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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Currently working as a Risk Specialist at Infrastructure Ontario, working on Ontario Place Program and projects, and Justice Projects for Risk Management. The responsibilities include:• Providing technical support to the management of project risk through the facilitation of regular risk workshops at the project and program level, with Project Delivery Teams, External Consultants and Ministry (Ministry of Infrastructure, Solicitor General - SOLGEN) • Maintaining risk registers at the project and program level • Performing quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis using risk management software (e.g. Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis, Acumen Risk, etc.) and provide the interpretation of analysis results (e.g. Distribution S Curve Graph, Sensitivity Analysis Tornado Chart) • Organizing risk training materials and train the team on the principle of Risk Management • Managing risks in SharePoint, PMIS Software – Kahua and Risk management Software Active Risk Manager (ARM) for ongoing Risk Impact analysis• Managing detailed project and program risk reports including P50 and P80 cost and schedule risk exposures • Following up with risk owners to ensure the mitigation actions are on track • Ensuring that all program team members comply with the risk management plan, procedures, and requirements of the assigned scope of work • Reviewing contractors' progress reports and identify the risks impacting project cost and schedule and reflect them in the risk register, while working closely with team members and stakeholders • Liaise with scheduling to prepare high-level schedules (or assess detailed schedules) for quantitative schedule risk analysis and define the link between risks, duration uncertainties, and schedule activities

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Working with Ministry of Transportation – Ontario (MTO) to implement a highly configurable Project Management Information System (PMIS) solution - Kahua to support the Ministry’s multi-billion-dollar project portfolio.• Part of the functional delivery and implementation team focused on engaging with the Ministry, on an ongoing basis, to understand the business functional requirements, designing a solution incorporating these functional requirements and provide the necessary knowledge transfer on a continuous basis.• End to end delivery of the solution including discovery phase to gather requirements directly interacting with the Ministry’s Stakeholders

United Arab Emirates

As a part of the Group Internal Audit, delivered audits, either as Audit Team Member or as an Audit Lead. Key responsibilities include the following:- Delivering the assigned audit work in line with Group Internal Audit methodology - Executing the audit testing, writing associated work papers, drafting sections of the Audit Report and contributing to themes and insights.- Verifying completion of Agreed Management Actions for Findings assigned in the databaseof findings that will be from audits completed/in area of business expertise.- Support quarterly reporting to Management and the Board (Group Executive Committee and the Audit Committee). - Internal Audit continuous improvement/Transformation activities Engagements delivered:• EPC Project Governance – Led audit engagement of Project Governance processes on two Petrofac Projects (US$ 3 Bn total value) to assess the design and operating effectiveness of the controls relating to various project governance processes implemented by Projects and Functional teams to provide assurance.• Post award contract administration – Led engagement to assess design and operating effectiveness contract administration related controls of the 2 Projects in Oman and Russia (US$ 4 Bn total) to provide independent assurance on variation order assessments, contract claims, contract compliance, insurances and liquidated damages. • Compliance due diligence – Executed audit for assessing operating effectiveness of implemented controls to Prevent Bribery, Corruption and Fraud in Petrofac for over 21 Entities and transactions of over 1100 Third parties, in region of Middle East, United Kingdom and Malaysia.• Group Compliance audits – Multiple Audit engagements as a part of Risk Based Internal Audit Plan, including audit on the Anti Money Laundering (AML) controls across the Group to ensure compliance with AML requirements, Audit on performance of Corporate Compliance and Ethics programme of the Organization.

United Arab Emirates

• Multiple project audits, project assurance reviews and project diagnostic reviews for improvement in project governance, performance and ensuring project delivery within project schedule and budget for various Townships, High Rise Construction projects, Infrastructure projects, Hotels, Hospitals, Large Mall, Oil and Gas projects and Fit-out projects for efficiency, governance and cost optimization.• Process Audits and model business process re-engineering: Multiple audits for model business process reengineering reviews to evaluate effectiveness of the existing operating and corporate policies, conducting gap assessments.• Projects Portfolio Management Office (PfMO), development of project prioritization framework and benefits realization for Dubai Government's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).• Performance and operational efficiency improvement engagements.• Exclusively worked and led numerous audits for a leading fit-out company client, including risk assessments, process improvements, data analytics enabled procurement reviews and sub-contractor reviews.• Risk based Internal Audits: Establishing audit objectives as per the management mandate and IA Plan• Multiple Operational and Project Risk Assessment exercise for Real Estate and Oil and Gas clients in UAE.• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Business Continuity Management (BRM) engagements• Procurement Audits: Audit of procurement function for control deficiencies and improvement opportunities• Quality Control: Reviewing deliverables to ensure high quality under stringent deadlines• Business development: Developing and delivering proposals as per the RFQ requirements, networking and client relation management.• Leadership, Counselling and Mentoring: Managing a team of professionals on engagements, taking accountability of work done and providing formal performance feedback and mentoring their career growth.

Doha, Qatar

• Multiple Internal audit engagements for US Based Oil and Gas company’s UAE and Qatar operations.• Multiple audit engagements at a semi government organization for its ongoing key projects like multi-specialty hospital, sports complex, national museum and parks [total value: more than 3.5 Billion USD]• Process audit of Cost and planning process to provide independent assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing policies and procedures for increased control efficiencies. • Development of capital projects delivery manual for KSA’s Oil Refinery• Corporate governance review for one of the largest maritime and logistics companies in Qatar, with focus on providing integrated transport and supply chain solutions. • Project reviews of real estate township projects in UAE for Dubai Government owned Property Company.

India

• As a member of multiple long term PMO engagements, provided Project management assistance of two clients for construction of Coal Based Thermal Power Plants in India, with total duration of around 1.5 years.• Project management support to a Government holding company of State of Qatar, developing intermediate & downstream industries. • Project audits for various manufacturing units and EPC Contractors of India with project value of USD 350 Mn• As a technical expert, performed a cost audit of a construction of 6.9 MTPA Cement Manufacturing Facility with the project value of USD 18 Billion.

Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India

• Developed detailed project schedules on MS Project, developed project budgets and estimation for various industrial projects across India, with projects ranging from USD 2 Mn to USD 250 Mn.• Performed detailed design engineering and EPC contractor procurement tendering, competitive analysis and evaluation for various projects, ranging from USD 1 Mn to USD 150 Mn.• Managed performance data and lessons learnt repository of over 25 ongoing projects for improvement in efficiency.

Master'S Degree, Construction & Project Management

B. Tech. Civil-Construction, Civil Engineering

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