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Quality Management & Process Excellence

Niyati Golwalkar

Quality by design, not by chance.

16+ years helping organisations make quality part of everyday work and deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes through quality management systems, audits, Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques, Gen AI and a culture of continuous improvement.

Niyati Golwalkar

Highlights

14 years
in a mature Quality Management System at TCS

Quality roles aligned to ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 27001 (information security) and ISO 22301 (business continuity).

Defect Prevention Process OwnerDelivery Assurance FacilitatorProject AuditorLean Six Sigma Black Belt+ Other Quality Roles
~3 years
building a Quality Management System from scratch at Baker Tilly – Moss Adams

Designed the framework, processes, controls, KPIs and governance across Audit, Tax, Consulting and support functions, and harmonised it after the merger.

Quality Transformation LeaderAs-Is Process UniverseIn-House Lean Six Sigma ProgrammePost-Merger QMS HarmonisationFirm-Level Gen AI Assistant
176 FTE
productivity gained for 4,400 employees through MossGPT, a firm-level Gen AI assistant (Baker Tilly – Moss Adams)
20% → <5%
master data errors reduced at TCS – PwC UK (Black Belt project), avoiding $1M+ in potential losses and generating $400K in revenue
95.5%
project success rate at TCS – Deutsche Bank
120+
trainings delivered on Java, Master Data Management and other technologies, plus Scrum and Lean Six Sigma

Leadership Across Every Model

1

Individual Contributor

TCS – GE Capital

Hands-on delivery: building and automating systems myself.

2

Direct Team Leader

TCS – PwC UK

Led a team of 10 reporting directly to me.

3

Matrix Leader

TCS – HDFC Life Insurance

Matrix team of 49: assigned work and gave appraisal feedback.

4

Leading Through Influence

Baker Tilly – Moss Adams

Built a firm-wide QMS, certified ~250 people and guided 10 Yellow Belts whose projects saved $100K, none reporting to me.

Serving Businesses & Individuals

B2B

Business clients

  • Global banks and financial firms – Deutsche Bank, GE Capital
  • Professional services – PwC UK & US
  • Middle-market companies – tax, audit and consulting at Moss Adams
LeanSixSigmaISO 9001KaizenSamequalityprinciples
B2C

Individual customers

  • Insurance customers – onboarding, underwriting and policy servicing at HDFC Life Insurance
  • Individual and high-net-worth tax filing – Moss Adams, now Baker Tilly
  • Consumer finance and digital lending – GE Capital

Results That Mattered

Productivity value ~$4.4M
MossGPT – firm-level Gen AI assistant Baker Tilly – Moss Adams$4.2M
BDMA Report Automation TCS – GE Money$0.16M
Cost savings ~$0.9M
US-to-India GCC transition Baker Tilly – Moss Adams$0.8M
Improvement projects led by 10 Yellow Belts Baker Tilly – Moss Adams$0.1M
Revenue & risk (in addition to the $5M+)
MDM data quality – Black Belt project TCS – PwC UK$0.4M revenue
$1M+ losses avoided
Sustaining vs Building Quality

At TCS, I worked within a mature, ISO-aligned quality system, where my role was to sustain and strengthen quality through audits, defect prevention and root-cause work. Prevention work like this avoids problems before they happen, so its value is harder to put a number on. At Moss Adams India, a newly established GCC, I built the quality system from scratch, so the improvements were larger and easier to quantify.

About Me

I'm a Quality Management and Process Excellence leader with experience across IT, banking, insurance, HR, financial services, and Audit, Taxation and Consulting.

Most recently, at Baker Tilly – Moss Adams, a US public accounting firm, I built the Quality Management and Process Excellence framework from scratch across Audit, Tax, Consulting and support functions: SOPs, process maps, RACI matrices, quality KPIs, dashboards and management reviews. I also designed and launched an in-house Lean Six Sigma certification programme that trained and certified 60% of Moss Adams India employees within one year, building a firm-wide culture of quality and continuous improvement.

