Sonia Payne Watson

Houston, TX ***** 713-***-**** ad3mg7@r.postjobfree.com

Key Skills

Implementation of Trading and

Risk Management systems

Openlink’s Endur, Allegro,

nMarket and Nucleus

Management, onboarding and

training of Architecture of

Integrated Information

Systems (ARIS), SharePoint

and Documentum

Gathering and documenting

business processes, change

management and system

requirements

Project management

Full recruiting lifecycle process

Workday

Various Application Tracking

Systems (ATS)

LinkedIn Recruiter

Lightcast Market Analytics

Candidate sourcing

Recruitment strategy

Training

Education

Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View, TX

Bachelor of Arts

License

Licensed Real Estate Agent

Texas

Oklahoma

Experience

October 2021 – September 2023

ALLEGIS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

DXC Technology Contract

Recruiting Relationship Manager

• Provide training, guidance and implementation of recruiting strategy to the Sourcing Specialists and Recruiting Coordinators.

• Manage full lifecycle recruitment activities.

• Lead and document requisition kick-off/intake meetings and assist hiring managers with position description, skills and business needs.

• Assist team with sourcing and recruitment of candidates via various online recruitment channels, professional networks, passive candidate cold calling, and social media.

• Evaluate candidate resumes and conduct phone

screen/interviews of qualified candidates to be presented to hiring managers.

• Utilize various metrics to measure performance, identify pain points, and provide data driven recommendations for optimization.

• Coach and advise hiring managers on interview/hiring practices recruitment trends, and market intelligence.

• Coach and guide candidates through the selection, interview and hiring process.

• Train new team members on project processes.

May 2015 – October 2021

THE VESSEL GROUP

Director of Recruiting

• Provide training, guidance and implementation of recruiting strategy to Sourcing team.

• Developed and executed recruiting/resource strategies that align with company goals and objectives.

• Work with client Human Resource Business Partners and Hiring Managers to ensure Diversity and Inclusion initiatives met.

• Maintained stakeholder relationships to determine staffing needs and pain points to provide guidance.

• Performed diverse direct recruiting placements/staff augmentation for Trading, Technical, Accounting and Finance, Business Analyst and Sales professionals.

• Sourced and recruited candidates via various online recruitment channels, professional networks, cold calling, and social media.

• Evaluated applicant resumes and conducted phone

screen/interviews of qualified candidates to be presented to hiring managers.

• Coordinated phone/on-site interviews and agenda with hiring managers and candidates.

• Updated and managed the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

• Created and updated company job descriptions.

• Provided recruiting updates to clients and leadership.

• Generated new clients and maintained client relationships.

• Assisted in creation of new client strategy plan. December 2013 – May 2017

REPSOL ENERGY NORTH AMERICA

Contractor via Triad Resources (December 2013 – February 2015) Knowledge and Change Management Analyst

• Gather and document functional business requirements for implementation of new/updated functionality within Allegro.

• Configuration and maintenance for all Allegro modules (8.0/8.1), including external interfaces.

• Support the deliverables of the technical analyst by providing business and functional guidance, review and testing of new/updated functionality.

• Utilize Remedy for support ticket entry and maintenance.

• Create functional user guides, desk procedures and conduct user training.

• Facilitate as well as assist users with user acceptance testing.

• Responsible for system access management, including user on- boarding and off-boarding as well as internal/external audit request.

• Document Controller and subject matter expert for Documentum, including management of metadata,

management of content, bulk uploads, security upkeep and overall system health checks.

• Gather and distribute KPI reports for management.

• Creation and maintenance of corporate business process flow tool ARIS.

• Maintenance of SharePoint security and setup.

October 2012 – October 2013

SUNGARD CONSULTING SERVICES

Lead Sr. Consultant

• Worked as part of assessment team to gather client current Pipeline Order to Cash business processes.

• Defined Pipeline Order to Cash functional and technical business requirements.

• Created vendor Request for Information (RFI) documentation for system selection.

• Created test cases and result documentation for entire Pipeline Order to Cash process.

• Assisted with vendor selection for replacement of current systems.

• Provided functional analysis for process redesign.

• Created vendor scoring criteria documentation.

• Created module build out functionality for custom build solutions.

• Ensured timely delivery of project plan and deliverables.

• Assisted with various Requests for Information (RFI) presentations for prospective Power clients.

• Subject matter expert responsible for creation of power volume balancing tool for Next-Day and Real-Time Trading. July 2011 – September 2012

ALLEGRO DEVELOPMENT

Sr. Energy Software Consultant

• Power subject matter expert as it relates to Allegro software functionality.

• Supported product implementation, integration, and software upgrade projects.

• Led clients through all functional phases of implementation, with a focus on trading, scheduling, credit and settlements.

• Defined functional business requirements.

• Day-to-day management of project deliverables.

• Created client end-user training on use of Allegro applications.

• Certified Allegro user in Power, Natural Gas and System Administration.

February 2008 – June 2011/November 2004 – September 2006 OPENLINK

Sr. Business Consultant

• Subject matter expert for Power Scheduling implementation of the Endur pMotion product as well as Real-Time Trading.

• Lead Front Office resource for implementation of Endur.

• Provided industry, functional and troubleshooting advice during discovery workshop, design, implementation, testing, and production support phases.

• Gathered and documented functional business requirements, configuration designs, test plans/results required during implementation.

• Supported the deliverables of the technical consultants by providing business and functional guidance, review, testing, and validation of scripted solutions for reports, scripts, and interfaces.

• Conduct client training during project implementation.

• Facilitate as well as assist client with user acceptance testing.

• Assisted Sales staff with sales demonstrations of pMotion functionality for prospective/existing clients.

• Assisted in developing enhancements within pMotion.

• Assisted with various Requests for Information (RFI’s) for prospective clients.

August 2007 – January 2008

APX, INC.

Consultant

• Primary resource for CAISO MRTU Settlements market.

• Created readiness assessments specific to CAISO MRTU.

• Gathered and documented current business processes as well as created future state business processes.

• Provided client feedback to APX technical group regarding desired reports or necessary system upgrades.

• Documented and trained clients on APX settlement system changes.

September 2006 – August 2007

SAPIENT

Manager of Business Consulting

• Primary contributor for Power Scheduling business processes and functional business requirement documentation.

• Developed LNG business processes and functional business requirements.

• Assisted in planning sales strategies for prospective clients.

• Created vendor scripts to be used during vendor selection demonstrations.

• Responsible for creating client test cases and result documentation.

• Supported the deliverables of the technical consultants by providing business and functional guidance.

• Provided functional analysis for process redesign.

• Planned project timelines and deliverables.

Additional Relevant Work Experience:

• Aces Power Marketing

Power Scheduler

• Calpine Energy Services

Power Scheduler II

• Dynegy Marketing and Trade

Lead Power Scheduler

Hourly Trader

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