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Balpreet Kaur

Balpreet Kaur

Barcelona

Summary

Detail-oriented Financial Analyst and Data Scientist with 6+ years of experience developing and presenting informed analysis to guide executive level decisions. Possesses Business and Finance degree from university UB, masters in Big Data & Business Analytics from EAE and recently completed Data Science Master at UOC. Excited to leverage my strong analytical skills and support my team through advanced financial & data analysis and become an indispensable asset. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Tech Controller

OXFAM
BARCELONA
07.2023 - Current

· Developed and implemented project objectives, plans and budgets.

· Deep understanding of technology stack and impact on final product.

· Led strategic planning sessions for design and construction management.

· Managed product and project risks, scope changes and other non-standard events throughout product planning and development.

· Provided guidance, coordination and direction to project teams.

· Maintained project schedules by managing deadlines, adjusting workflow and assigned tasks accordingly.

· Assisted in developing test plans, test cases and executed tests to validate system functionality.

· Directed stakeholder communication and reported status, issues and changes to technical and business leadership.

· Assigned specific tasks to personnel, balancing scheduling demands, available resources and personal skill sets to achieve best possible project outcomes.

· Provided technical guidance on complex projects and initiatives.

· Created user manuals, training materials and other documentation as required by the project scope. And maintained accurate records of all changes made to the project documents throughout its lifecycle.

· Monitored progress of multiple projects, identified risks and implemented corrective measures when needed.

· Tracked performance metrics such as cost, schedule and quality against predefined targets and took appropriate actions if required.

· Performed risk assessments, identified risks, developed mitigation strategies, and monitored risk status on a regular basis.

· Collaborated with cross-functional team to define features and build powerful and easy-to-use products and customer-facing workflow tools.

· Coordinated with stakeholders to ensure that all project objectives are met within the agreed timeline and budget.

· Developed project plans and timelines to ensure successful completion of projects.

· Devised project strategies and scopes in accordance with established methodologies from conceptualizing ideas to implementing plans and optimizing operations.

· Planned the training of end users on system usage after implementation is complete.

· Demonstrated expertise in resourcing, scheduling, budgeting, risk management and overall project leadership.

· Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems.

Senior Finance Analyst

Pepsico International Limited
Barcelona
01.2020 - 12.2022
  • Oriented Financial Planning & Analysis and Operations
  • Creation, analysis and control of Forecasting/Planning
  • Planning and general financial analysis of business units and IT projects
  • Create and maintain ad-hoc financial analysis for IT project leaders & CFO
  • Expertise in developing monthly forecasting, annual budget
  • Management and financial control of Head Accounts
  • Detailed presentations and management of reports that provide value-added recommendations for financial forecasting projects
  • Analyze monthly forecasts and revenue/cost results to identify key growth drivers and trends
  • Recommendations, comparative analysis and guidance on financial operations as payments, budget and forecasting
  • Monitor and report on areas of risk and/or operational opportunity
  • Improve and control operations through consistent hard work and dedication
  • Analyze all month and year end financial activities including ad hoc F&A
  • Analyze and control pre-payments by provider and agree with GL's monthly publications
  • Manage and maintain SAP accounts (update and accuracy) and flow in Hyperion
  • Control the allocation of the budget against the right CCs
  • Management of financial activities affected by the currency exchange
  • Migration of Financial Data
  • Reconciliations of IT projects with financial dept
  • Continuous control of Forecast/Actuals with the PMs of the IT projects for monthly, quarterly and annual closings.

Data Science Intern

FlipRobo
Bengaluru
08.2021 - 03.2022
  • Studied extensively on ML projects
  • Compiled, cleaned and manipulated data for proper handling
  • Ran statistical analysis processing large datasets
  • Did Mathematical and Analytical Modelling
  • Used Big Data tools
  • Learned in depth about libraries and resources in different environments
  • Modeled predictions with feature selection and ML algorithms
  • Tested and validated models for accuracy of predictions of interest
  • Applied loss functions and variance techniques to compare performance metrics
  • Developed polished visualizations to share results of D.A
  • Collaborated with senior analysts and data scientist to define and meet data modeling standards of deep dive projects
  • Translated cost/benefit of ML Tech for non-tech audiences
  • Present findings of advanced mathematical models.

Data Science Intern

DataTrained Noida
Noida
08.2021 - 03.2022
  • Data Wrangling and Analysis using Python: Data pre-process and value imputation
  • Data Formatting
  • Data normalization
  • Binning.

Data Science Intern

Gigaroll
Connecticut
01.2021 - 12.2021
  • Learned Integrity and security of database management
  • Database Programming
  • Data APIs and Web-scraping
  • Data Integration, Management and Visualization
  • Deliver tangible, accelerated professional development through workplace exposure and training
  • Identified issues, analyzed data and provided solutions
  • Improved Gigaroll website including data driven metrics and visualizations
  • Developed and implemented performance strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement
  • Tested and validated models for accuracy of predictions in outcomes of interest.

