Payroll manager for approx 300 employees across 17 business entities.

The role of State Manager encompasses all aspects of running an Incorporated Association. This includes staff management, financial management and audit submissions, planning and execution of marketing and promotional activities, and membership coordination and management. This role is also responsible for political strategy leadership and all legal requirements of running a political party, including being the key liaison with the Victorian Electoral Commission.

State campaign manager for the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Victorian State Elections, and the 2019 and 2022 Federal Elections.

This role was focused on supporting a project to introduce a new to market Myer Credit Card provided by Macquarie Bank, and to initiate a marketing stream for new customers, whilst also targeting marketing to existing cardholders from the previously Myer Credit Card issued by Latitude Finance. This project was run by a small team of 6 resources, and gave me the opportunity to take ownership of all project finance management and steering committee reporting, whilst also contributing to the activities of the Marketing Stream.• End-to-end management and accountability of project budget up to $7M, including monthly forecasting, actuals tracking, accruals and Purchase Order management.• Production of steering committee and board papers.• Management of program risk, issue and change requests.• Data analysis of customer data to create marketing segments.• Management of all program administration requirements including travel bookings, meeting management, meeting action tracking, SharePoint and share drive management, and team coordination activities

In October 2016, I took on the role of Senior PMO Analyst for the Participation Agreement Project. My main duties in this role were to manage the legal team in prioritisation and delivery of the production of new legal agreements with over 80 clients, and co-ordinating the review of these agreements by internal stakeholders. I also provided extensive administrative support to the legal team, including document production and document management and version control of these legal agreements.

In February 2016, I took on the role of PMO manager for the NAB Wealth CIW Event Remediation Program, which was tasked with reducing the open events to achieve a target number of open events by 30th September in order to meet regulatory oversight targets and reduce customer impacts. My role as PMO Manager focused on the tracking and executive reporting of progress against forecast, liaison with risk and management assurance representatives, and management of the BA project team. When I first joined the program I lead activities to develop a new delivery strategy based on my analysis of progress to date, to increase the programs rate of event closure. This revised strategy was pivotal for the successful delivery to the ambitious target set by the program sponsor.

I initially joined NAB as a Senior PMO Analyst and took over the role of PMO Manager for the Plum Stronger Super Program after 6 weeks due to the existing PMO Manager leaving the program. This program included 3 separate projects to address requirements of the governments’ superannuation legislative requirements. The program team included up to 70 resources with product development for one of the projects being delivered by an external vendor. This role included significant delegated authority from the Program Manager in regards to finance management and program and portfolio level reporting. Key Responsibilities • Program PMO Manager of a team of up to 3 PMO Analysts including task allocation and skills development.• End-to-end management and accountability of project budgets up to $15M, including monthly forecasting, actuals tracking, accruals, and quarterly funding release submissions.• Production of steering committee and board papers including stage gate requests and attestation and go-live decision requests.• Management of program risk, issue and change request processes, including liaising with enterprise risk partners, maintenance of registers and chairing of meetings.• Accountability for program planning and schedule development and maintenance.• Production of program and portfolio reporting including status reports, finance variance reports, process adherence reporting, and key decision packs.• Vendor management activities, including milestone delivery tracking and defect escalation management.• Assurance activities including project deliverable audits, preparation for management assurance audits, and deliverables tracking and reporting.• Program resource management, including recruitment, cost recovery, and forecasting activities.• Management of all program administration requirements including travel bookings, meeting management, meeting action tracking, SharePoint and share drive management, and team coordination activities.

Enterprise PMO Core Team Manager - (November 2012– March 2014)Enterprise PMO Manager - (January 2011 – November 2012)Lead PMO Analyst (including Primavera Administrator) - (July 2010 – January 2011)PMO Analyst - (November 2009 – July 2010)I initially joined Superpartners as a PMO Analyst and subsequently took on the role of PMO Manager leading a PMO team of 17 people. Aafter an organisational restructure I moved into the role of Enterprise PMO Core Team Lead, focusing on providing Portfolio level reporting and PMO process support. In my time at Superpartners, I focused on the development and implementation of new processes and tools to establish the necessary governance and support for a $158M program of work to transform the key areas of the business, including both business and IT projects. I led the development of a more effective resourcing model and the implemented the new reporting structure for the PMO. I also developed and supported ongoing preparation of the steering committee and board presentation packs. I liaised with the Project Manager practice to improve the scheduling standards, and worked closely with senior executives to develop governance processes and reporting packs for steering committee and board meetings.Key Responsibilities • PMO Manager of a team between 4 and 17 PMO Analysts, including task allocation, skills development, recruitment, professional development and performance management.• Ad Hoc Portfolio Report development to support Chief Information Officer and executive team demands.• Leadership of portfolio planning and budgeting activities.• Ongoing development of the corporate resourcing model, cross charging model, and ongoing resource forward resource load analysis.• Perform regular capability reviews of the Project Delivery Team, and support of the Project Mangers with schedule development and management, and governance adherence.• Mentoring and Support of Project Managers and PMO Analysts