Experience

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  Manitoba Public Insurance

  • Canada
  • Insurance
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • IS Auditor

    • Apr 2014 - Present

    IT project post mortem and lessons learned analysis. What was done well, what can be improved; => requirements & stakeholder analysis, risk management, project management, vendor management, project training and education, implementation and hand-off.Internal controls review, risk assessment, process improvement, security consulting, internal audit process improvement and maturation. Working with stakeholders throughout the organization to improve business processes through the use of information systems and technology in a well controlled, well architected and managed IT environment.

  • Senior Business Analyst

    • Mar 2010 - Apr 2014

    Production Support supervisor for insurance, driver licensing and identity applications; the later of which involved both a COTS facial recognition application as well as an internally developed Identity Management application. Dynamic, fast-paced environment dealing with high demand for legislative driven changes, sustainment and support for multiple inter-system interfaces and information sharing arrangements, plus day to day troubleshooting and support. Other responsibilities include: business process improvement, legislative compliance analysis and requirements development, and project management.

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  Great West Life Assurance Co.

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Consultant, IT Audit, Senior Business Analyst

    • Feb 2006 - Mar 2009
    • Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting (ICOFR) Internal controls review and risk assessment, process and control improvement recommendations, test case & test script preparation and execution, audit report delivery. Compliance engagement with industry regulations (CEO/CFO certification under MI 52-109).

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  Investors Group

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • IT Consultant, Project Manager

    • Jul 2005 - Jan 2006
    • Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Project Manager leading the delivery of enhanced functionality and internal support services to the financial Consultant workforce (3000+) via web-based service delivery application. Business requirements gathering and documentation, test plan and strategy development and documentation, coordination of testing by business users, error tracking and management of problem resolution. Project reporting, completion report and artifacts compilation.

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  Cangene Corporation

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Manager, IT Applications

    • Oct 2001 - Jun 2005
    • Winnipeg, Manitoba

    - Manage, develop and deliver application system solutions. - Project management for vendor software solution. Included business requirements documentation; current & future state documentation; software implementation, system validation under FDA 21 CFR, Part 11. - RFP development, delivery and vendor selection. - Vendor management, project planning, budget process, project tracking, change control as required.- Business process re-engineering, design and automation. FRS and URS documentation in conjunction with validation of vendor software implementation.

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  Ernst & Young LLP

  • Canada

  • Security Consultant / Project Manager

    • Sep 1998 - Sep 2001
    • Canada

    Security consulting services; Risk assessment; Financial Audit support through internal IT controls assessment and evaluation.

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  Manitoba Telecom Services

  • Winnipeg, Canada Area

  • Information Systems Auditor

    • Sep 1997 - Aug 1998
    • Winnipeg, Canada Area

    Delivery of IT audit support services focusing on a variety of mainframe and client server applications, as well as internal control assessment of internet and telecommunications usage.

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  Great West Life Assurance Co.

  • Information Systems Auditor

    • Mar 1993 - Aug 1997

    Delivery of IT, finance and operational audit support services focusing on mainframe and client server applications, as well as internal control assessment of technology, WAN and telecommunications services.

  • Information Systems Security Analyst

    • Sep 1988 - Feb 1993

    Delivery of risk assessment, security assessment, and internal controls review of the IT infrastructure, application software, database management systems, operating systems and other technology used by and supporting the business.

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  Great West Life Assurance Co.

  • Winnipeg, Canada Area

  • Asst Manager, Financial Systems Support

    • 1979 - 1987
    • Winnipeg, Canada Area

    - Manage, develop and deliver application system solutions for the Finance division of GWL. - Primary function being the support, maintenance, and enhancement of the Accounting & Control system (front-end to the corporate GL and FR systems).- Project management support for (finance) software projects. Includes requirements analysis, documentation and communication to divisions feeding financial information into Finance division. - 4th Gen reporting tools pilot project member. - U.S. regionalization project lead. - Business process re-engineering, design and automation. Corporate systems support technical lead.