Saurabh Shankar

About Saurabh Shankar

As a financial technology professional with around two decade of experience, I specialise in Strategy execution and Digital Transformation along with Delivery Management. At Citi, I lead the implementation of Oracle\'s cloud-based ledger system, focusing on core business processes such as posting, reversals, FX, allocations, and reporting. My role involves orchestrating Platform Delivery, Batch Orchestration Management, External Vendor and SI Partner Management, Executive briefings and Stakeholder Managment. Facilitating Cross-Functional collaboration, I enable seamless Application Delivery and monitor implementation milestones are met through meticulous planning and communication. Adept at risk and change management, I bring expertise in data migration, data governance, and agile methodologies to empower teams and drive impactful business outcomes. My focus remains on leveraging emerging technologies to modernize processes and deliver value to stakeholders.

Experience

1. Program Management

   Citi

   Sep 2021 — Present · London, GB

   Leading Oracle\'s cloud-based ledger system, replacing legacy apps for all core ledger business processes (posting, reversals, FX, allocations, reporting, et al.)Leading Financial Management, Portfolio Strategy & Governance, AOP/BOW planning, Demand Prioritisation, RAID Management, Resource and Vendor Management.Key presenter and participant in Weekly execution, Program update, and SteerCo, Parallel Run, Data Conversion, Data Comparison, Oracle Workshop meetings. Responsible for Executive Briefing to Management on Strategic InitiativesSpearheading Application Delivery including Planning, Managing Project, Co-ordinating with stakeholders and providing leadership to projects.Strategy Execution - Orchestrating plan, coordination, and execution of the SaaS migration program, ensuring strict compliance to Risk and Change management with budget management ($150MM), and regulatory compliance. Managing CAP, Cultivated relationships and collaborated with stakeholders across BUs to align program scope with business objectives, optimizing delivery processes and reducing redundancies.Overseeing program lifecycles from initiation to closure, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards across work streams.Delivery Management activities for Applications in line with implementation of multi-GaaP function across geographies.Setting up squads in India to replace Global vendors and manage up-skilling on a globally accepted SaaS product migration for legacy application suite.Handled Product Owner responsibilities including BRP, ABR & QBR.Expertise in building innovative culture, leading the adoption of new technologies and emotional intelligence leadership.Skilled Business Manager with exposure to resource augmentation and FPC, procure to pay lifecycle, SOW management, on-boarding compliance, physical & virtual on-boarding of resources; mastered recruitment journey across departments to ensure demand vs. supply is met within agreed timeline.

Education

• Hult International Business School

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

• The Scindia School

  AISSCE, Sciences

• Manipal Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Chemical

Skills

• Agile Methodologies
• Analytical Skills
• Data Warehousing
• Banking
• Requirements Analysis
• Unix
• Test Strategy
• Test Cases
• Analysis
• Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Mortgage Banking
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Requirements Gathering
• Defect Tracking
• Software Project Management
• Hp Quality Center
• Pl/Sql
• Sdlc
• Business Analysis
• Investment Banking
• Sql
• Quality Center
• Scrum