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Probaha Das

@probahadas

Consultant at Ardent Advisory & Accounting LLC

Abu Dhabi, UAE

www.linkedin.com/in/probaha-das-b2a90523

Ardent Advisory & Accounting LLCKIIT University

Seasoned Professional with 9+ years of experience in Consulting, Project Management, Business Analysis, Change Management, Transformation projects, Scrum, Agile methodologies, Data Governance, Risk and end-to-end project delivery. Experienced in working with clients across various Domains and Regions.

Experience

Consultant, Management Consulting

Ardent Advisory & Accounting LLC

Feb 2024 - Present

Part of PMO team for Archer’s GRC implementation program across Client’s systems and its multiple subsidiaries, successfully managing multiple module rollouts to entities within timelines, performing monitoring and governing activities and work with multiple stakeholders and teams. Worked in a finance transformation initiative to establish a shared service center and optimizing key financial processes like O2C & P2P, resulting in improved efficiency and cost savings. Carried out activities like gap analysis, as-is-to-be analysis, FTE estimation and TOM Model designs. Was involved in the system selection and implementation partner evaluation for the SSC and also evaluated process improvement areas and scope for automation with RPA SI partners.

Senior Consultant, FSRM Business Consulting

EY India

Jul 2021 - Feb 2024

Led a data quality initiative in Traded Risk space, implementing comprehensive data lineage and quality checks across complex systems, resulting in improved data consistency and accuracy in reporting. Managed the onboarding of third-party vendors for preparing financial statements of 2000+ Funds globally, ensuring compliance and coordinating with multiple stakeholders. Managed vendor performance, regulatory compliance, multi region data hosting capacity, impact analysis and cross-functional coordination, all while maintaining meticulous records and adhering to local jurisdiction laws and compliance standards. Carried out data quality checks, semantic checks on Wholesale Lending data for enhanced data modeling through historical data analysis and reporting to align with Basel 4 A-IRB and BCBS239 standards. Led the PMO activities like optimizing project delivery, revenue management, resourcing and Scrum activities like steering meetings, stand ups, tracking JIRA instances, planning and executing sprints, backlogs and ensuring Agile practices. Drove change initiatives for Credit Risk Scoring application used globally, improving KYC, Client Onboarding processes and strengthening AML and FCC efforts through effective stakeholder management. Led the scoping, requirement gathering, governance establishment, and impact analysis for planned change requests, facilitating consensus among stakeholders. Ensured end-to-end delivery of business-initiated change requests, collaborating with global stakeholders and development teams.

Data Management Consultant, RMII-DM&I

Wells Fargo India

Dec 2019 - Jul 2021

Worked as a Data Consultant, specializing in Regulatory and Risk report documentation to ensure compliance with BCBS 239 and Risk Data Aggregation standards. Responsible for gatekeeper activities, quality checks, and process improvement in documentation, contributing to error-free, auditable, and transparent end-to-end reporting processes. Maintained an end-to-end framework for monitoring Data Quality, Data Lineage, and Data Governance. Deconstructed Risk and Regulatory reports into Business metadata, assessed their fitness for purpose, and managed Metadata in Collibra liaising with technical teams. Leveraged metadata to analyze Data Quality issues, compensating controls, and remediation activities impacting Risk and Regulatory reporting. Handled data management and change management within the Data landscape of High-Risk and Regulatory Reports, including Interest Rate Risk, FR2052A, and FRY 14 reports. Managed data flows, documentation, and metadata, while effectively communicating with stakeholders and executing changes for Consumer & Investment Banking systems' upstream and downstream users.

Assistant Systems Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services

Jul 2016 - Dec 2019

Led customized Data Quality tool implementation engagement. Established robust Data Governance framework aligning with Basel III and BCBS 239 standards, for Lineage and Quality metrics dashboard and generate regulatory reports. Managed solution building, data analysis, CDE identification, BRD, FRD, DFD documentation, UAT and acted as a liaison between stakeholders and developers. Created target operating models, conducting steer-co meetings, project charter and roadmap, resourcing and budgeting and participated in Scrum activities. Managed data reconciliation and issue resolution in client’s Data Warehouse used for various financial products like OTC, Derivatives and Trades & transactions in accordance with MiFID II framework. Investigated data incidents, prepared reports, and participated in Scrum meetings, ensuring project alignment and incident resolution. Drove strategic partnerships with various cloud service providers and integration platforms conducting market research and contributing to RFP and presales activities. Developed Joint go-to-market strategies and existing account penetration planning for joint business growth.

Intern – CEO’s Office

Mercedes-Benz R&D India

InternshipMay 2015 - Aug 2015

Trainee

Vishwakarma Refractories

Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

Trainee

CSIR-CGRCI

May 2013 - Jul 2013

Trainee

Tecpro Systems Pvt Ltd

May 2012 - Jul 2012

Documentation Expert

Saraf Trexim Ltd

Jul 2010 - Apr 2011

Education

KIIT University

MBA

Marketing & Finance

Jan 2016

Christ University

B-Tech

Mechanical Eng

Jan 2014

Licenses & Certifications

Certified Scrum Product Owner

• No expiration

Certified Scrum Master

• No expiration

Certified Safe Agilist

• No expiration

CFA Investment Foundations

• No expiration

Collibra Expert Levels 1,2 and 3

• No expiration

Data Science using Machine Learning & Tableau Certification

Ivy Professional School

• No expiration

Google Analytics Individual Qualification

• No expiration

Oracle Procurement Cloud 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist

• No expiration

IBM Certified Solutions Advisor- DevOps

• No expiration

Skills

Project Management
Program Management
PMO
Business Analysis
Change Management
Stakeholder Management
Project Documentation
Business Consulting
Strategy Consulting
Management Consulting
Finance Transformation
SDLC
Requirement elicitation
Process Analysis
Process Improvement
Business Impact Analysis
Credit Risk
BASEL
CCAR
BCBS239
KYC
Client Onboarding
Data Management
Data Governance
Data Lineage
Data Quality
Agile
Scrum
Scaled Agile
ITIL
Waterfall
Jira
Confluence
SharePoint
Service Now
Coupa
Oracle R12 MDM
MS Office
Excel
PowerPoint
Visio
Access
Word
Project
SQL