KEY COMPETENCIES

• Full SDLC Project Tracking & Coordination
• Assistance with Business Requirements Document (BRD) Gathering
• Financials/Budgeting
• Forecasting/Projections/Variances
• Adhoc Reports
• Analytical & Organization skills
• Time Management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• UAT Developmental Testing (manual and automated test scripts)
• Excellent IT Skills: MS Project, PlanView, Project Tracker, SharePoint Management
• Hardware and Software Assessments

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Wachovia / Wells Fargo Advisors - Project Coordinator - 8/09 - Present

• Assist Program Manager with project budget analysis and planning.
• Coordinate and organize project activities across multi-functional teams.
• Identify potential conflicting project priorities (tasks, resources, and timelines) and proactively resolve them.
• Act as Liaison between Program Managers across other LOBs.
• Assist staff with preparation of project documentation (SOWs, PPDs, BRDs, FSDs, etc.)
• Coordinate and participate in weekly status meetings (i.e., creating agenda, meeting minutes, and following up on action items).
• Maintain and track issues log and change control items.
• Continuous process improvement and best practices.
• Create weekly/monthly project management reports.
• SharePoint site management and restructure.

Confidential, Project Administrator - 3/08 - 6/09

• Produce, execute and manage high level project plans with timelines and ensure that deliverables are met in a timely manner.
• Perform QA testing, execute and write new manual test scripts for multiple products in UAT developmental test environment.
• Prepare monthly Financials (i.e., reconcile POs and invoices, research, forecast, projections and variances for P & L Statements).
• Coordinate project activities for eight R & D software development products.
• Document and define internal processes for each product team.
• Lead and participated in audit research, coordination and findings.
• Lead and formulate the process for the SDLC of Change/Enhancement requests.
• Enter and maintain defects and enhancements in the Quality Management System.
• Project lead for Data Security - Handling Customer's sensitive data.
• Maintain software license agreements and create license keys per customer requests.
• Collect, archive and send project source code artifacts to escrow deposit account.
• Participate in monthly Change Control Board Meeting (prepare agenda and record minutes).
• Prepare status reports and participate in weekly staff meeting.
• Participate in weekly sprint planning meetings.
• Validate and approve administrative time entered into PWA system.

Confidential
TIAA-CREF - Business Analyst (Consultant) - 12/06 - 5/07

• Tracked, defined, and documented internal processes for the IT TOPS Production Support team.
• Performed financial analyses to create metrics for budget forecasting and projections, contractor and vendor management.
• Worked closely with the Project Mangers, business users and other stakeholders to analyze and document the functional requirements for various initiatives.
• Assisted Project Teams in the development of presentation formats for metrics data to measure progress, effectiveness, and quality of activities related to the projects.
• Worked with Director to develop additional documentation required for project administration such as status reports, headcount analysis and other management reports (post documents in BRANDX portal).
• Attended weekly status meetings (prepare agenda, meeting minutes and action items).
• Attended bi-weekly Management Best Practices meetings to determine strategies for career planning, training and development for employees.
• Assisted with on-boarding and off-boarding employees & contingent workers.

Confidential
IT - CIO Shared Services - Executive Assistant/Project Coordinator - 10/01 - 1/06

• Worked on Special Projects as warranted (i.e., data analysis, database maintenance, vendor management, etc).
• Prepared monthly Status Report identifying key initiatives
• Assisted in the monthly budget process (research, forecast, projections and variances).
• Prepared monthly financial reports and AWM ad hoc reports as requested.
• Processed invoices, requisitions and expense reports.
• Participated on a project management team (Employee On-boarding & Off-boarding).
• Documented business and functional processes and continued process improvement efforts identifying opportunities to increase operational efficiency.
• Performed detailed Internet research for analytical data.
• Administered updates/changes in the Time Away Database for the entire Shared Services Group (600 employees).
• Assisted in space planning and coordinated office moves.
• Assisted with coordination of Special Projects
• Maintained the headcount data and communicated tree builder changes for the monthly updates.
• Assisted with expense management by performing research via IRIS system.
• Tess Approval Administrator for the Business Solutions Team.
• Assisted manager with salary administration.

Confidential, Assistant Team Leader - 11/96 - 5/01

• Managed and coordinated day-to-day administrative duties and special projects in the absence of the Team Leader (approximately 1- year).
• Managed 25 administrative assistants
• Participated on a project management team (Employee On-boarding & Off-boarding).
• Documented business and functional processes and continued process improvement efforts
• Prepared time & expense reports (bi-monthly).
• Purchased office supplies and equipment.
• Prepared monthly Status Report identifying key initiatives
• Coordinated travel and corporate events.

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
A.S. - Secretarial Science
Finance

SKILLS:

• Quality Management Center
• PeopleSoft
• Oracle
• jSource
• Hyperion Retrieve & Planning
• Hyperion ESSBase
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Project
• Lotus Notes / Outlook
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Access
• Talent Tree
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Visio Professional
• SharePoint