Archana Moola
Werombi,NSW
Summary
A PMP Certified dynamic Senior Project Manager with extensive experience managing cross-geographical teams and a diverse range of stakeholders, including customers, vendors, C-suite executives, program and project managers, PMO, sales & marketing, operations, HR, product management, IT, support, and change & process analysts. Proven ability to deliver business-critical applications in large, complex environments.
Highly proficient in managing technical project performance, adhering to set procedures, and effectively maintaining schedules and budgets including a $4.5M project that minimised cyber security risk across the organisation. Skilled in document and project management tools such as Office365 and Atlassian products.
Adept at executing software projects using Agile (Scrum, SAFe) and Waterfall methodologies. Expert in all aspects of project planning, development, and implementation, including resource coordination, governance, and reporting systems to ensure milestones are met.
Proficient in procurement processes, including service requests, purchase orders, invoices, and financial portals. Hands-on experience in managing risks and issues using Clarity and BCS, as well as updating project schedules with Primavera, JIRA and MS Project.
Strong background in PMO operations based on PMBOK standards, including quality planning and project schedule management. Experienced in release management, including cut-over plans and go-live readiness. Exceptional vendor management skills encompassing contract, change, financial, and supply-chain management, and proficiency at working with cross-cultural teams.
Proficient in tracking, monitoring, and reporting using business analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and IBM Watson. Dedicated to ensuring project success through meticulous planning and effective communication.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Senior Project Manager
Crown Resorts
07.2023 - Current
- Successfully completed numerous projects and programs in the Cyber and Infrastructure portfolio space, ranging from $150k to $4.5mil+, within budget and on schedule using both waterfall and agile methodologies
- Negotiated contracts with various vendors and suppliers, resulting in significant savings of over 500k across all projects
- Managed various project delivery teams, including 2 junior project managers and a project coordinator
- Collaborated with multiple stakeholders and vendors throughout all projects
- Led the upgrade of over 4000 user devices and 850 end-point devices to Windows 10 across Crown's Melbourne and Perth properties
- Successfully migrated 7000 user mailboxes and 900 other mailboxes to Office 365 across Melbourne and Perth properties, enhancing collaboration, security, and cost savings
- Implemented Single-Sign-On and Multi-factor authentication on more than 15 Crown systems, improving cybersecurity and preventing unauthorized access
- Ensured compliance with the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission's Technical Requirements document across various systems and departments
- Achieved significant cost savings of over $300k in licensing fees by utilizing various virtual platforms.
IT Project Manager
Crown Resorts
04.2022 - 06.2023
- Successfully completed numerous projects in the Crown Sydney integration space, ranging from $300k to $1mil+, using both waterfall and agile methodologies
- Successfully executed the prestigious Crown Sydney Casino phase 2 project, bringing a second casino to Sydney
- Installed the Tangam Yield Management tool, providing real-time analytics and dynamic yield suggestions on the gaming floor, generating additional revenue and assisting with labor management to Crown
- Delivered functionality and capabilities on existing integration-layer applications and projects, building and exposing new and existing services as APIs to open up functionality to other applications
- Worked as an Agile Delivery Lead and JIRA administrator in an Agile Feature Based Delivery model with my business unit.
Project Coordinator & Configuration Manager
Thales Australia
06.2018 - 04.2022
- Assisted Directors and Project Managers with the coordination of Avionics Projects, Bids, Operations, Sales & Marketing
- Provided configuration support to the Avionics domain Configuration Management System (IPESA)
- Provided support to the production, delivery and / or management of Data and Assets including Correspondences / Plans / Reports / Invoices / Purchase Orders for suppliers and / or customers, Government and customer furnished information and equipment, various registers, reports and databases for managers, suppliers and customer support, AVS Sharepoint
- Assisted project management in the analysis and review of project financials and schedules and with the execution of their duties as required
- Supported the implementation of opportunities for process improvement particularly for Archiving of documents
- Effectively managed competing priorities for the most efficient accomplishment of a specific tasks
- Effectively communicated via meetings, written communications and one-on-one communication, via regular communication with customers
- Complaint to all OHS policies and frameworks and ensured safe working practices.