Data Engineer Intern

Ebird
Barcelona
11.2019 - 06.2020
  • Final master project
  • Real Big Data management case: Ebirds, company specialist in Bird Data
  • Used skills learned in Big Data, Project Direction and Management
  • Research, Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Triple Constraint
  • Organizational Data Management
  • Analyzed complex data and identified anomalies, trends and risks to provide useful insights to improve internal controls
  • Developed, implemented, supported and maintained data analytics protocols, standards and documentation
  • Collected requirements and designed advanced analytics ranging from descriptive to predictive models and machine learning techniques
  • Designed and developed analytical data structures
  • Designed visualization for the website
  • Prepared summaries to accompany results.

Administration

Banc Sabadell
Barcelona
06.2019 - 06.2020
  • Administrative providing customer service through SIBIS and CRM DBs
  • Identified issues, analyzed and provided solutions
  • Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities and improvements
  • Participated in team building activities to enhance working experience
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast paced atmosphere.

Administrative

La Caixa, HQ.
Barcelona
08.2019 - 01.2020
  • Administered Institutions of North Zone collaborating with main executives
  • Key presentations for directors
  • Salesforce Maintenance
  • Cloud Client Data Management.

Mediator/Translator

Catsalut
Barcelona
04.2018 - 04.2019
  • Administrative, mediator and translator in critical health studies
  • Translation for important communications to the participant in these studies
  • Approving the final translations of medical analysis and critical reports.

Administrative Intern

Marsh & McLennan
Barcelona
04.2018 - 04.2019
  • Intern in Risk Management dept
  • Collaborating with executives and providing administration of accountability of International Top Clients
  • Organize and manage Top client projects and contracts
  • Approving the translations of critical main contracts of Top clients.

Education

Master of Science - Data Science

UOC
07-2024

Complete Data Science Course -

Udemy
12.2022

Data Science 2022: Data Science & ML -

Udemy
07.2022

Machine Learning A-Z: Python & R in D.Sc. -

Udemy
06.2022

Master of Science - Data Science

Datatrained
03.2022

DP-100: A-Z Machine Learning Using Azure ML -

Udemy
03.2022

Python For Data Science & Machine Learning Btcmp -

Udemy
05.2021

Python for Data Science & Machine Learning Bootcamp -

Udemy
05.2021

Complete Data Science Bootcamp: Advanced -

Udemy
12.2020

Complete ML : Data Science Python -

Udemy
10.2020

Data Science Specialization Program -

Coursera
08.2020

Master of Science - Big Data & Business Analytics

EAE
07.2020

Master of Science - Business Intelligence And Technological Innovation

UPC
07.2020

Complete Python Bootcamp 2020 -

Udemy
04.2020

Complete SQL Bootcamp 2020 -

Udemy
02.2020

Complete SQL Bootcamp 2020 -

Udemy
02.2020

Javascript Basic -

Fundación Esplai
07.2019

BBA - Business Management

UB
07.2019

Skills

  • Active Learner
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Critical thinking and analysis
  • Creativity, originality
  • Initiative Positive attitude
  • Leadership and Team Player
  • Resilient, stress tolerance and flexible
  • Reasoning, ideation and results
  • Good knowledge of Big data tools
  • Practical experience on SQL, Python and R
  • User of Big Data tools such as PowerBI, QlikSense, Spark, MongoDB, Cassandra, Rapidminer, Storm, Neo4j
  • Data Science Enthusiastic
  • Proficient Financial Senior Analyst

Availability

Immediate Availability

Personal Car

True

Personal Information

Driving License: True

Languages

  • Punjabi, First Languages
  • Hindi, First Languages
  • English, C1 Advanced
  • Spanish, C2 Proficient
  • Catalan, C1 Advanced
  • Italian, A1 Beginner
  • German, A1 Beginner
  • French, A1 Beginner

Hobbies and Interests

Love Traveling

Timeline

Financial Tech Controller

OXFAM
07.2023 - Current

Data Science Intern

FlipRobo
08.2021 - 03.2022

Data Science Intern

DataTrained Noida
08.2021 - 03.2022

Data Science Intern

Gigaroll
01.2021 - 12.2021

Senior Finance Analyst

Pepsico International Limited
01.2020 - 12.2022

Data Engineer Intern

Ebird
11.2019 - 06.2020

Administrative

La Caixa, HQ.
08.2019 - 01.2020

Administration

Banc Sabadell
06.2019 - 06.2020

Mediator/Translator

Catsalut
04.2018 - 04.2019

Administrative Intern

Marsh & McLennan
04.2018 - 04.2019

Master of Science - Data Science

UOC

Complete Data Science Course -

Udemy

Data Science 2022: Data Science & ML -

Udemy

Machine Learning A-Z: Python & R in D.Sc. -

Udemy

Master of Science - Data Science

Datatrained

DP-100: A-Z Machine Learning Using Azure ML -

Udemy

Python For Data Science & Machine Learning Btcmp -

Udemy

Python for Data Science & Machine Learning Bootcamp -

Udemy

Complete Data Science Bootcamp: Advanced -

Udemy

Complete ML : Data Science Python -

Udemy

Data Science Specialization Program -

Coursera

Master of Science - Big Data & Business Analytics

EAE

Master of Science - Business Intelligence And Technological Innovation

UPC

Complete Python Bootcamp 2020 -

Udemy

Complete SQL Bootcamp 2020 -

Udemy

Complete SQL Bootcamp 2020 -

Udemy

Javascript Basic -

Fundación Esplai

BBA - Business Management

UB
Balpreet Kaur