physics, Chemistry and Maths

  1997 — 1999

• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

  BCA, Computer Applications

  2000 — 2003

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• User Acceptance Testing
• Project Delivery
• Business Process Mapping
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Project Management
• Process Improvement
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Pmo
• Leadership
• Lean Methodologies
• Requirements Gathering
• Business Transformation
• Payments
• Business Requirements
• Retail Banking
• Gap Analysis
• Offshore Project Management
• Outsourcing
• Change Management
• Business Process
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Financial Risk
• Analysis
• Transition Management
• Offshoring
• Requirements Analysis
• Management
• Risk Assessment
• Stakeholder Management
• Team Leadership
• Process Management
• Opportunity Assessment
• Cost Benefit
• Scenario Planning
• Training
• Testing
• Project Portfolio Management