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Assistant Manager · Tata Consultancy Services

MANISH SHAW

Operations & Service Delivery Leader

SLA/KPI Governance  |  Finance Operations  |  Process Excellence  |  AI-Enabled Automation

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About

Professional Summary

Business operations and service-delivery leader with 15 years of experience running financial operations and process-driven service teams across India, Mexico, and Europe. Led a 26-member delivery team and outsourced partners, owning SLA/KPI governance, escalation management, operational controls, and reporting. Improved turnaround times by 15%, cut recurring defects by 25%, and achieved 100% external audit clearance. Delivered AI-enabled automation that reduced manual effort by 65-80%. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Agile Champion who coaches teams through onboarding, upskilling, and performance feedback.

What I bring

  • Global delivery leadership across India, Mexico & four EU regions
  • SLA/KPI governance, audit readiness & operational controls
  • Finance operations: P2P, month-end close, reconciliation
  • Gen AI & Power BI automation for reporting and forecasting
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt · Agile Champion

Career

Professional Experience

Tata Consultancy Services

Assistant Manager · May 2021 – Present · Bengaluru, India

Assistant Manager, SAP Customer Account Management (Data Service Bureau)

Nov 2025 – Present

Lead a 26-member team across India and Mexico managing end-to-end SAP customer account creation and Master Data Governance.

  • Lead and mentor a 26-member team across India and Mexico, owning delivery, quality, and compliance for end-to-end SAP customer account operations for global markets, driving on-time execution against unit goals and sustaining 98% SLA compliance.
  • Verify and source business data against global registries, D&B, BVD, AVOX, regulators, and third-party sources, meeting accuracy and quality standards. Reduced AHT by 15% and raised FCR by 19%.
  • Run quality assurance and compliance checks across account management processes, including remediation and mass data onboarding validation. Hold regular client and customer meetings to align on requirements, resolve issues, and strengthen relationships.

Gen AI-Powered Operations Dashboard | Reporting Automation & Forecasting

  • Built an interactive Gen AI-powered dashboard (SAP-EKX) on a 30-minute auto-refreshed data feed, tracking current volume, MTD AHT, IRT, monthly median, cycle time, region-wise net new accounts, and other KPIs/CPIs, with volume forecasting for the current and next 3 months.
  • Enabled data-driven decisions by highlighting pain areas and trends for corrective action, reducing manual reporting effort by 65% and improving transparency for internal teams and stakeholders.

Assistant Manager, Accounts Payable Operations (Rabobank)

May 2021 – Oct 2025

Led a 13-member team across four EU regions, owning daily operations, period-end close, MIS reporting, and controls.

  • Led a 13-member AP team across four EU regions, processing monthly 2,500+ lease, T&E, operating expense, and PO/non-PO invoices in Oracle Fusion and SUN ERP at 99% on-time and accurate.
  • Achieved 100% external audit clearance by maintaining compliance with financial regulations and internal policies, and by keeping SOPs, process maps, and control documentation audit-ready.
  • As process owner, found control gaps and defects, ran root-cause analysis (5-Why, fishbone), and drove remediation, cutting recurring defects by 25%.
  • Held biweekly and monthly reviews with customers and stakeholders on performance and improvements, lifting customer satisfaction to 98% (H1-H2 2025). Led transition activities (KT, shadowing, hyper care) and coordinated external audits.

Unallocated Cash Power BI Dashboard | Accounts Payable, Rabobank

  • Identified a manual bottleneck where the team spent 5-6 hours every alternate day matching unallocated cash entries from a customer Excel report containing 10,000+ line items.
  • Built an interactive Power BI dashboard that categorized entries by amount and unallocated duration, highlighted aging items, and showed total value by expense category.
  • Helped the team prioritize high-value and aged items, reducing manual effort by 80% and giving internal and external stakeholders clear visibility into unallocated cash.

Altisource Business Solutions Pvt Ltd

Jul 2011 – Apr 2021 · Bengaluru, India

Associate Project Manager

Feb 2018 – Apr 2021

Owned 3 projects from planning through Go-Live, coordinating Application, User Access Management, Operations, Invoicing, and Training teams.

  • Built detailed project plans with milestones, dependencies, and owners across five interdepartmental teams, and delivered 3 projects (BoA, Ocwen, Axos) on or before their Go-Live dates.
  • Ran regular stakeholder meetings to track progress, surface risks, and clear blockers early, keeping timelines on track and leadership informed.
  • Worked with business leaders to turn requirements into clear project scopes, which reduced rework and kept delivery aligned with expectations.
  • Took end-to-end ownership of projects and gathered inputs from downstream partners to keep process accuracy and turnaround on track.

MIS Team Lead

Jul 2011 – Jan 2018

Produced management reporting for 3 lines of business (Operations, IT & Billing).

  • Prepared and published accurate, timely management reports to support stakeholder decisions, including daily timeline reports across multiple lines of business for operational transparency.
  • Compiled revenue reports by line of business and assessed capacity utilization across departments, presenting findings through Excel charts and pivot tables.
  • Ran daily quality checks on team data and gave feedback on error counts and volumes, improving accuracy by 18% and rework by 15%.
  • Wrote and ran complex SQL queries to extract, update, and analyze data across multiple tables, supporting business operations.
  • Handled first-line troubleshooting, exporting logs and analyzing system failures to pinpoint causes and speed up resolution handling 26 incidents per month.
  • Automated report generation with SSRS and other reporting tools, saving 20 hours per week and reducing manual errors.

Expertise

Core Skills

Operations & Service Delivery

  • SLA/KPI Management
  • Escalation & Incident Management
  • Procure-to-pay (P2P)
  • Master Data Management
  • Vendor & Client Relationship Management
  • Process Transition
  • AI/Gen AI

Controls & Governance

  • Audit & Compliance
  • Month-end Close
  • Reconciliation
  • Operational Controls & Quality Assurance
  • Root-Cause Analysis
  • SOPs & Process Documentation
  • QBR/MBR Business Reviews
  • Center of Excellence

Tools & Automation

  • Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, Lookups)
  • Qlik Sense
  • Power BI
  • Jira
  • AI-Enabled Automation
  • Dashboarding & Reporting
  • SAP (Customer Master Data)
  • Oracle Fusion
  • SUN ERP
  • SQL
  • SSRS

Leadership & Improvement

  • Team Leadership
  • Coaching & Onboarding
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Agile

Credentials

Certifications & Education

Certifications & Continuous Learning

  • Lean Six Sigma – Green Belt CertifiedCert ID: 7143 · April 2025
  • Agile ChampionCert ID: 10113 · Feb 2024
  • AI for Everyone & Foundation of Responsible AIUdemy & LinkedIn · March 2026
  • Claude Certified Associate – FoundationsAnthropic

Education

  • MBAAnnamalai University · 2009–2011 · CGPA 8.3
  • PGD Finance & Taxation2020–2021 · CGPA 8.0
  • Bachelor in CommerceUniversity of Calcutta · 2005–2008 · Grade B

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