Jessica Barta, Mba Cbap Csm Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

London, England, GB

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, IL, US

• Provide project management, business analysis and process improvement expertise to drive evolution of the firm’s people experience through technology and process transformation
• Leverage technical and business acumen to communicate effectively with stakeholders
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure delivery of creative technology solutions
• Conduct issue identification, risk assessments and create risk response plans
• Focus team members on business objectives and track progress to meet desired milestones
• Lead efforts to define processes and templates to increase quality of project work products

Chicago, IL, US

• Program management and Project oversight, strategic planning and analysis, change management, process improvement, and compliance projects and for the Independence & Ethics and National Professional Standards Group areas
• Aligned Independence Group tactical demands with US firm strategic objectives levels through identification of business capabilities and value chains to ensure effective results from technical and non-technical.
• Technical portfolio and project manager for Independence & Ethics technologies
• Managed the integration of RCS and Global Relationship System (GRS) with GTO colleagues
• Managed initial roll-out of the GIS Broker Import Program
• Collaborated with GTI and other Member firms to identify opportunities for risk management

Chicago, IL, US

• Responsible for partnering with business to discover business problems, determine critical needs, provide strategic recommendations to support firm strategy and successfully deliver maximize value for stakeholders.
• Served HR (benefits), Payroll, Audit and Procurement functions within the firm
• Engaged executives, stakeholders to develop initiatives aligned with firm strategy and goals
• Developed relationships with key stakeholders to obtain knowledge of business functions
• Utilized negotiation and persuasion skills to achieve solution support from key stakeholders
• Provided recommendations on methods to migrate from current state to future state

London, GB

Focus on implementation of enhanced Business Intelligence through use of Cognos tools. Works closely with stakeholders and other IT resources to define business and functional requirements for new technology implementations. Works with internal business teams to elicit, analyze, represent, and validate new requirements for changes to portal.

London, CO

• Served as liaison between business and development teams on strategic global business intelligence projects for six operating companies
• Created and implemented business process for client content management solutions for 39 clients in the U.S., U.K. and Europe which include several industry leaders and fortune 500 companies
• Improved internal client relationships thereby increasing the business commitment and resource availability for projects by 30%
• Implemented new Service Request and Demand Management processes for client requests which increased customer satisfaction by 15%
• Enhanced business analysis process and documentation standards resulting in 30% decrease in overall project timeline
• Employed User Acceptance Testing standard processes to increase solution quality by 42%

Chicago, IL, US

• Account Payable, Check Imaging and Procurement systems project; Collaborated implementation of Accounts Receivable solution to handle payments, receipts and inventory for parking services locations and clients across.
• Managed project tasks and resources to deliver solutions for business needs for two million-dollar projects
• Prioritized activities, bugs issues and change requests activities, based business needs
• Facilitated team status, deployment, production support transition and ad-hoc meetings
• Determined solution approaches which reduced stakeholder conflicts; reduced project change requests by 67%
• Documented business requirements for functional analysts and code developers

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• Worked on multiple multi-million dollar strategic and tactical business systems projects including system implementations, enhancements and post deployment support on commercial and wholesale financial portfolio, A/R.
• Standardized and streamlined requirements gathering and documentation process
• Conducted business process and data mapping sessions which reduced rework by 30%
• Led ISO 9001 documentation efforts for three business functions and attained certification
• Created, implemented and managed execution of UAT test plan to verify solutions met requirements and reduced change requests by 21%
• Lead testing efforts for merger and eventual separation of Chrysler and Daimler systems

• Successfully delivered wholesale financing and electronic funds transfer systems on time, and within budget.
• Rescued project that was 4 months behind schedule brought back on schedule within two months of assignment.
• Managed efforts from business and Information Technology departments to realign project.
• Conducted training for internal business users and over 150 external customers country-wide.
• Provided primary and secondary system support resulting in a quicker transition period for external users.

Provided administrative and project support for the Dealer Credit Department.

Performed audits of dealerships and leasing companies financed by Mercedes-Benz Credit Corp (DaimlerChrysler (post-merger))

Mba, Management

B.A., Economics And Management