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Varuna Ramma, Assistant Manager, Strategy & Projects

Varuna Ramma

Assistant Manager, Strategy & Projects·Emtel Ltd, EmtelWorld,

Mauritius

Master's degree, Project Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 20 years, 5 months

Assistant Manager, Strategy & Projects

January 2019 - Present

Emtel Ltd, EmtelWorld,

Moka, Mauritius Hybrid

January 2019 - Present

• Initiate and facilitate cross functional meetings to support in conceptualizing,
implementation and post analysis of various strategic initiatives across the company to
drive the future strategies and vision of the company.
• Pro-actively follow-up, track and report key projects, as assigned from time to time to
ensure completion within the committed timeliness.
• Evaluate the business and financial feasibility of the initiatives/projects identified by the
management and advise on the options to consider.
• Facilitate the decision making process of key strategic projects and initiatives.
• Support in the pre and post analysis of all the projects undertaken, across the functions.
• Support in facilitating and co-ordinating completion of projects undertaken.
• Help in creating presentations, analysis and other reports for the management at different
agreed upon timelines.
• Work as key member in the Emtel FINTECH project for the launch of the blink mobile
app. The main responsibilities are liaising with the Bank of Mauritius (BoM) for the PSP
license application, testing of all the features and functionalities of the app, potential
suggestions for improvements on the app, tracking of the key issues for the customers and
merchants, planning of the event launch, working on the international money remittance
(IMR) license.

Relationship Management

Company industry:
Telecommunications

Senior Officer, Technology & Business Solutions

January 2017 - January 2019

PriceWater House Coopers(PwC),

Moka, Mauritius

January 2017 - January 2019

• Responsible for the successful delivery, co-ordination of projects and management of
their inter-dependencies, including oversight of any risks and issues arising. Coordinate
internal resources for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and
ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and
costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship and expectations with the client and all
stakeholders Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with third
parties Create and maintain comprehensive project
documentation
• Assist the Project Manager on the technical feasibility of the developments and the
quality of the deliverable

Company industry:
Accounting

Software Engineering ERP Consultant

January 2012 - January 2017

Accenture, Nexteracom Tower II,

Moka, Mauritius

January 2012 - January 2017

• Participate in workshops with the technical team to analyse the
requirements Estimate the evolutions and corrective measures to be
implemented
• Responsible for drafting detailed specifications and unit test as per the
functional specifications provided.
• Implement specific developments on SAP ABAP objects (Reports, Interfaces (Idocs,
Flat Files, Smartform) within the budget and the deadline provided.
• Execute unit tests from beginning to end in order to secure the roll-outs
Provide technical support during user acceptance test.
• Responsible for Material Management and Sales and Distribution customizing tasks
• Active involvement in the whole life cycle of a software development project such as
analysis, design, implementation, testing as well as maintenance phases.
• Coach junior team members and ensure that they ramp-up on SAP skills (once
a sound knowledge of the project is acquired)
• Respect best practices (norms and project standards) in order to guarantee the
quality of the work and deliverables
• Assist the Project Manager on the technical feasibility of the developments and the
quality of the deliverable
• Report to the Project Manager based on the frequency set on the project as often as
necessary

Company industry:
IT Services

Business Analyst

January 2010 - January 2012

Orange Business Services, CyberTower II,

Moka, Mauritius

January 2010 - January 2012

Systems Development
• Understand business requirements of the clients
• Analyze and criticize business requirements to propose better solutions Writing
functional documents and technical documents
• Plan the whole life cycle of the solution to be implemented considering all the
stakeholders of the project
• Make a risk management plan and adhere to it
• Regular reporting of work status
• Develop and test the tool
• Maintenance of tool in production ensuring its performance Fully document
each step in the process

Supply Chain and Business
• Formulation of business key performance indicators
• Interpretation performance indicators to drive the business outputs to attain
planned targets

Training
• Coaching new members of the team
• Devising, organising and delivering training over a wide variety of roles and
functions
• Planning structure and content of training courses
• Assessing and evaluating course efficacy, identifying and resolving weakness
on an ongoing basis

Company industry:
Telecommunications

IT Specialist

January 2010 - January 2010

Orange Business Services, CyberTower II,

Moka, Mauritius

January 2010 - January 2010

• Operations Requirement Gathering
• Mock-up and specs writing
• IT development
• Prototype delivery
• End-user support
• Development documentation

Company industry:
Telecommunications

Analyst Programmer

January 2007 - January 2010

Harel Mallac Outsourcing,

Port Louis, Mauritius

January 2007 - January 2010

• Application and requirement analysis Problem isolation and analysis
• Programming new applications and
maintenance work Software quality testing
• Process improvement and documentation
• Customer service and support
• Product presentation and demonstration to potential customers
• Evaluate the financial aspects of product development

Company industry:
IT Services

System Support Officer

January 2007 - January 2007

Harel Mallac Outsourcing,

Port Louis, Mauritius

January 2007 - January 2007

• Phone support
• On Site support
• Software amendments

Company industry:
IT Services

Trainee

January 2006 - January 2007

Harel Mallac Outsourcing,

Port Louis, Mauritius

January 2006 - January 2007

Company industry:
IT Services

Education

University of Technology

January 2014

January 2014

Master's degree, Project Management

Mauritius

University of Mauritius/ Centre for School of Advanced Computing(CDAC)

January 2006

January 2006

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology

Mauritius

Droopnath Rampful State Secondary School

January 2002

January 2002

High school or equivalent, Science

Mauritius

Skills

BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Intermediate
BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Intermediate
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Intermediate
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Intermediate
COMMUNICATIONS
Intermediate
COMMUNICATIONS
Intermediate
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Intermediate
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Intermediate
ENERGETIC
Intermediate
ENERGETIC
Intermediate
MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
PLANNING
Intermediate
PLANNING
Intermediate
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE
Intermediate
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE
Intermediate
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Intermediate
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Certifications
VB.NET training Software Templates

Hobbies

  • Reading and Swimming