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ASHWINI NAIR

ASHWINI NAIR

Project Manager, PMO
Sydney

Summary

Certified Scrum Master and ITIL v4 certified with more than13+ years’ experience within IT managements including governance and business reporting. Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance. Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates

Work History

Project Manager, PMO Lead

Capgemini
  • Increased stakeholder satisfaction by maintaining clear communication channels and providing regular progress updates.
  • Established a culture of accountability among team members by setting clear expectations and providing regular performance feedback.
  • Established clear project objectives and deliverables, leading to increased success rates
  • Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
  • Coaching team on daily tasks and conducted evaluations to constructively address concerns.
  • Evaluated performance and policies against metrics.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.

Financial Administrator

Capgemini
  • Managed accurate records of employee time off, leave balances, and attendance for precise pay calculation
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize budgets, resulting in improved resource allocation.
  • Streamlined financial reporting for better decision-making with clear, concise analysis and presentation.
  • Prepared detailed reports on payroll activities for management review, highlighting areas requiring improvement or attention.
  • Managed employee records on database to maintain accuracy and updated information. Performed calculations in overtime, vacation, and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
  • Managed payroll data entry and processing for 200 employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines.
  • Supported project managers in resource allocation, tracking, and capacity planning, optimizing resource utilization and ensuring timely project delivery

Transition Manager

Capgemini


  • Reduced transition downtime for clients by closely monitoring progress and adjusting timelines accordingly.
  • Mentored junior team members on transition management best practices, increasing overall team efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Resolved conflicts among team members during project transitions by fostering open dialogue, mediating discussions, and finding common ground solutions.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams to ensure seamless handoff of projects between departments or external partners.
  • Proficiency in designing business presentations, flow charts in MS Visio
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress, and technical problems.

Project Coordinator /PMO Lead

Capgemini
01.2016 - 01.2023
  • Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments
  • Extensive follow up with managements and multiple teams for task completion and weekly reports
  • Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations
  • Automated multiple reporting tasks through creation of reporting tools.
  • Supported change management processes by tracking and assessing change requests, coordinating approvals, and ensuring proper documentation and communication.
  • Provided administrative support for project meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, and meeting minutes.
  • Conducted quality assurance activities, including audits and reviews, to ensure project deliverables met established standards.
  • Compiled project status reports, highlighting key milestones, risks, and issues, and communicated them to stakeholders

QCPR Analyst

Capgemini
  • Verifying all approvals are in place for project documents at end of each phase of SDLC (from Pre-Requirement budgeting to Release) with respect to different project categories via HP ALM and JIRA
  • Audit documentation provided by project managers prior approval for each level of SDLC.
  • Coordinated project change control processes, including the evaluation, documentation, and communication of change requests, ensuring alignment with financial objectives and minimizing project risks.

Volunteer

Public School
4 2024 - 6 2024
  • Managed food preparation activities, such as cutting ingredients to size and preparing sauces and garnishes.
  • Wrapped, dated, and stored food in refrigerators under standardized temperature for future uses.
  • Collaborated with team members to ensure timely delivery of orders, improving overall dining experience for guests.
  • Worked closely with front-of-house staff to address customer feedback or concerns promptly, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork within canteen setting.

SAS programmer

Accenture
  • Base SAS data programming - programming statements for query-based data extraction, modification import/ export from various file formats. 90% development, 5 % data extraction & 5% presenting to client
  • Worked closely with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance

Business Insight Developer

Accenture
11.2012 - 11.2015
  • Involved into Presentation designing from SAS extracted data, primarily creating bar charts, pie charts and other basic graphs for analysis data
  • Designing and presented analytical data to clients, workflow charts of ongoing projects, methodology slide for analysis, Project plans using Gantt charts, flow charts using Microsoft Visio tool and generating impact analysis presentations
  • Co-ordination with Project Management for Client onshore and offshore teams.

Programmer (Online Survey Developer)

AC Nielsen
11.2009 - 10.2012
  • Online Survey Page Development, Handling Huge Trackers, Coordinating and mentoring with team simultaneously
  • Mentored junior programmers, enhancing their skill sets and fostering professional growth within team.

Survey Programmer

Datamatics Global Services Limited
01.2009 - 10.2009
  • Online Survey Page Development, Charting, Transcription, Open ended coding
  • Reviewing existing surveys for compliance and best practice adherence.

Education

MBA: Marketing Research -

United Institute of MBA Brussels, Belgium - India, India
10.2010 - 10.2012

Master of Science - Information Technology

University of Mumbai, India
05.2006 - 08.2008

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

University of Mumbai, India
06.2003 - 05.2006

Skills

HP ALM

Certification

06/01/2021 - 2025, Certified Scrum Master

Accomplishments

  • Good Samaritan” for making exemplary contribution towards People Development and recognizing the dedicated focus on the culture essential theme – Teach and Team.
  • Numero Uno” for displaying commendable prowess as a Business Operator in ensuing process and overall delivery excellence.

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Software

HP ALM, JIRA, Confluence pages

MS excel

Power BI

SharePoint

PO generation and budget tracking

SAP applications

Reporting

Work Preference

Work Type

Part TimeContract WorkFull Time

Location Preference

HybridOn-Site

Important To Me

Flexible work hoursWork-life balanceWork from home optionCareer advancementPersonal development programs

Timeline

Project Coordinator /PMO Lead - Capgemini
01.2016 - 01.2023
Business Insight Developer - Accenture
11.2012 - 11.2015
United Institute of MBA Brussels, Belgium - India - MBA: Marketing Research,
10.2010 - 10.2012
Programmer (Online Survey Developer) - AC Nielsen
11.2009 - 10.2012
Survey Programmer - Datamatics Global Services Limited
01.2009 - 10.2009
University of Mumbai - Master of Science, Information Technology
05.2006 - 08.2008
University of Mumbai - Bachelor of Science, Information Technology
06.2003 - 05.2006
Project Manager, PMO Lead - Capgemini
Financial Administrator - Capgemini
Transition Manager - Capgemini
QCPR Analyst - Capgemini
Volunteer - Public School
4 2024 - 6 2024
SAS programmer - Accenture

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