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 11+ 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. He 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
  • Prioritize client needs in terms of product features and align them with stakeholder feedback.

  • Oversee product development and communicate with the dev team to plan, review and refine requirements.

  • Act as a primary communicator and link between stakeholders.

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

  • Implemented scoring algorithms to automate risk findings, controls, and procedures and support data-driven recommendations for end-users within KPMG.

  • Managed marketplace tool deployments across audit and advisory services and deployed a self-reporting tool with a 40% audit efficiency to end-users.

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 for S&P.

  • 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 for the client.

EY
EY
Product Owner
2011 - 2013 (2 years)
New Jersey, United States of America
  • Iterated dashboards and reports using Tableau, PowerBI 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 provided support for the automation of end-user provisioning to Lync, Exchange and Active Directory.

Portfolio

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 teams 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 - 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 execting of reports. Envisioned the product need, liaised with stakeholders to get the budget approved, and build the product with the engineering team from scratch.

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 a state-of-the-art 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 audit needs of the team based on data.

Education

Product Management: Building a Product Roadmap
Product Management: Building a Product Roadmap
LinkedIn
2020 - Present (4 years)
Metrics for Product Managers
Metrics for Product Managers
LinkedIn
2020 - Present (4 years)
Interviewing for Product Management Jobs
Interviewing for Product Management Jobs
LinkedIn
2020 - Present (4 years)
Product Strategy
Product Strategy
Kellogg Executive Education
2020 - 2020
Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
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
2002 - 2006 (4 years)