Project Manager

Rebecca Hollander-Yemini

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White Plains, NY 10601 *******************@***.***

Summary of Experience:

PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGEMENT – FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT – ESCALATION MANAGEMENT - CHANGE MANAGEMENT – PROCESS IMPROVEMENT/MANAGEMENT - SDLC – AGILE - PMO – GOVERNANCE

An organized motivated professional with exceptional follow-through abilities and detail orientation; Able to oversee development projects from conception to successful conclusion with best practices. An individual with a sense of urgency, who believes in team building, organization and sound financial management. Adept at developing procedures to maximize efficiency. Versatile with proven ability to work with all levels of management. Highly result oriented with the ability to effect change in a matrix managed environment. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Recognized for: Leadership Integrity Solutions Crafting Coaching Delivery

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Provided oversight, guidance and control on a portfolio consisting of 30 programs, 211 projects (mix of Agile and waterfall), 1000 business deliverables (estimated) with 78% on time and on budget.

Oversee the activities of project managers and project teams within assigned focus areas to ensure delivery of timely solutions that are aligned with the organization's strategy.

Conduct ongoing examination of projects for compliance with established processes, project plans/schedules and budgets, influencing decisions on resource utilization and allocation at key project lifecycle decision points.

Experience in end-to-end financial management - plan, forecast, actual

Managed Process Improvement initiatives of testing activities for a Package Flow Technology system ($15 million).

Implemented a testing strategy for a $5 million banking project.

Developed and re-engineered a system for a Credit Card Department that assessed 2,000 new applications per day.

Lead an international project of integrated financial software package that administered commodity trading and accounting requirements. Oversight and troubleshoot market data feed.

Liaison between seven global user communities, IT groups and vendors for an international organization.

Managed complex multi-million dollar projects from project initiation through deployment using the Solution Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) framework/process.

Led multiple cross-functional projects concurrently in a matrix environment

EDUCATION

M.S. Management, Major – Project Management

Stevens Institute of Technology, School of Technology Management, Hoboken, NJ

B.A. Computer Science

S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Project Experience:

2005 – 2015 Express Scripts, Medco Health Solutions, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417

Enterprise PMO – Senior Project Manager

Senior Oversight Manager: Managed status and metric reporting on the organization’s capital portfolio health. Analyzed and determined project’s Key Performance Indicators (on execution/cost/benefits) and root cause (if project not on track). Identify and escalate issues and risks of all projects that were monitored by the CIO and COO. Responsible for the aggregation of the individual project estimates to create comprehensive company portfolio view presented to the organization’s president and to the Operation Committee. Provided program/project management functions including planning, management, tracking, and coordination. Managed schedules and assignments of project teams with a matrix structure (staff, Project Leaders, consultants, business leaders). Conferred with project leaders and staff regarding project responsibilities and progress. Ensured that all project activities are coordinated and supportive of project objectives. Assisted in preparing and delivering project reports and briefings. Assisted in developing and tracking project budgets. Analyzed and estimated feasibility, risks, cost, time, and resources for key financial investment initiatives.

Change Management and Implementation Advisor: Implemented and managed home grown Project Management Methodology. Consulted project teams on project management practices and provided on going support to ensure project’s deliverables are on target. Guided and coached project managers to create a realistic project plan that included appropriate milestones. Established clear decision gates and entrance/exit criteria across phases of the project’s life cycle. Conveyed roles and responsibilities to project team members. Drive best practices throughout projects to achieve desired projects outcome.

Project Manager: Project managed a portfolio tool (120 users) that provided real time information on financial measures, risk assessment and executive’s metrics that drive priorities. Assisted the project team to define scope and then created and utilized a project plan. Monitored progress against the project plan. Facilitated weekly core team meetings to discuss current status and issue resolutions. Managed risks by establishing general guidelines on how the project team will respond to risks rated low, medium or high. Managed change; ensured adherence to change management policy. Monitored measurements, commitments and project attributes.

Campaign Solutions Group – Database Marketing

Project managed implementation of Marketing Resource Management (MRM) software application that is used to plan and budget activities; managed production and execution, and tracked performance. This project entailed managing vendor relationships, handling rollout and software installation, conducting training sessions, creating and maintaining project plans, initiating beta tests, providing ongoing support, reporting on risk and resolving issues. Generated weekly status reports and conducted status meetings with all stakeholders to negotiate deliverables and priorities. Directed cross functional project teams to focus on committed deliverables. Responsible for Change Management standards, document processes and monitor policies.

Project Experience (Continue):

2003 – 2005 Insys Consulting, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662

Senior Consultant (Employee)

Assigned to: United Parcel Service (UPS), Paramus, NJ

Operation Portfolio System Verification and Integration Testing Labs

Managed Process Improvement project that included topics from the application development exit (turnover) phase thru deployment support. Reviewed and documented current processes, created desired state and performed GAP analysis to identify improvements. Created project plans to implement recommendations and status reports to show progression of each initiative. Developed a metrics system to measure and quantify quality progression. Established Process Improvement cycle and facilitated “Best Practices/Lesson Learned” sessions.

1997 – 2003 Paragon Computers Professionals, Parsippany, NJ 07410

Senior Consultant

Assigned to: Kraft North America, Nabisco, Inc., Parsippany, NJ USA

Finance

A Functional Expert/Project Manager for an implementation project of an integrated financial package (OpenLink) that was monitored by the CIO. The software administers commodity trading (futures and options) and accounting requirements. Facilitated meetings with the department partners to get business rules that helped in tailoring the system to meet client specific needs. Acted as a liaison between the client's user communities (traders, back office and controllers), Financial IT group and the vendor to oversee progress of the project and resolve issues that arose during the implementation. Monitored and tracked software, Risk Management functionality, Value-at-Risk figures and troubleshot financial market data. Produced user manuals, technical specifications document, Quality Assurance procedures, test plans, test scripts and evaluate test results. Developed detailed project plan, communication plan and escalation strategy. Monitored and controlled scope.

1993 – 1996 Software AG, St. Albans, United Kingdom

Consultant

Assigned to: Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland

Worked on various assignments, dealing with different clients on several platforms using Software AG products.

Responsibilities included:

Quality Assurance Team Leader for a large banking project. Responsibilities included planning and supervising unit and system tests; handling error corrections and managing the delivery through user acceptance.

Managed RAD (Rapid Application Development) and JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions and developed workshop standards.

Produced program specification documents for the development team on a credit card system development from business and functional requirement documents. Maintained Entity Relationship Diagram.

1990 - 1992 Schwinn Bicycle Company, Chicago, IL 60643

Programmer /Analyst

Maintained, developed and re-engineered various in-house systems. MIS contact person for functional areas of Inventory Analysis, Item Maintenance, Vendor and Warehouse systems. Managed downsizing project for the A/P and G/L functions.

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