David Mcdonald Email & Phone Number

Ottawa

• Project Lead.• Project Validation and Verification.• Delegation of Work to various coworkers and junior analysts.• Subject matter expert on various business practices and Project Management processes.• In-depth analysis of complex and extensive departmental data on a variety of sources.• Advising governmental departments and managers on best practices specific government Pay System and/or Policy.• Trainings in business practices and procedures.• Organization and lead of workshops to discuss various projects and initiatives, for instance, to establish better business practices and procedures, risk management strategies, future group projects, and various others.• Experience in the creation of briefs and recommendations to Senior Management and Executives.• Extensive experience in gather various forms of information into a comprehensive and clear format.• Extensive User and business acceptance testing.• Creation of various procedures, job aids, and briefing documentation for senior governmental officials.• Analysis of risk management when recommending changes to systems.• Experience in reading Structured Query Languages (SQL).• Experience in allocating resources to meet strategic goals and organizational objectives.• Negotiating mutually beneficial solutions with clients in relation to policy and procedures.• Able to adapt activities as required to provide effective services.• Experience in open communication with clients to better serve their needs and open to feedback to develop projects.• Ensures that the services performed are aligned with clients’ expectations and strategies.• Able to work closely and collaboratively with other groups to provide higher services to stakeholders.• Management of various projects which required significant coordinated between governmental departments and private corporations.• Writing of Business Requirements Documents (BRD) and System Change Requests.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Creation and verification of documentation for Senior and Executive Management.• Validation of quarterly documentation of branch projects.• Organization of branch project documentation.• Advise and liaise between Senior Management, Senior Managers, Directors, and Director Generals, and Executives.• Modernize workflow between Managers, Senior Management, and Executives.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Advising managers on pay transactions and collective agreements.• Creation of various training manuals, procedures, various tools and aids in the administration of pay.• In-class training of managers and employees.• Organization/administration of departmental human resource and pay transactions.• Researching and solving complex pay transactions.• Researching issues through departmental resources.• Training and supervising a large group of compensation employees.• Issuing and verifying pay transactions.• Working with minimal supervision.

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

• Analyzing and Advising on internal procedures and policies,• Effectively able to liaise and coordinate between military and civilian personnel,• General Financing and Human Resource Support / Staffing,• Organization / Coordination of departmental events and travel,• Creation and validation of Departmental documentation and briefs.

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science

Activities and Societies: - Trent University Politics Society (Senior Representative). - Moderator for the Peterborough Municipality.

Masters Certificate, Business Analysis