POOJA MAKAN

Toronto

Canada PR Holder

PROFILE AT GLANCE

A keen planner with expertise in managing business operations and focus on achieving company’s goals.

Detail oriented and efficient with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to people at all levels across the organization.

Demonstrated excellent problem solving, team building, decision making and leadership skills both at the workplace and academics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SpurTree Technologies Inc., Toronto, Canada, India September 2016 – Present

Project Manager

SpurTree Technologies, Bangalore, India April 2015 – Sept. 2016

Project Manager

PROJECTS

Windows Application for BSM Technologies: BSM Technologies is a Canadian company and pioneers in Fleet Management, Equipment tracking etc. Sentinel Drive Application is to monitor and provide the accurate reports for the Hours of service, Trip Inspections, Driver Logs etc. all while enabling you to make proactive fleet management decisions with enhanced features.

iOS and Android Applications for Shoppers Stop: Shoppers Stop is an Indian Retail having more than 70 stores across 30+ cities in India. This is Shoppers Stop’s first foray into mobile e-commerce

iOS and Android Applications for PT MAP: PT Mitra Adiperkasa is the top lifestyle retailer in Indonesia with over 2,000 retail stores. MAP was voted Fortune Indonesia’s Most Admired Companies (Top 20) in 2012 and Forbes Indonesia’s Top 40 Companies in 2011.

Roles/Responsibilities:

Understanding the product and capturing the scope of the Project by gathering and finalizing the business requirements

Cost and Estimation analysis for the scope of the Project

Conducting kickoff meetings with the key stakeholders of the project including the clients, design team, development team and the QA team

Formulating project plans for each project with timelines for the timely deliverables to the client

Managing the Project within the estimated budget by keeping track of the total cost and ensuring the projects don’t run overboard and maintain their profitability

Managing resources, cost and effort for the change requests over the course of the Project

Negating risks and issues in the Project with effective communication and removing blockers

Assigning the number of hours to be devoted by the resources across the different Projects

Estimating the resources to be assigned to each team (design, development and QA)

Approving the timesheets of the design, development and the QA teams assigned to the project

Conducting weekly status calls, daily updates to keep the entire team and client aligned

Creating User Manuals to assist Business Users with the workings of the newly developed application

Assisting Business Users in User Acceptance Testing (BUAT)

State Street Bank and Trust Co. Boston, MA, USA June2011 – Dec2013

Business Analyst

PROJECTS

Analyzed and presented the new model for Global Treasury reports and queries on my state street platform.

Analyzed the new DTC workflow including new loan booking and release rules for the Lending Omni.

Created a new Portfolio Estimator Model for the traders for automated estimations. The new model will help them present the data more accurately and efficiently to the clients.

Analyzed and gathered information on Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) from IRS.

Roles/Responsibilities:

Conducted kickoff meetings/PowerPoint presentations with the key Stakeholders

Gathered business requirements to get a better understanding of client’s demands and business processing by interacting with Clients and offshore development and testing teams

Actively involved in GAP analysis and business refinement process

Team Lead - Instrumental in resource planning and task allocation to team members

Maintained Project Lifecycle by using SharePoint tool for reports and requirement documents

Assisted Business Users in the Business User Acceptance Testing (BUAT)

Coordinated the transition of the product using Cloud Computing Technologies

Scrum Master and coordinated Agile Methodologies in the Project Lifecycle

Conducted Knowledge sharing session and Mentorship Program for the new joiners

Day-to-day interface with the technical, data operations, program management, research teams involved in product development.

Created User Manuals to assist Business Users with the workings of the newly developed application

End to end Project Management activities comprising resource estimation, scheduling and execution

Technical Expertise:

Business Analysis: Requirements Analysis, Business Rules, Business use cases, Data Flow Diagram, Project Planning, User Acceptance Testing and Team Building

Process/Technologies: Rational Clear Quest, Quality Center, JIRA, SharePoint, Business Solution Documents, Use Cases, Agile Methodology, SQL, MS Visio, MS Project, MS-Word, MS-Office, MS-PowerPoint.

EDUCATION

Masters in Business Administration – Finance (Scholarship Program) Dec 2010

Long Island University, New York, USA

GPA 3.584/4

Bachelors of Commerce (Hons) April 2007

MCM DAV College, Chandigarh

ACADEMIC PROJECTS (MBA)

Financial Markets: Prepared securities analyses report by calculating returns. Created a portfolio to determine call and put option prices and calculated intrinsic values and speculative premiums for General Motors, Inc. and General Mills, Inc.

International Finance: Analyzed financial opportunities and risks in global market investments. Conducted research on Japanese Yen, determined its Balance of Payments, daily and yearly graphs and discussed its hedging and speculation strategies.

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