Before that, I spent 14 years at TCS, where I ran internal quality and process audits and led defect prevention for 25+ project teams, and managed programmes for HDFC Life Insurance, Deutsche Bank, PwC and GE Capital.

I enjoy turning quality principles into practical habits that teams actually follow, and I use data and AI tools where they genuinely reduce effort.

Core Strengths

Quality Management Systems ISO 9001 Internal Audits Root Cause Analysis & CAPA Lean Six Sigma Tools & Techniques Lean Six Sigma Training & Certification Process Mapping & SOPs Quality KPIs & Dashboards Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Change Management Generative AI & Automation

Experience

Quality Transformation Leader

Baker Tilly – Moss Adams · Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
  • Established the Quality Management and Process Excellence framework from scratch across Audit, Tax, Consulting and support functions.
  • Created the complete as-is process universe for Moss Adams India within one year, mapping how every function actually worked, supported by Celonis process mining.
  • Implemented SOPs, quality KPIs, performance dashboards and periodic management reviews.
  • Led cross-functional quality initiatives across HR, Finance, IT and Operations.
  • Designed and launched an in-house Lean Six Sigma certification programme, building a firm-wide culture of quality and continuous improvement: 60% of Moss Adams India employees (~250 people) trained and certified within one year, and 10 Yellow Belts who led improvement projects delivering productivity gains worth 5 FTE and $100K in savings.
  • Drove digital transformation with AI tools including Epiplex AI and Within (formerly Clarity AI), and led the implementation of MossGPT, an internal ChatGPT-style AI assistant for firm knowledge.

Tata Consultancy Services

Dec 2009 – Dec 2023 · Quality Assurance, Project Auditing, Defect Prevention
Quality & Process Roles and Responsibilities
  • Worked for 14 years within TCS's mature Quality Management System, aligned to ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301.
  • Ran internal quality and process audits for 25+ project teams, checking that delivery followed agreed standards and procedures.
  • Owned defect prevention: maintained defect registers, analysed defect patterns and put controls in place so issues didn't repeat.
  • Led root cause analysis and corrective actions, and verified their effectiveness through follow-up reviews.
  • Led internal audits for ISO 27001 (information security) and ISO 22301 (business continuity), and implemented business continuity plans on projects.
Senior Program Manager & Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – HDFC Life Insurance
Jan 2021 – Dec 2023
  • Led a matrix team of 49, assigning work and providing appraisal feedback.
  • Led delivery governance and quality improvement for insurance onboarding, underwriting and policy servicing.
IT Program Manager, Master Lean Coach & Defect Prevention Process Owner – Deutsche Bank
Sep 2016 – Dec 2020
  • Used Lean Six Sigma to improve release stability and reduce defects, achieving a 95.5% project success rate.
Java Technical Lead, Project Auditor & Delivery Assurance Facilitator – PwC UK & US
Sep 2014 – Aug 2016
  • Led a team of 10 on development and support projects.
  • Black Belt MDM project that cut master data errors from 20% to under 5%, avoiding $1M+ in potential losses and generating $400K in revenue.
Java Developer & Six Sigma Green Belt – GE Capital
May 2010 – Aug 2014
  • BDMA report automation (GE Money) that cut reporting time from 6 hours to 1 hour, saving ~$160K a year.

Certifications & Education

ISO 9001:2026 QMS Lead ImplementerCQI & IRCA certified training (BSI)
Lean Six Sigma Black BeltKPMG
Six Sigma Green BeltGE
Project Management Professional (PMP)PMI
Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum MasterPMI
Generative AI for Business Leaders · Agentic AIMoss Adams
Digital AnalyticsIIM Indore
MBA (Marketing & HR) · B.Tech (Computer Science)MATS University · RGPV University

Life Outside Work

Fitness & Wellness Meditation Spending Time with Family

Weekend Passions

Trained Vedic Astrologer · Mridaastro ↗ Certified Sound Healer Singing