Sandra Morrison Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Provided Portfolio Management/Project Portfolio budget management support to PMs and Program Managers. Responsible for managing the Financial Reporting for the 19 projects each averaging $1-3MM under the Simplii portfolio Conduct accurate forecasting for project and program budgets across the portfolio, advising PMs of shortfalls/burn-rate intermittently and during month-end closure exercises Collaborate with team members to collect and finalize data in order to drive insights and effective decision making by Senior Management in order to successfully manage roll-up of their portfolio budgetsResponsible for coordinating the Simplii Intake team’s potential project assessment process in order to determine the viability and execution of those Business Requests by providing estimated costs of resources, schedule and prioritization of tasks based on type of Request eg Regulatory or BAUReviewed outcomes with the Business requestors ensuring that the Simplii Dev team is provided with the transit to be charged and that they are aligned with the proposed duration for the execution

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for managing the Financial Reporting for the Data Migration project ensuring accuracy and timeliness of submissions Managed the program budget of ~$15MM forecasted for the execution and delivery of the Project under the Bank of the West program through the Clarity toolCreate, manage, maintain and escalate where necessary, Change Requests, Risks, Issues and decision logs using Clarity Coordinate playbook activities and align Technical resources for the Mock, Dress Rehearsal and Implementation of the BoW program Assist PM with action item log across the US and Canadian teams ensuring they are executed and closed in a timely manner

Toronto, Canada Area

•Assist PMs with Project financial reporting, provide portfolio reporting to the Director; invoice processing• Manage project resource allocations; creating / managing SOW entries in the RBC tool; provide month-end closing financial status• Assist PM’s with EPMF artefacts to support the Program Governance meeting preparation•Assist PM in creating and maintaining project Dependency logs IT PMO portfolio project interdependencies• Assist PM in creating and maintaining project Risks/Issues/Change Requests/ Decisions/ Lessons Learned and Assumption logs

Head Office

Program/project PCO responsible for:-Maintaining the Program project plan using MS Project-Maintaining updates to Change Requests, Risks, Issues and decision log-Coordinate playbook activities for Mock, Dress Rehearsal and Implementation of the program for the Technical Dept-Managing Vendor activities as part of the sub-project to deliver codes for data transmission and translations-Analyze and assess the dependency log and determine current status by coordinating with multiple groups such as Operations, Risk and Finance-Create vendor SOWs for specfic jobs and get them reviewed and approved by the program management office-Upload program artefacts such as charter and test report sign-offs into Sharepoint in order to meet audit requirements-Coordinate, schedule, lead team meetings, note and upload minutes to SharePoint sites-Manage vendor monthly forecasts vs spend and provide reports to the Management team

320 Front Street, Toronto

Toronto, Canada Area

Report on program financials status including actuals, forecasts and burn rate to aid in quarterly and annual budgeting data.

Toronto

-Assist with the preparation of the project charter-Create and follow-up on Risk/Issues/Change Requests-Update and maintain MS project plan of key activities-Ensure key milestones are met and put mitigating steps in place-Prepare weekly project status reports using Powerpoint-Setup team weekly meetings in Outlook to get project status updates-Address issues raised in emails and alerts through investigations and research

Toronto, Canada Area

Support the IFRS Program which has 20 projects by producing weekly/monthly reports for review at the Project Team meetings and the Program level executive members-Post reports created using Word, Excel, Visio and MSP and other relevant documents in the SharePoint database repository for reference-Update monthly project actuals in EITS and reforecasts for balance of year-Manage Risks, Issues and Change Requests in their MKS database -Manage the overall MSP plan for the program ensuring that due dates are met or reforecasted-Produce minutes of meetings for Executive Team and post in SharePoint-Create/manage action items logs for both the Project Team and the Management team that arise from these meetings

Markham, On

. Responsible for the monitoring and tracking of portfolio delivery progress by using the appropriate reporting tools eg Excel,Clarity. The portfolio is tracked against delivery times, cost, budget, forecast, schedule and quality targets.. Responsible for portfolios that may span a broad range of systems and enterprise-wide complex components. Reports to the Portfolio Manager or Market Directors located around Latin America and Canada.. Facilitates the engagement and relationship between Business and Technology development teams particular for the Canada Staff portfolio.. Works in conjunction with development team Project Managers to ensure the accuracy and consistency of project-related information on the AMEX system.. Assists with the compilation of portfolio-level status reporting, funding and forecasts.. Provides admin support in relation to escalation of portfolio-level risks/issues and change control procedures.

