PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Senior Project Manager with a versatile background in implementing large global initiatives
• Collaborate with Microsoft certified vendors to implement Microsoft Dynamics solutions.
• Manage global ERP initiatives whereby replacing Financial legacy applications throughout North America, Latin America, Canada and Europe with a Microsoft Dynamics solution within a $2.65M budget.
• Successfully implemented enterprise wide Finance and Credit Risk initiatives.
• Effectively enhanced Global Credit Risk, Collection and Settlement applications.
• Enhancements to the credit risk applications generated over $2.49M in revenue and $2.
• 18M in loss reduction while new development for Collection and Settlement Operations tools have incurred over $16.8M in revenue.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS:

• CA Clarity
• Workfront
• Smartsheet
• SharePoint
• Microsoft Team Foundation Services
• Remedy | Unicenter Service Desk

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

• System Integration | Migrations
• Enterprise Wide Implementations
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Functional Project Management
• Business and Information Technology Management
• Client | Vendor Relations

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, Visio, Outlook, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Workfront, Microsoft Team Foundation Services, Office 365, Skype, WebEx, Outlook Live Meeting, Microsoft Teams

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

PMO PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Melville, NY

Responsibilities:

• Assisted Program Manager with the evaluation of the Financial system replacement ERP solution.
• Participated in multiple vendor demo sessions for various proposed solution applications.
• Generated demo summary for Confidential Finance management team to assist with evaluation of the various solutions to allow the business to determine which application to move forward with.
• Provided support for other PMO projects; working with Procurement and the business to execute vendor statement of work (SOW) and obtain vendor onboarding documents.
• Creation of project charter and request for capital procurement (RCP) along with other project documentation.

MICROSOFT DYNAMICS ERP PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, New York City, NY

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with various Microsoft vendors to implement Microsoft Dynamic solutions to ensure deliverables are met within approved Statement of Work and committed schedule.
• Collaborated with the business through the discovery phase and vendor selection; review contracts, participate in demos and generate business case.
• Managed the migration of Financial legacy applications to a Microsoft Dynamics solution including integrations with internal and external payroll, cash management and time and expense tools.
• Collaborated with executive management to provide business direction and ensure the project remains in scope and within budget while managing stakeholder expectations.
• Worked in conjunction with in - house functional consultants and developers to produce deliverables within the scope of the initiative.
• Teamed up with Microsoft Dynamics solution architects, functional consultants and other vendor resources to establish, develop and execute gap solutions.
• Worked together with internal network and infrastructure resources to ensure servers have been stood up and connectivity is properly established.
• Administrator for SharePoint, Microsoft Team Foundation Studio and Microsoft Customer Source; providing users with access to systems during project onboarding.
• Generate steering committee meeting documents and chair monthly meeting with executive business and vendor management teams.
• Prepare and communicate project team and executive status reports.
• Coordinate end user and testing; ensuring materials are created and test scripts identified and documented.

PMO SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Melville, NY

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Accounting | Finance global related initiative; migration of various global legacy accounting applications to a new Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 solution within North America, Latin America and Europe.
• Collaborated with Microsoft vendor to establish and execute Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 solution globally.
• Successfully implemented multiple back-end conversion projects enhancing merchant onboarding tools, creation of independent sales office application, work with third party vendors to replace personal cardholder information and web content monitoring data feeds.
• Tracked and managed overall project budget of $2.65M ensuring deliverables are successfully implemented within approved budget.
• Created executive dashboard and chaired monthly steering committee meeting with executive and vendor management teams.
• Prepared and communicated weekly project status reporting to project team and management.
• Project management administration - coordinated user acceptance testing,, managed risks and issues, participated in the creation and implementation of the PMO Change Control process.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Melville, NY

Responsibilities:

• Managed and implemented projects across various First Data domestic and international platforms introducing new products and functionality to new and existing applications.
• Lead project teams in the expansion of new international platforms introducing multiple and dynamic currency conversion processing.
• Successfully migrated in-house international collection tool, streamlining the collection and account functions to support various joint ventures across EMEA and APAC generating $2.49M in revenue and $2.18M in loss reduction.
• Managed the automation of Settlement Operations and Credit Financial Control functions introducing new reconciliation and funding tools generating an accumulative five-year benefit of over $16.8M.
• Effectively managed the implementation of cumulative credit transaction processing caps on the international platform saving First Data International $128K annually by reducing their risk exposure.
• Managed and executed the project management process and software development life cycle; submitting concepts and tracking them through conversion to project, execution, closure, and transition to Run the Business teams.
• Partnered with First Data business areas on strategic development and planning to ensure the business strategic vision was met.
• Collaborated with technical teams identifying impacted technical groups, establishing rough order of magnitude (ROM), procurement of hardware and software, high level and detailed designs, and detailed estimates.