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Project Management

Location:
Upland, CA
Posted:
November 19, 2014

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Sunny Arora, PMP

*** *, ****** *** #*, Upland, CA - 91786

Mobile: +1-909-***-****

Email ID: acgsas@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

Sunny has more than 8 years of diverse PMO experience spanning across IT (5.5 yrs.) and Financial Services (2.5 yrs.)

industry. In addition to his engineering in Information Technology, Sunny has certification and hands on expertise in Project

Management methodologies and SDLC. He has handled roles in application development in Information Technology domain

and then made headway towards Project Management Office.

Sunny is a US Green Card holder and is legally authorized to take up employment in United States.

Specialties

• Proven track record of effective governance, analysis and control for large IT and Finance Change/Transformation

Programmes

• Influencing and leadership without authority

• Successful implementation of economies of repetition in driving project execution

• Strong knowledge of project planning, management activities and documentation processes

• Very Well versed with Microsoft Office Tools and PPM Tools (Clarity, Rational Portfolio Manager and Microsoft

Project)

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)®

Project Management Institute, License 1604127

May 2013 – Present

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®

Project Management Institute, License 1338443

June 2010 – June 2015

ITIL V3 Foundation

OGC

August 2009 – Present

IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 7

IBM

March 2008 – Present

Highest Level of Education

Delhi College of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, 2002 - 2006

Grade: First Class, 73.71%

Skills and Expertise

• PMO (Active/Passive; IT/Financial), Analytical Support

• Project/Programme Coordination, Governance and Control

• Driving Steering Committees and other global meetings

• Benefits Tracking

• Variance/Gap Analysis

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• Risk, Issue and Change Management; Milestones Tracking

• Process Analysis/Improvement

Experience

HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Pvt. Ltd.

Organisation Type: Financial Services

Role: Assistant Manager - Finance Operations, Global MI PMO (02/2012 – 10/2014)

Responsibilities:

Responsible for providing effective governance and control around the various Finance Change and Transformation

programmes. This includes all aspects of the programme management including:

• Forecasting and planning

• Project Methodology adherence

• Tracking and reporting of "schedules, risks & costs"

• Publishing Management dashboards and reports

• Change Request Management

• Timely Project Closures

Creation, execution & support of very high value complex project management processes to the Global Project Management

Office (GPMO) in London and New York. Includes creation of project control documents, project reporting, management of

project risks & issues, change management, planning and dependency management. Produce and review Management

Information (MI) for use by the Senior Leadership team, Finance Management Board and other senior executives. Other

activities include:

• Support the Global PMO function to ensure global programme standards are met and promoting the tools and

techniques available via the HSBC RBPM (Risk Based Project Management) methodology across entire gamut of

projects.

• Conduct reporting, configuration management discussions and tools training (Clarity/OWB/Sharepoint) with the

work streams to ensure that the programme team is progressing in accordance with plan.

• Driving Global Meetings (Steering Committees) by acting as the offshore PMO Secretary.

Key Programmes Supported: MI Simplification, MI Change, CCAR etc.

Tools and Techniques

• Microsoft Office – For artifact preparation

• Microsoft SharePoint – As a document repository for client related artifacts

• CA Clarity and Open Workbench– PPM tool

Awards and Achievements

• Won two prestigious awards within 1 year of joining HSBC (Q1-2012 Hercules Award and Q3-2012 Star Performer

for the Quarter).

• Managed successful offshore transition of business analytics PMO functions for complex transformation programmes

during inception and programme closure (BAU).

• Used indigenously developed excel based models to use Benchmarking Analytics as a Management Control tool for

countries, regions and businesses.

Hewitt Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd. – Aon Hewitt

Organisation Type: HR Consulting

Role: Project Management Office, Global Initiatives & Planning (06 / 2011 – 02/2012)

Responsibilities:

Managed the governance and control of a portfolio of Global Projects along with a Portfolio Manager. Driving monthly

portfolio review with India Technology Head and CTO, in addition to internal review meetings on a weekly basis. Other

activities included:

• Instrumental in formalizing engagement process framework for work intake in new projects.

• Providing status reports that document hours and expenses on projects to ensure that activities are completed on time

and within budget.

• Maintained a Global Book of work and template library.

• Review and audit monthly bills related to Infrastructure services.

• Creating detailed project plans that define key activities, timelines, and resource requirements needed to achieve project

objectives.

• Building relationships with business areas and Infrastructure Outsource Partner.

• Involved in gathering data to determine the IT and process benefits of a system implementation.

• Analyzing information trends and determining impacts on service levels, budgets and other key performance metrics.

• Communicate plans, status and issues to higher levels of management.

Key Programmes Supported: Productivity Saves, Service Improvement, Offshore Transition programs under the

larger umbrella of Global Initiatives and Planning

Tools and Techniques

• Microsoft Office – For artifact preparation

• Microsoft SharePoint – As a document repository for client related artifacts

• Microsoft Project– For project planning

Awards and Achievements

• Won Q3-2011 Rising Star Champions Award

• Conceptualised a “PM pool” in order to have the capacity to take up new projects, with Junior PMs shadowing Senior

PMs as well handling their own smaller assignments. Mentored Junior PMs on processes and documentation.

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Organisation Type: IT Services

Role: Project Management Office (07 / 2006 – 06 / 2011)

Responsibilities:

Led the Project Management Office of a 100m$ and more than 370 FTE IT-Public Sector Account. My activities included:

Financial Management:

• Revenue/Profit Tracking

• Quarterly forecast of Inter Company Agreements

• Bonus/Retention Planning

• Effort Tracking and Monthly Billing

Management Reporting

• Preparing weekly status reports, monthly dashboards and conducting reviews

• Utilization Monitoring

• Metrics Reporting

PMO Management

• Managed a team of 4, experts in diverse areas like billing, resourcing, infrastructure and administration

• Supporting Risk Assessment Reviews

• Document Control

• Involved in key decision making during procurements and vendor management

Key Projects Supported: IGS Vista and Vista AMS (Key Account), Transport for London (Stretch Assignment)

Tools and Techniques

• Microsoft Office – For artifact preparation

• Microsoft SharePoint and Rational ClearCase – As a document repository for client related artifacts

• Microsoft Project, Rational Portfolio Manager and Rational Team Concert – For project planning

• Lotus Notes Designer – For custom applications and workflow creation

Awards and Achievements

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• Created lots of Lotus Notes based workflow tools in order to automate the various PMO processes. Took business requirements

from very Senior Management stakeholders and translated them into desired tool functionalities.

• Awarded with various Bravo and performance awards from IBM Switzerland

Personal Details

Date of Birth: June 5, 1984

Languages Known: English & Hindi

Associations: Project Management Institute (Active Member)



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