Project Manager

Rachel L. Davis, ABD

**** ********* **, *********. ** 760-***-**** – ********@***.***

Executive Summary

For the past five yours my accomplishments have exceeded expectations in industries spanning from Corporate and Financial Business. As I continued my educational endeavors, now a Scholar Practitioner in the fields of Management, Project Management, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Planning & Implementation, and E-Business in industries spanning from Financial Corporations including Information Technology. My Higher Education and professional experience has equipped me with the ability to plan, organize, lead, and control a project utilizing risk management. My analytical skills include the competence and knowledge of Business Process Management leveraging competencies and streamlining processes to achieve Operational Excellence. As a Doctoral Candidate, I have had the honors of creating and implementing my own plan which incorporated detailed information of expectations. The Business Proposal included every aspect of the departmental Risks, along with monitoring and controlling all categories, documented policies and procedures using flow charting and Microsoft Project; disclosing accurate forecasting throughout the project. Knowledge, skill, tools and techniques were applied to project activities in order to meet the project requirements on time, within budget, according to specifications or requirements.

Education

Walden University- Ph.D. Philosophy of Management, Concentration in Information Technology

June-2010-June-2013

University of Phoenix – Masters in Business Administration, (MBA) – Feb - 2010

Accelerated Project Management, UNC Charlotte - Certificate received Oct - 2009

University of Phoenix–Bachelor of Science in Business Management, (BSBM) Oct - 2007

Core Competencies

Quantitative Reasoning for Business Managing Projects in a Complex Environment

Applied Business Research Strategic Planning and Implementation

Operations Management Risk Analysis, Mitigation, Management

Human Recourses Management Organizational Leadership

Lee&Pratt Associates Aug 2011-Current

Project Consultant/Risk Manager

Responsible for Market Analysis to measure and report Corporate trends

Research coordinator for BPM

Accountable for preparing and analyzing trend reports weekly, monthly, as required

Ensures compliance with company’s Quality System policies and procedures

Implemented Corporate standards (LGRC) Legal Government Risk Management Compliance

Create and maintained marketing deliverables using power point, graphs, charts and Photoshop

Microsoft AppleOne Feb 2011-June 2011

Operations Specialist

Manage business relationships providing comprehensive intelligence which lead to better decision making by stakeholders

Run weekly reports in excel, generate pivot table, analyze date

Collaborating with the Global Enterprise Services Operations Team to ensure integrated worldwide processes

Exceptional operational analysis and cross group collaboration skills.

Utilized SharePoint and Visio as a tool for transferring data, graphs and charts.

Managing the contracts to cash function from beginning to end to ensure efficient processing

Knowledge of software applications and architectures

Creative Contracting Solutions, Charlotte, NC Jan 2010-December 2010

Project Coordinator/Change Management

Collect and analyze large amounts of data in excel to determine business drivers

Utilizing Excel Pivot Tables to sort through data

Monitor contracting projects to implement compliance guidelines

Enforce Risk Management techniques to monitor and control

Assist with all Budget, Payroll, and Vender Management

Responsible for coordinating Corporate Daily schedules utilizing Excel and MS Project

Develop and revise project materials and maintain project documentation

RemX Specialty Staffing, Charlotte, NC May 2008–Dec 2008

Project Coordinator

Coordinate the work plan of Regional Director with 8 direct reports and 16 sub- reports.

Work on projects that vary in complexities while maintaining strong team relationships

Create marketing deliverables using power point, graphs, charts and Photoshop

Update data on a weekly basis to support several project initiatives

Balance competing activities, yet delivering on projects’ requirements within schedule and budget

Act 1. Recruiting, Charlotte, NC Jan 2008-Apr 2008

Project Coordinator

Assisted Director of Sales to develop plans to support 30 direct reports

Addressed clients’ needs, developed proposed solutions for delivering change initiatives

Managed monthly plans for travel and meeting activities

Effectively managed and maintained data integrity

Created and implemented project documentation that included meeting minutes, project status reports, and resource utilization

RBC Centura, Charlotte, NC Oct 2006-Aug 2007

Branch Manager & Business Banker/Project Management Officer

Managed the methodology standards and overall risk opportunities, while optimizing the use of shared organizational resources across all projects.

Managed staff of 4 tellers and 1 personal banker

Provided guidance on how project scope will be defined, documented, managed, and controlled

Utilized application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities in order to meet project requirements

Responsible for the total performance of Branch operations along with capturing the growth and retention opportunities within existing customers

Coached and managed employees for performance development

Wachovia, Charlotte, NC Jan 1996-Aug 2006

Financial /Change Management

Change Management solutions and Methodologies implemented through merger acquisition

Responsible for budget and controlling costs for project compliance.

Maintained 1M Consumer Loans, 700k in Business Loans

Selected by senior management to mentor three financial centers through First Union Merger

Proficient in data analysis, linear charts, Gantt charts and graphs

Consistently maintained pipeline of $1mm-$2mm in Retail and business loan pipeline

Financial Center Manager/Travel Team Project Management Officer

Project Manager of 24 employees to successfully staff and train loan officers

Implement updates to documents providing greater precision with schedule, costs, and

resource requirements to meet the defined project scope while retaining established sales

Employee Financial Service FS 2 – Change Management/Sales

Managed documentation on how project scope will be defined, documented, managed, and controlled for new hire tellers

Trained and developed new hire orientation training courses for First Place employees and new hires

Apply innovative sales methods of assisting new and existing employees to make financial decisions

HR Service Delivery

Interviewing and Staffing,

Payroll and Benefits

Displayed ability to analyze data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions

Educated in reviewing and interpreting W-2’s and 1099’s

Knowledge of Taxes-State, Federal, and Local

First Union Call Center-Loan Officer/Mortgage

Supervised and Trained employees with the CoreStates Merger

Worked with the team of Project Managers to successfully complete merger acquisition

Assisted loan clients through Consumer Credit Internet Site

Computer Skills

Experienced with Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Project, Oracle, Advance Excel,

Power Point, Access, Microsoft Excel, Lotus Notes, Power Point, People Soft, Flex Manager,

Profiler, Staff Manager, SharePoint

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