Markham, On

Support five (5) Business Partner Consultants by compiling reports, letters, presentations, charts and graphs as required which are used both internally and externally using Word and Excel as well as Power Point -Assist with the maintaining of department daily operational workflow by ensuring that requests, tasks as well as the decision making process be Senior Managers is done seamlessly through effective time management skills and coordination of activities-Consult with both the US and Canadian Managers or research the intranet to assist with the resolution of issues raised by our partners on their site registration or new product release-Manage the in-house database that contains sensitive and confidential information on the Canadian Business Partners and their technical staff who are re-sellers and servicers of our PC Products-Prepare annual billing of the Canadian Business Partners totaling approximately 300 customers -Use SAP to follow-up on orders, customer accounts, shipping details, match purchase orders with invoices.

North York, On

The Telephone Clinic –Accounts Receivables/Payables Clerk Leslie/York Mills-Provided administrative support to Middle and Executive Management which included coordinating accounts receivables/payables as well as invoicing -Created weekly/monthly reports using Excel and Word for monthly management meetings-Managed incoming emails from customers and responded as required based on their needs -Established workload priorities to maintain continuity in a demanding work environment with the efficient use of time management skills and techniques-Coordinated the timely payments of invoices for customers such as Panasonic, CHUM and NEC by monitoring the payables system as well as provided budget information to Senior Managers.-Placed orders for hardware equipment such as telephone systems, cables, networking items for projects, licenses as well as software with the required specifications to meet the customers’ needs.-Monitor receivables on a daily basis ensuring timely payments by customers.

Richmond Hill, On

Provided administrative support for four (4) Senior Project Managers:-Prepared Sales report for the Managers to illustrate order-handling flow using Excel as well as generating reports for project meetings from the SAP R/3 system to aid with monthly planning and budgeting -Created and followed up on Purchase Orders using the SAP/R3 procurement and supply chain module, Word and Excel as part of the Supply Chain management -Planned order management including timely invoicing of equipment sales to key customers that helped with the company’s budgeting and cash flow activities-Coordinate with customers and Project Managers to meet deadlines for projects using Microsoft -Projects that helped them to determine the success rate of each project

Managed the telecom and LAN/WAN services that support Government office operations with a staff complement of 15 Engineers, Analyst, Administrators and webdesigners.

Montego Bay, Jamaica W.I.

Managed the Technology Outsourcing relationship between Superclubs and CCS for their chain of hotels in Jamaica. Represented CCS at Superclubs monthly Board meetings in Florida to do presentations on status report and financial position.• Assigned as the Program Manager for the roll out of their IT Facilities upgrade ie PCs, Servers, LAN and WAN requirements• Managed a team of 7 Systems Administrators at different locations for the Super Clubs chain of hotels to assist in the roll• Met with the Business Team on a monthly basis in different countries to discuss the requirements and provide projects updates, month by month spending status, delivery of project items, risks, issues and resource performance• Used MS Project to assign resources and manage other project costs throughout the lifetime of the project which lasted aproximately 3 years for the roll out of nearly 1000 PCs to 7 different hotels in Jamaica and others in Cuba, Brazil and Bahamas.• Maintained artefacts and project related documents on a central server for access to the Business and Project team members detailing the progress of each of the project phase deliverables and sign-off upon successful implementation

Telecom data analyst for the first 3 years.Senior Systems Administrator in the IT Dept. for 7 years Appointed to the Western Region of Jamaica as the Technology Administrator for 3 years - approximately 8 locations with over 200 LAN users.

Bachelor'S Degree, Management Studies / Accounting

B Sc, Management Studies & Accounting