HR Project Coordinator
NBN Co Limited
09.2017 - 06.2018
- Coordinated HR project activities end to end to successfully deliver projects on time within budget and to a high quality
- Proactively raised and managed any issues/risks with the team and escalated where required
- Data analysis and creating ad-hoc operational reports
- Engaged and collaborated key internal and external stakeholders with issues/successes of the project to ensure corporate objectives are met
- Ensured timely escalation of changes to scope, schedule or budget
- Collected feedback from stakeholders, conducted Post Implementation Review (PIR) surveys and participated in PIR reviews
- Promoted a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders
- Provided support in relation to project documentation, including Project Management Plans (PMPs), Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs)
- Worked on a daily basis with Delivery team, People Central, Remuneration & Rewards, Talent & Performance Management, Change Management, Process Management, HRBPs and all other project stakeholders
- Provided administrative project support to PM's.
- Provided administrative program support to Program Manager.
Project Coordinator (Part-time)
Essar Group Pty Ltd
05.2016 - 05.2017
- Created project schedules including estimates for materials and resources required
- Prepared contract documents and negotiated changes to contracts with architects (WL Design), consultants, clients, suppliers and sub-contractors
- Scheduled client meetings and managed all communication with clients, project managers and contractors
- Prepared progress reports for clients on multiple projects
- Managed purchases and procurement of building materials from suppliers
- Coordinated and tracked progress and implementation of projects
- Prepared various documents for all implementation of activities and ensure approval for same and assist to distribute all final documents
- Participated in various project meetings and maintain records of all construction dates and project costs
- Assisted construction manager and prepare schedule for all projects and assist in close out process and ensure appropriate filing of all paperwork.
Coordinator/ Analyst
Macquarie Group Ltd
05.2012 - 10.2015
- Overseen and coordinated day to day running of projects by assisting project manager
- Co-ordinated the completion and collation of regular project stream reporting, working with the project manager and stream leads, organize weekly management meetings, vendor meetings and team meetings, document minutes and actions raised from the meetings and follow up actions till issues are resolved
- Also involved in the development, updating and monitoring of business and action plans
- Assisted and supported Project Manager in his daily duties
- Ensured relevant management information is captured and analysed
- Reviewed efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery
- Assisted handling of projects finances
- Acted as administrative support to Project Manager and Program Manager on MPW SAP project
- Identified, analysed, prioritized, mitigated and communicated project risks
- Closely liaised and communicated with all respective teams including internal and external stakeholders
- Assisted with project activities and deliverables
- Raised change requests in JIRA seeking approval for the release into production
- Provided test effort estimates, defined test scope and prepared test plans
- Prepared test objectives, test cases and test data and self-managed tasks allocated
- Executed test cases in Quality Centre and reported defects in JIRA on a daily basis
- Reported daily test progress.
Project Coordinator & Sr. Test Analyst
Macquarie Group Ltd
03.2010 - 12.2010
- Identified, analysed, prioritized, mitigated, and communicated project risks
- Effectively communicated with the project manager to report on project status
- Kept in close contact with key project members and decision-makers
- Involved in interpreting performance data and translating this into practical improvements
- Also involved in coordinating projects, and assisting the project manager in their daily duties
- Reviewed and analysed Business Requirement documents for various modules
- Provided estimates on the test effort and developed test scope
- Prepared test objectives, test cases, and test data
- Executed test cases in the Quality Centre and reported defects in JIRA.
Senior Test Analyst
St. George Bank
04.2009 - 02.2010
- Identified, analysed, prioritized, mitigated, and communicated project risks
- Effectively communicated with the project manager to report on project status
- Kept in close contact with key project members and decision-makers
- Involved in interpreting performance data and translating this into practical improvements.
Test Manager
Macquarie Group Ltd
11.2008 - 02.2009
- Identified, analysed, prioritized, mitigated, and communicated project risks
- Effectively communicated with the project manager to report on project status
- Kept in close contact with key project members and decision-makers
- Involved in interpreting performance data and translating this into practical improvements.
Test Lead
GBST Holdings Ltd (Infocomp)
11.2007 - 11.2008
- Identified, analysed, prioritized, mitigated, and communicated project risks
- Effectively communicated with the project manager to report on project status
- Kept in close contact with key project members and decision-makers
- Involved in interpreting performance data and translating this into practical improvements.
