Bharat S.

Bharat S.

Product Manager

New York, United States of America
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About Me

Bharat is a seasoned Product Manager with 12+ years of expertise managing different product development projects, serving as a bridge between clients and the product team in an Agile, continuous environment. He understands client needs and can guide a multi-disciplinary team to bring great products to life. Bharat is proficient in requirement gathering and ensures proper translation of business requirements into technical specifications.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Product Owner
2021 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Prioritizing client needs in terms of product features and aligning them with stakeholder feedback.

  • Overseeing product development and communicating with the dev team to plan, review, and refine requirements.

  • Acting as a primary communicator and link between stakeholders.

KPMG USA
KPMG USA
Product Manager | Associate Director
2014 - Present (10 years)
New York, United States of America
  • Evangelizing new, complex workflows for KPMG, supporting audit requirements, complying with auditing standards, and reporting frameworks.

  • Implementing scoring algorithms to automate risk findings, controls, and procedures and supporting data-driven recommendations for end users.

  • Managing marketplace tool deployments across audit and advisory services and deploying a self-reporting tool with a 40% audit efficiency.

Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's
Product Owner
2013 - 2014 (1 year)
New York, United States of America
  • Provided solutions for a rating application and supported the provisioning of 100+ business-critical apps.

  • Worked on the creation of automated workflows for end-user provisioning within the company.

  • Triaged and resolved critical project issues and scope changes on projects.

EY
EY
Product Owner
2011 - 2013 (2 years)
New Jersey, United States of America
  • Iterated dashboards and reports using Tableau, Power BI, and other custom visualization tools to drive business decisions on audit procedures.

  • Actively engaged in Data Cube Population tasks for Account Analysis, Journal Entry Transaction, and Account Bifurcation.

  • Liaised with Microsoft on ADRM deployment and provided support for the automation of end-user provisioning to Lync, Exchange, and Active Directory.

Portfolio

Product Manager - Self-service Reporting Platform
Product Manager - Self-service Reporting Platform

Worked on a product built on the concept of needs-based reporting capability, giving senior stakeholders a platform to define their reporting attributes and execute reports based on their specific business needs. The product connects to 40+ critical business apps and executes data mining tasks that provide data for senior stakeholders. The solution increased efficiency within the engagement team and eliminated manual running and executing of reports. Envisioned the product need, liaised with stakeholders to get the budget approved, and built the product with the engineering team from scratch.

Product Manager - Smart Audit Platform
Product Manager - Smart Audit Platform

Participated in a project to transform a desktop-based app into a web-based product, iterating a scalable workflow that helps audit teams collect end-client data and perform their financial audit. Developed the vision and scope for the new product, working closely with the business and tech teams to deliver the MVP on time and budget. The product was deployed to 80+ countries and increased audit efficiency by 30% for members of the engagement team.

Product Manager - Data Analytics-based Audit Workflow
Product Manager - Data Analytics-based Audit Workflow

Rolled out a tool to integrate the client's workflow with an analytics platform that proactively recommends audit controls and procedures based on defined parameters. The solution increased audit efficiency and minimized auditing hours for the engagement team. Worked closely with the Data Science team to create the algorithms for the solution to support the team's audit needs based on data.

Education

Kelloggs Product Strategy Certification
Kelloggs Product Strategy Certification
Kellogg Executive Education
2020 - 2020
1. Product Management: Building a Product Roadmap; 2. Product Management: Building a Product Strategy; 3. Metrics for Product Managers; 4. Interviewing for Product Management Jobs.
1. Product Management: Building a Product Roadmap; 2. Product Management: Building a Product Strategy; 3. Metrics for Product Managers; 4. Interviewing for Product Management Jobs.
LinkedIn
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
New York University
2008 - 2010 (2 years)
B.Eng Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
B.Eng Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology - India
2002 - 2006 (4 years)