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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Leading the comprehensive oversight and orchestration of a high number of Data & AI, Application Development and Modern Workplace projects, encompassing detailing project planning, high standard execution, and successful delivery whilst collaborating with cross-functional teams• Guiding customers towards enhanced organisational efficiency by developing innovative solutions to address complex organisational challenges• Defining and articulating precise project objectives, scope and deliverables with keen alignment to customer requirements and overarching business goals• Providing strategic guidance and direction to project teams and managing client expectations, address concerns, and provide regular project status updates to align with objectives and quality standards• Managing project progress, identifying any risks, and proactively implementing mitigation strategies to ensure effective outcomes• Creating and curating project plans, schedules, and budgets, managing throughout the project life cycle throughout the project lifecycle• Allocating resources and coordinate internal and external team members to ensure project success• Acting as the primary point of contact for customers throughout the project lifecycle, building solid and long-lasting relationships with all levels of stakeholders• Conducting regular project reviews and status meetings, presenting back to customer key stakeholders with accurate and up-to-date information to allow for critical decisions to be made• Collaborating with sales and business development teams on project proposals and client engagements

London, England, United Kingdom

• Established and strengthened a PMO capability to both support the organisation offering SME’s for client engagement, as well as supporting the business to deliver strategic objectives• Shaped a standard approach for all Client engagements to allow for efficient and successful delivery of projects and programmes by creating supporting materials and running the development of the capability framework• Senior PMO level on client accounts, reversing preexisting sub-par PMO practices, using guiding influence to bring stakeholders onboard and decreasing delivery risk by reshaping core processes and implementing structure and control• Produced Go-To marketing material with Sales Leads, helping to promote the value a strategic PMO can add to an organisation. Strengthened and established the PMO brand across the company by building and developing professional relationships with key stakeholders to champion the team to support clients through all PMO service offerings• Collaborated with Programme Delivery Leads to develop a centralised and streamlined repository to help promote best practice by providing easy access to end-to-end templates, tools, artefacts and methodology documentation• Attained a wide expanse of business knowledge; reviewed and optimised internal operational processes, driving the change amongst different internal functions and delivery teams that was required to enable the business to operate more effectively as a whole• Led the management and expansion of the PMO team - responsible for the growth and maintenance of the PMO through inclusive recruitment, selection and training as well as working with Senior colleagues to support team members achieve their set goals• Harbored a safe and secure working environment for the PMO team, harnessing each individual’s authenticity to unlock team potential and drive delivery excellence• Coaching of each team member through personalised career advice and mentorship, supporting personal growth opportunities

London, England, United Kingdom

• Defined and delivered Client operating rhythms, including status reporting, resource and vendor reporting and programme initiative reporting, utilising platforms (Clarity, PowerBI and JIRA) to ensure efficiency and promote optimal way of communicating programme position.• Creation of multiple project/ workstream roadmaps to feed into the overarching programme plan, providing a visual representation of high-level detail for clarity amongst all workstream leads and senior stakeholders.• Project Analyst for Client project, managing the creation of Project documentation including the PID, project plan and commenced project execution.• Responsible for liaising with project managers for baselining project business outcomes and measures, establishing a process to capture metrics and KPI’s to measure the value of the delivery.• Contributed to establishing an internal Formula to accommodate both Waterfall and Agile environments, for the adoption of standardised best practice delivery, quality assurance and controls. • Template creation to align with each stage of the Formula to allow for time saving and more efficient working

• Deliver financial and forecastable analysis, quality management assessments and project status reports.• Problem-solve complex financials for projects up to £30m• Create and maintain various and tailored finance trackers• Work with multiple PM’s/ Workstream Leads to track multiple projects under one programme• Margin Analysis• Manually calculating complex invoicing in accordance to the Client requirement and internal compliance.• Responsible for the Change Management process for projects up to £2m. Interpreting Impact Assessments to the financial equivalent, transposing those figures into the project’s financial tracker.• Supporting Project Managers in a Project Management Officer capacity for Agile projects.• Ensure cross-programme dependencies are managed and the dependency log is accurately maintained. • Assisting the PM to fulfil resourcing, forecasting and reconciliation responsibilities. • Ensure documentation, supporting materials, and project plans are updated and readily available• Accountable for RAID logs• Training members of the business on standard operational procedures and best practice project management processes• Ensure development and implementation of consistent as well as standardized business processes.

London, United Kingdom

Internal Project Manager - implementation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016-2017• Documenting progression, requirements, data training and internal processes (for staff to adopt).• Data cleansing and importing for all departments.• Requirements gathering, data cleansing and importing across various departments.• Liaising and working closely with an external developer to produce a system capable for the business needs throughout the projects lifecycle.• Delegating tasks and liaising with all staff members to ensure accurate development for each department.• Testing the system to ensure functionality and accurate MTA business reflection• System maintenance – including creating workflows, creating and assigning security user roles, data management and debugging any discrepancies.• Training staff members

• Perform routine calculations to produce analyses and reports, including weekly/monthly account reconciliations, aged debt and payment discrepancies.• Carry out billing, collection and reporting activities according to specific deadlines.• Liaising directly with customers, investigating and resolve queries.• Review and audit financial statements and reports, reconciling vendor statements and correcting discrepancies.• Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost reductions.• Assisting in the migration of a new accounts system.• Adhere to the company’s financial policies and procedures, performing payroll and reviewing departmental budgets.

Copparo, Italy

Southampton

Croydon

Photography

National Diploma 2 year study for Photography. Results of Distinction, Distinction, Merit.

High School, 11 Gcse'S