Senior Test Analyst
Westpac Banking Corporation
06.2006 - 10.2007
- Identified, analysed, prioritized, mitigated, and communicated project risks
- Effectively communicated with the project manager to report on project status
- Kept in close contact with key project members and decision-makers
- Involved in interpreting performance data and translating this into practical improvements.
Test Analyst
Keycorp Limited
06.2006 - 10.2006
- Identified, analysed, prioritized, mitigated, and communicated project risks
- Effectively communicated with the project manager to report on project status
- Kept in close contact with key project members and decision-makers
- Involved in interpreting performance data and translating this into practical improvements.
Education
Master of Business Administration in Technology (MBA) - Technology
AGSM @ UNSW Business School
Sydney, Australia01.2020
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Electrical And Electronics
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, India01.2004
Skills
- Excellent analytical, inter-personal, liaising and communication skills
- Pro-active, self-motivated Team Player
- Diligent, detail-oriented and focused on the work delivered
- Creative and able to concentrate for long hours
- Has good decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Effective time management skills
Websites
Certification
- 2023, Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI
- 2017, Project Management Simplified, PMI
- 2017, Project Management Fundamentals, PMI
- 2017, Learning Gantt Charts, PMI
- 2017, Microsoft Project 2016, PMI
Languages
English, Telugu, Hindi
Tools
Project Management: MS Project 2016, Visio, MS SharePoint, MS-Office 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher), JIRA, Confluence, JIRA Work Management, JIRA Admin, Clarity, BCS, Monday, Miro, Smartsheet.
Other: PowerBI, Tableau, IBM Analytics, Vignette CMS, Adobe Creative suite (Acrobat, Reader, Page Maker, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro), Lotus Notes, Visual Studio, Siebel, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Slack
Tel
+61 434 674 708
Workrights
Australian Citizen
Other certifications
ISEB ISTQB Certificate in Software Testing.
Professional Development
- 2017, MicroHero Surveys, Edmonton, Canada, Team Leader and Coordinator, Social media launch project via QLC, Establishing (or overhauling) a social media distribution channel, campaigns, day-to-day activities, Establishing social media marketing strategy and process, Creating Social media content & campaign idea bank, Set up social media campaign with preliminary content focused on new client acquisition, Analyze and prepare social media data to inform business decisions
- 2017, Drone Dispatch, Texas, USA, Team Member, Business Development project via QLC, Identifying a preliminary list of customers engaged, Defining customer profiles via customer behaviour interviews, Defining and iterating existing sales strategy script on new customer segment, Analyzing collected data set of test results and providing suggestions on how the start-up company can improve its existing sales strategy to better fit new customer segment
Other activities
An active speaker, event host, and event organizer.
Hobbies and Interests
Architecture, singing, interior designing, painting, cooking, gardening and sports
Affiliations
- Associate member of Australian Institute of Management (AIM) - 2017- present
- Associate member of Project Management Institute (PMI) - 2017
- AGSM- Consulting club, Finance club, Women in Leadership club
Timeline
IT Senior Project Manager
Crown Resorts
07.2023 - Current
IT Project Manager
Crown Resorts
04.2022 - 06.2023
Project Coordinator & Configuration Manager
Thales Australia
06.2018 - 04.2022
HR Project Coordinator
NBN Co Limited
09.2017 - 06.2018
Project Coordinator (Part-time)
Essar Group Pty Ltd
05.2016 - 05.2017
Coordinator/ Analyst
Macquarie Group Ltd
05.2012 - 10.2015
Project Coordinator & Sr. Test Analyst
Macquarie Group Ltd
03.2010 - 12.2010
Senior Test Analyst
St. George Bank
04.2009 - 02.2010
Test Manager
Macquarie Group Ltd
11.2008 - 02.2009
Test Lead
GBST Holdings Ltd (Infocomp)
11.2007 - 11.2008
Senior Test Analyst
Westpac Banking Corporation
06.2006 - 10.2007
Test Analyst
Keycorp Limited
06.2006 - 10.2006
Master of Business Administration in Technology (MBA) - Technology
AGSM @ UNSW Business School
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Electrical And Electronics
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
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