Presentation made to new Chartered Accountants in India as part of their orientation, on career options for them in Information Technology

1. CA Muthu Ranganathan
Experienced Technology Practioner

2. Discussion Items
 My Career Journey
 Career Options today & tomorrow
 Tips for career in Information Technology
 Questions
 Contact

3. Career Journey
 20+ years experience with mix of finance roles (Arvind,
Pepsi, Ford) and later software roles
 Product management at Ramco Systems, Hyperion,
SAP – Global roles from India
 Product management experience - drawing board to
release to early customer adoption to large scale Go To
Market
 Multi cultural experience
 Education : Chartered Accountant cum Cost
Accountant
 SAP Labs, Bangalore, India

4. CA Career Options
In Past Today & Tomorrow
or
Global
Careers

5. Know about Technology
 Services Companies vs. Product Companies
 On Premise vs Cloud
 B2B (business to business) vs. B2C (business to
consumer)

6. Career Options Today & Tom
 Potential Roles
 Functional consultant eg
IFRS
 Techno functional
implementation consultant
 Industry consultant eg
Banking, Insurance
 Quality Assurance
 Product Management
 User Experience (Ux)
 Presales
 Center of Excellence
 Finance IT Business Analyst
in corporates
 Enterpreneur
 Potential Areas
 ERP
 Enterprise Performance
Management -Planning,
Consolidation, Profitability
Management
 Governance Risk & Compliance
 Supply Chain Management
 Customer Relationship
Management
 Analytics
 Big Data
 Industry Solutions
 Core Banking & Fin Services
 Public Sector
 Business Networks
 Startups

7. Tips for Successful career in IT
 Work in industry for few years 3-4years before joining IT
 Focus on specialized areas e.g. Planning, consolidation, risk,
IFRS etc
 Stay close to IT initiatives in the company, volunteer to go
extra mile
 Build deep industry expertise – holistic view
 Think global and get globally relevant
 Relocate to IT hotspots for IT leg of career e.g.
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Silicon Valley, US
 Become Technically competent -Take basic courses in coding
and in any of leading software e.g. SAP, Oracle, JDA etc
 Build very good communication and negotiation skills
 Build your GQ….more important than IQ

8. Most Key to Success in career

9. Questions …..
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