Problem-solving Assistant Project Manager skilled in completing multiple tasks simultaneously and working with different personalities. Promoting exceptional skills in project management and business analysis. Versed in project management tools, software and methodologies.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Project Manager
GCA
Melbourne, Victoria
01.2024 - Current
Responsible for leading the planning, execution, and delivery of website enhancement initiatives to improve user experience, optimize performance, and achieve business objectives.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams including design, development, content, marketing, and IT to gather requirements, align priorities, and ensure collaboration throughout the project lifecycle.
Identified risks associated with projects and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
Gathering requirements, and technical specifications for website enhancements.
Estimate project costs, allocate resources effectively, and manage project budgets to ensure timely and within-scope delivery.
Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, status reports, meeting minutes, and post-implementation reviews.
Monitor project progress, track milestones, and manage project schedules to ensure timely delivery of website enhancements within agreed-upon deadlines.
Manage the Microsoft 365 Planner board for the team, facilitating streamlined task allocation and progress tracking.
Coordinated project activities and monitored progress to ensure timely completion of tasks.
Utilized reporting and visualization tools to support governance and team reporting needs.
Agile Coordinator
Project Management Institute (PMI Melbourne Chapter)
Melbourne, VIC
07.2023 - Current
Supervising content creation through Canva and Miro, managing social media updates on LinkedIn, and overseeing the technical facets of an event
Successfully hosted more than 6 Agile workshops and built relationships by collaborating with stakeholders
Managing the reports, summarising event outcomes, feedback, and key metrics including Zoom polls
Overseeing the planning and execution of an event including marketing strategies to increase event visibility
Responsible for developing requirements for every workshop and managing the budgets and timelines under control
Successfully managed more than 10 workshops on the Trello board.
Lead Business Analyst (Digital Transformations)
Capco Technologies (Client - Deutsche Bank)
India
05.2021 - 08.2022
Exhibited project planning expertise, strategically identifying and addressing key risks, leading to successful project delivery with an outstanding 80% reduction in manual intervention
Analysed business processes, procedures, and work practices, while collaborating with users to formulate and document comprehensive business requirements
Managed high-impact projects across over 10 diverse paradigms for developing comprehensive project plans, and overseeing costs, and resources
Proficient in both waterfall and agile methodologies, encompassing backlog grooming, sprint planning, review, daily scrum calls, retrospectives, as well as data modelling and mapping concepts
Recognised by senior leadership for exceptional performance in conducting more than 12 interviews in a day, hiring experienced talent, and managing Business-As-Usual BAU responsibilities
Mentor the consultant BAs/DAs in technical and functional skills and assist in overcoming impediments
Facilitate training and coaching sessions to actively contribute to the social community
Conducted a gap analysis to identify the current state and future state
Skilled in employing a variety of tools and databases, such as SQL and Cognos, to extract and analyse data for informed decision-making
Managed the creation of project documentation within Confluence
Accountable for researching top articles on artificial intelligence to keep the team informed about current banking industry trends.
Senior Business Analyst (Customer Tax Transparency)
Capgemini Technology Services (Client - ANZ Bank)
India
02.2020 - 05.2021
Synthesised current business intelligence data to produce Power BI dashboards and polished presentations, highlighting findings and recommending changes
Streamlined best practices, continuous improvement, and regular retrospectives to support agile methodology implementations
Managed the transition of the customer contact process from onshore to offshore
Responsible for building work instructions and standard operating process documents
Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies
Automated customer contact manual report processes using Python, achieving a significant output improvement of over 90%
Managed user stories with acceptance criteria to track the project status in JIRA
Involved in analysis of current state (as-is) and future state (to-be) business processes and developing service improvement strategies
Worked with a client on the data reporting for the tax declaration for the individual customers and entities as per the FATCA and CRS
Managed SQL queries to extract and manipulate data from SQL databases for analysis and reporting purposes
Engaged in data warehousing and data mining concepts to support management functions
Responsible for working on the due diligence of customers including debit card and credit card holders.
Process Specialist - Data (Business Analyst - Workforce Management)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
India
11.2014 - 02.2020
Deployed workforce management on 1500 employees, generating an annualized benefit of $1.5 million for Cognizant
Collaborated with stakeholders to forecast workforce needs and develop strategic plans to meet those requirements
Transformed data visualisation techniques, analysing workload for more than 1000 employees across Cognizant ensuring skill development and knowledge transfer
Deployed Prohance tool across all business units, covering more than 40 processes
Assisted in the implementation and integration of Prohance (real-time tracking tool) and provided 100% coaching to team leads and managers on the software
Tracked MIS for all major accounts, identifying top and bottom performers covering more than 20 processes
Generating regular reports on key performance indicators KPIs) and workforce metrics to provide management insights
Assessed the impact of business processes on users, and analysed data to identify trends, patterns and potential areas for improvement
Provided extended support to the team, handling high-volume ad-hoc queries and responsible for continuous project monitoring
Prepared PowerPoint presentations for higher management, showcasing benefits and FTE removal
Interacted with stakeholders across different geographies, conducting value stream mappings to understand and analyse requirements.
Process Analyst (DTC Settlements)
Deutsche Bank
India
07.2012 - 10.2014
Single point of contact for the new issue trades in India for Deutsche Bank
Using Lean Six Sigma principles, identified and eliminated 3 EOD reports, demonstrating significant achievement in driving process improvement initiatives
Managed team and provided training to all the team members in the team as a senior member of the team
Managed MIS, KPIs, and KRAs and handling escalations reported by management
Responsible for settlement of Syndicate trades including failing trades, publishing SOD, mid-day, and EOD updates
Responsible for identifying and resolving the breaks i.e., reconciliations of Espear vs