Olamide Dada ad3ft0@r.postjobfree.com +1-437-***-****

Professional Profile

Seasoned IT Project Control Officer with over 5 years of Program/Project management experience and a proven record of accomplishment in supporting the delivery of large enterprise-wide initiatives ranging from $500K to $10M while working in the financial and manufacturing services industries.

Professional Summary of Qualifications

oMore than 5 years' experience in Program/Project Management within the financial services & manufacturing industries while providing project controls and governance oversight support to program managers and project managers.

oStrong knowledge and experience of the best practices and disciplines in Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) and Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Agile & Waterfall methodologies.

oStrong knowledge of Financial/budget analysis for monitoring, tracking and maintaining project financials including forecast, actuals and variance analysis.

oExperienced managing and tracking project change request to capture their execution and cost implication while adhering to the standard change management process including seeking and obtaining required authorization prior to implementation.

oHighly Organized: Set priorities, develop work schedules, monitor progress towards goals by tracking details/data/information / activities to meet targets and deadlines.

Professional Experience

Canada Life Assurance Dec 2021 – Aug 2023

Global Program Analyst, IFRS17 Regulatory Reporting

Streamlined the coordination, consultation & budget control for the PMO Program Delivery Office under the IFRS17 Global reporting Program to support the technical implementation of new Regulatory Reporting Standards for financial service providers.

oOrchestrated and controlled financial planning and risk management for multiple (5) PMs across diverse programs, resulting in a 20% improvement in program health and mitigated risks.

oMonitored and executed program plans and coordinate timely execution of major milestones, approvals, sign-offs and implementation using PM tools such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, JIRA, etc.

oDeveloped and maintained Program documentation, templates and coordinate release of deliverables to users, Onboard & offboard program resources through IAM team.

oRegularly report progress of program status, regulatory reports, milestones, achievements and program budgetary standing in both formal (e.g., Executive Steering Committee) and informal settings.

oMaintained Project Change Management log that captured ongoing action items, decisions, issues, and risks while identifying mitigation strategies to avoid unexpected impacts. Assisted with Change Management activities, monitored issue log and improved change request approval timeline by 30%.

oAdministered and maintained program SharePoint, coordinated document revisions and technical review meetings for the project team. Coordinate SAP Incident and change management trainings for Consultants & DevOps teams.

oProcessed all open/outstanding items and issues to ensure timely resolution.

oFacilitated weekly status meetings, responsible for coordination, monitoring attendance, distributing materials, and taking meeting minutes. Prepare and present timely status reports to the project team, business stakeholders and internal senior management using MS Office tools like MS Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word.

CIBC Mar 2021 – Dec 2021

Project Coordinator / Scrum Master

Assisted PMO program manager under the Client Delivery with regards to the implementation of IT Programs initiated to deliver client focused engagement services. Also worked data acquisition team on automation of daily transaction for executive reporting.

oCoordinated with PMs to manage delivery of Digital Banking dispute collection & resolution in partnership with Credit card acquirer Mastercard & VISA.

oManage and track project deliverables to ensure that Agile work flow was progressing according to plan and made sure that any deviation to project health was reported in a timely manner. Identify all dependencies and risks within and across deliverables, ensuring that they are effectively managed/escalated.

oMaintained Project management processes including project goals, milestones, deadlines, metrics and budgets by establishing and monitoring Project controls and governance including status reporting, action items, assumptions, constraints, risks and issues, decision tracking, change controls, project communication, and financial reporting.

oManaged central SharePoint repository for project artifacts, documentations, deliverables and ensured appropriate governance and access over site using JIRA/Confluence.

oPrepared and maintained project documentation, approvals, meeting minutes, and status reports (JIRA/Confluence)

oUpdate project dashboards; providing weekly status reports for Program Governance meetings, Monthly Finance Forum, Biweekly Customer Experience meetings, and weekly status updates. Conso2lidated project status updates from team leads and relevant stakeholders.

oOrganized project meetings, agendas, document preparation, presentations, minutes for various meetings including steering committee, advisory committee, integration transition committee.

G+D Mobile Security Inc. Oct 2018 – Jan 2021

Program Coordinator, Chip Implementation

Working closely with program manager on a program encompassing 5 projects in the Payment card Division to deliver a business process improvement program that will reduce the client OS Chip migration timeline from 26 weeks to 16 weeks and automating end of life threshold components of the chips for onward extension by payment schemes thereby simplifying the renewal process.

oManage & track progress of deliverables especially as relates to project deliverables that have direct impact on the program to ensure they are completed on time.

oBuild Gantt charts for each of the projects to communicate project duration and also manage the interdependencies across projects.

oManaged program manager and the project managers to complete assigned tasks and manage/track project documents through the project lifecycle.

oVendor management: Streamlined the SOW process, onboarding and registration including processing any change orders in line with existing contracts, working closely with the procurement, legal and finance teams.

oEnsure proper storage of project documentation in the relevant folder on the SharePoint and assign rights, also monitor version control in the team.

Education Technical Skills

PMP Certification (PMP)

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, VISIO, Access, SharePoint, SAP, Software Development Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Project Mgt: PMLC, SDLC, Financial/Budget/Data Analysis, PowerBI

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

PPM Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Clarity, Primavera, Planview, Salesforce, Smartsheet, ServiceNow.

MBA; BSc. Computer Science & Technology

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