Bharat S.

Bharat S.

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.

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Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Product Owner
2021 - Present (4 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 (11 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.

Showcase

Product Manager - Self-service Reporting Platform
Product Manager - Self-service Reporting Platform
  • Developed a self-service reporting platform focused on needs-based reporting for senior stakeholders.

  • The product connects to 40+ business apps and performs data mining to deliver insights for senior management.

  • Implemented the solution from scratch, increasing team efficiency and eliminating manual report execution.

Product Manager - Smart Audit Platform
Product Manager - Smart Audit Platform
  • Developed a web-based product to transform a desktop app, improving audit efficiency.

  • Collaborated with business and tech teams to define the product vision and scope.

  • Successfully deployed the product to 80+ countries, resulting in a 30% increase in audit efficiency for engagement team members.

Product Manager - Data Analytics-based Audit Workflow
Product Manager - Data Analytics-based Audit Workflow
  • Implemented a tool to integrate client workflow with an analytics platform.

  • The solution proactively recommends audit controls and procedures.

  • Collaborated with the Data Science team to develop algorithms for audit support.

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)