Manager - Fintech and payments
Pwc - United Arab Emirates
Total years of experience :14 years, 5 Months
Merger, Acquisition and Transformation: due diligence on target companies(target) in four high value M&A deals
o Clients: Private Equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), New Mountains, and Blackstone PE
o Strategic functions: Carried out current state analysis of the target’s IT organization; Developed integration/carve-out strategies
o Financial functions: Developed IT cost model - current and projected; Conducted financial risk analysis of ongoing, planned and potential IT projects; Carried out contract analysis
o Client Activities: Conducted CIO/CFO interviews; Prepared the final due-diligence report and financial models
IT Strategy: Developed 10 year IT strategy roadmap for an Australian CPG major to align with its core
Infosys Technologies Limited (Singapore) Dec '08 - Apr '13
Technology Analyst (Finacle - A core banking product) - analysis, coordination and development role.
Assisted senior management in business development activities during a 27 month stint in Singapore at Development Bank of
Singapore. Youngest to hold direct client relationship with senior bank employees at an operational level.
• Conceptualized, developed and implemented internet banking (IB) based foreign exchange transactions for DBS, Indonesia
resulting in revenues worth SGD 0.5 million/year for the bank.
o Negotiated with DBS Indonesia VP to win the contract based on analysis of historical data of cross currency transactions
o Convinced Infosys senior management of technical feasibility based on inter-dependence analysis of payment module
o Adopted by over 40% DBS Indonesia IB customers within 3 months of introduction; deeply appreciated by the client
o Project replicated by DBS in China, Taiwan and India (in progress) generating SGD 400K per implementation for Infosys
o Designed standards for configuring preferential rates in multiple vendor model IB. Used as reference in all similar projects
o Awarded CRR 1+ (10/200) rating and a fast track promotion (1/200) for the product feature
• Responsible for 3 End to end Internet banking implementations for DBS across Indonesia, China, Taiwan
o Projects won rave reviews from end users and bank staff for user-friendly and intuitive features
o SPOC (Functional & Technical) for all internet banking implementations in DBS across 19 countries
o Collaborated with 9+ multicultural and cross-functional teams across India, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Taiwan
o Managed conflicting requirements with regards to features and performance among multiple client side stakeholders and external vendors such as IBM, Oracle and internal Infosys development teams
o Analyzed & mitigated inter-team communication risks to achieve improved project implementation through 3W's
(whom/what/when) communication strategy
o Reduced implementation time by ~10% with each project through Java and UNIX based automation tools for additional
processes. Automation tools adopted by 80% projects across the bank. Tools subsequently put on Finacle knowledge portal.
• Led a team of 7 developers and testers to design and test first of their kind ATM reports necessitated by changed regulatory
requirements in Taiwan. Delivered with zero production errors before time; received special appreciation from MD (Tech.)
• Involved in pre sales activities to define the nature and scope of Finacle implementation in RCBC bank, Philippines
o Generated an additional SGD 1million by successfully selling Finacle e-banking suite over multiple vendor model for IB.
o Selected to be a part of Finacle's proposal writing initiative based on my proficient writing skills
• Designed features and interface modules for MSCRM project in close co-ordination with end user
o Adopted by 60% of bank middle management across functions for analytics of retail banking metrics
Phone: 09910255575; Email: aveek_mukherji2014@pgp.isb.edu
• Performed project management activities such as project scoping, time estimation and staffing for 7 projects with a cumulative
revenue of ~SGD 10 million and 150+ resources
Achievements and Recognitions
• Achieved constant top ratings (three consecutive CRR 1+ (top 5%))
• 2 promotions within a span of 8 months including fast track one (against an average of 24 months) and 5 increments in 3 years
• Won "Finacle star" award for meeting 'beyond expectation standards' in client engagement activities
Indian School of Business Apr '13 -Apr '14 PGP (Major in Strategy and Leadership and IT Management) GMAT: 720/800 CGPA: 3.27/4.0 • Devising business plan for D-Labs (an incubator) to launch "expert networks" in India as part of GSIT course. o Did primary research on potential target industries and specific companies that may be approached o Evaluating the business model that contributed to the success of the expert networks in the West • Co-owner and marketing director of "Team Hurricanes" in ISB Sports League (ISL) o Designed sales pitch to attract sponsorship and successfully negotiated 5 deals worth a total of INR 0.2 Million
Netaji Subhash Engineering College Aug '04 - Jun '08 B.Tech (Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering) CGPA: 8.43/10 • Co-founder of "Phoenix", college technology club.