Experience

11 years of data, now building with AI.

A decade of governed datasets, semantic models, and self-service reporting for finance and operations teams in financial services and healthcare — and now the AI-native layer on top: data agents, prompt-driven dashboards, and the guardrails that keep their answers matching certified reports.

  1. Sep 2026 – Present

    Vice President, Data Engineering

    BNY · Chennai

    Building an AI-enabled analytics layer that lets business users ask questions and create dashboards in plain language.

    • Build curated, AI-ready datasets with documented business context and governed metric definitions, so LLM-generated answers match certified reporting.
    • Design the AI-enabled reporting layer: a semantic layer that maps business terms to approved metrics, dimensions and joins, giving agents a safe, consistent surface to query instead of raw tables.
    • Engineer prompt-based dashboard creation: users describe a view in natural language; the system resolves intent to governed metrics, generates the query and visual spec, and renders an editable dashboard.
    • Develop a data agent that plans multi-step analyses, generates and validates SQL against the semantic layer, and explains how each answer was derived.
    • Implement guardrails and evaluation: test sets of real business questions, accuracy tracking, role-based data access, and clarifying questions when intent is ambiguous.
  2. May 2024 – Aug 2026

    Vice President, Data and Analytics

    BNY · Chennai

    Owned AI-enabled data and analytics products for FP&A and Controllers, serving 1,000+ users across reporting, close, planning and performance management.

    • Built AI-assisted analytics with internal LLM/RAG tools, Power BI Copilot and Fabric Copilot to generate variance commentary, enable natural-language exploration and summarize insights for executives, including RAG solutions that explain expense variance and headcount movements.
    • Created governed data products by integrating Oracle ERP, the Neo finance platform, Salesforce CRM and IBM Planning Analytics into curated datasets.
    • Led pipelines and data products that improved business-day-2 close readiness with consistent views of books, drivers, exceptions and required actions.
    • Translated CFO and finance leadership needs into product roadmaps, features and reusable data assets, partnering with product and technology teams.
    • Automated recurring reporting and data preparation, saving 1,460+ hours a year and improving consistency and refresh reliability.
    • Led a team of 7 analysts; coached them on semantic modeling, dataset design, performance and practical AI adoption.
  3. Apr 2023 – Apr 2024

    Lead Data Analyst

    BNY · Chennai

    • Led BI modernization across finance reporting with a team of 4, improving standardization, auditability and delivery reliability.
    • Delivered automation across 100+ lines of business, cutting report refresh cycles from hours to minutes and saving 300+ hours a year.
    • Acted as solution lead for data integration and automation: requirements, testing, release readiness and sign-off.
    • Resolved critical data quality and performance issues in business-critical reporting under tight timelines.
  4. Jul 2021 – Mar 2023

    Senior Data Analyst

    BNY · Chennai

    • Owned analytics for headcount and deposit classification, delivering controlled insights to finance and operations.
    • Redesigned high-volume data preparation flows to reduce manual intervention and improve reliability.
    • Delivered regulatory and operational reporting with clear metric definitions and controlled outputs.
  5. Nov 2020 – Jul 2021

    Deputy Manager

    Philips GBS

    • Managed performance and capacity of the enterprise BI platform, improving reliability across published reports.
    • Analyzed server usage to find optimization opportunities, supporting 25% cost savings.
    • Automated data collection and validation with Power Platform, speeding reporting turnaround.
  6. Jun 2018 – Nov 2020

    Assistant BI Manager

    Philips GBS

    • Delivered inventory and project-tracking analytics for supply chain and operations.
    • Defined consistent KPIs and reusable reporting assets that improved decision support.
  7. Sep 2015 – May 2018

    Deputy Manager

    Encore IT Solution

    • Migrated legacy healthcare reporting to Power BI, improving access to insights and consistency.
    • Built and maintained SSIS ETL pipelines that improved data availability for operational reporting.