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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six countries and 43 markets, we deeply understand our customers—and their customers—to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 13,000+ strong team helps people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We’re honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. I am currently a Consultant in Slalom's Data & Analytics (DA) function, specializing in data governance and data strategy. I guide our clients on their journey to becoming a full data-driven organization. Our objective is to optimize our client's ability to successfully manage the decision rights and responsibilities of their data to ensure availability, usability, integrity, and security of their information assets. By co-creating solutions that align the people, processes, and technology, we help ensure their data is trustworthy, meaningful and properly accessible. Highlights:• Championed the design and execution of data governance frameworks across several industries, leading policy formulation, process standardization, and developing enterprise-wide training to embed data stewardship and compliance.• Initiated and led Data Governance Councils, uniting executive and senior leadership to guide strategic decision-making and endorse data policies, utilizing developed KPIs to evaluate program effectiveness and providing insights for continuous improvement.• Successfully deployed enterprise Data Catalog technology solutions, engaging with key business stakeholders to drive adoption and maximize the tool’s utility for strategic data management.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Bank of Nova Scotia, operating as Scotiabank, is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. One of Canada's Big Five banks, it is the third-largest Canadian bank by deposits and market capitalization.I managed a cross-functional team of three in our Customer Insights, Data & Analytics (CIDA) Office and successfully led the implementation of Scotiabank's data transformation strategy within Canadian Banking and Tangerine. Highlights:• Managed a high-performing team that was consistently recognized for producing high-quality work. • Established data domains and built data governance roadmaps across all business areas within Canadian Banking and Tangerine. This required working closely with Senior Leaders across different departments to: (1) Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations; (2) Ensure project alignment on scope, priorities, and timelines; and(3) Plan for the change management aspects of rolling out our data transformation strategy across the organization. • Designed and implemented a tactical solution that streamlined the classification of sensitive data elements, resulting in significant operational efficiencies.• Winner of the “Best of the Best Employee Award” in 2021. This award is given to a select number of high-performing individuals who are recognized for having made significant contributions to the Bank’s strategic objectives.

Toronto, Canada Area

Highlights:• Engaged with a variety of stakeholders across the organization to assist in identifying data quality issues, automating manual processes, and developing complex logic workflows to derive customer insights.• Improved the effectiveness of the Bank’s second-line defense by developing an automated process to identify false-positive AML cases, resulting in a 40% reduction of open cases.• Enabled actionable business insights by combining multiple disparate data sources and developing interactive Tableau dashboards and visualizations.

Toronto, Canada Area

TJX is the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the U.S. and worldwide, with four global home offices, seven brands, nearly 4,700 stores in nine countries, and five distinctive branded e-commerce sites. As Associates, we make a difference with our contributions—collaborating in delighting shoppers with hidden treasures.• Promoted to Associate Planner; managed and coached a team of analysts, responsible for the development of their off-price retail model knowledge. • Created ideal commodity blends for current and future seasons to align with financial plans and manage merchandise funding.• Drove sales by flexing business strategies to maximize on sales trends and merchandise availability. • Built effective relationships with the Buyers and Merchandise Managers by identifying opportunities and challenges within the business and collaborating on continuous revisions on financial plans.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Highlights:• Evaluated the effects of the market, economy, customer demographics, as well as current trends and sales data to identify opportunities in shipping strategy. • Took responsibility of a portfolio worth over a $100 million, which saw a 4% comparative increase in Q4. • Planned and executed the intensification of inventory in a select group of stores based on sales performance, square footage and sales-to-stock ratio that saw a growth rate of 10% over last year’s sales while the balance of chain only drove a 3% incremental. • Designed and developed a new excel-based business tool to more effectively forecast the optimal level of inventory required on a store-by-store basis.

Toronto, Canada Area

4-month contract to help the bank optimize processes related to supply chain finance.