Padmalakshmi Ramanathan

• Manage, coach and mentor a team of 4-7 business analysts across India & Canada. • Instrumental in the successful implementation of various automation projects to optimize costs and increase efficiency. • Proficient in performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement. • Serve as first line of support for data issues and data subject matter expert (SME) for the client.

• Convert business requirements to functional specifications by creating flow charts, documented procedures and presentations. • Conducted UAT to make sure all the user requirements are accounted for by the applications. • Act as a liaison between business and technical staff to articulate needs, issues and concerns. • Experience in supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

•Trained and lead a team of 4 MDM Developers across Chennai & Bangalore. •Prioritize tasks, delegate work to team effectively, manage risks and escalate communications when required. •Advise and assist in data extraction, cleansing, consolidation, loading and reconciliation activities. •Experience in resolving technical incidents and issues with the MDM product in production and test environments. •Developed validation and reporting programs to cross check all the data before and after loading of data.

• Develop and implement MDM solutions based on project timelines and promote the adoption of best practice standards. •Manipulate data from flat files and spreadsheets using vlookup, sorting and filtering techniques to prepare load ready data. • Responsible for ongoing creation, deletion and maintenance of all pricing master data components that allow for effective order processing.