Sarah Walley Email & Phone Number

Orlando, FL, US

Greater Orlando, Florida, United States

• Lead a team that delivers rationalized and prioritized portfolio input to forecasts, in alignment with resource capacity, financial targets and ramp-up plans.
• Consolidate and submit monthly resource-based forecasts, including accruals, reclasses, and month-end close.
• Synthesize complex information into concise stories, identifying key themes and takeaways and present it back to Executives for decisions.
• Guide the team in leading projects through ideation, scoping, prioritization, and activation.
• Anticipate risks and opportunities, share reporting & insights, and make actionable recommendations to Executives.

Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

• Lead the Strategic Planning team in the planning, prioritizing, and funding of projects that deliver the next products on the strategic roadmap plan for the Walt Disney World capital project portfolio.
• Manage and evolve the demand consumption & funding prioritization process for Annual Capital Plan and Long-Term Capital Plan.
• Maintain strong relationships with business and technology partners to turn ambiguous products on commercial roadmaps into defined projects.
• Rationalize project demand in partnership with business, finance, and technology executives. Evaluate the need in business case format, focusing on value and risk, and balance priorities across multiple business.

Lake Buena Vista, FL

• Drove the intake process of Technology projects throughout ACP and LTCP activities to align with strategic priorities and resource constraints.
• Guided decision-makers in the review, prioritization, and optimization of the portfolio, providing key information and data to support portfolio decisions.
• Managed the financials of the portfolio of work, monitored actual expenditures, and worked with Project Controllers to review monthly forecasts against budgets.
• Provided key stakeholders with timely assessment of portfolio and component performance.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Provide leadership over multiple cross-functional initiatives leveraging various methodologies to achieve objectives. Responsible for managing the strategic objectives, resource prioritization and aggregation of projects & programs in the portfolio. Manage oversight of changes to portfolio scope, schedule and costs using appropriate verification techniques.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Relationship Associate (July 2012 - June 2014)Business Advisor (November 2011 - July 2012)Branch Manager (February 2010 - November 2011)

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Corporate Sales Manager (February 2009 - February 2010)Branch Manager (October 2006 - February 2009)Assistant Sales Manager (September 2005 - October 2006)Assistant Manager and Small Business Specialist (May 2004 - September 2005)Executive Trainee (March 2003 - May 2004)Customer Service Representative (March 2002 - June 2003)

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Master Of Science - Information And Communications Technology

School Of Management, Project Management Certificate

Ba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Drama Club, Crane Chorus, Crane Symphony Orchestra Business Administration major.