Project Coordinator / Business Analyst

• Jun 2023 - Present

As a dynamic Business Analyst and Project Coordinator, I specialize in application development, cloud solutions, AI, and machine learning, I am well-equipped to drive successful projects from inception to completion. Working closely with cross-functional teams, I excel at gathering and analyzing requirements, ensuring a robust foundation for application development. With a keen eye for detail, I facilitate efficient backlog grooming sessions, optimizing the development process for seamless execution. Throughout the project lifecycle, I provide unwavering support to testing efforts, ensuring comprehensive coverage of requirements and smooth user acceptance testing. Leveraging my consulting knowledge, I offer valuable insights that elevate application functionality and align projects with clients' objectives. My strong communication and critical thinking skills enable me to deliver exceptional solutions that exceed expectations and delight end-users. Let's collaborate to create remarkable applications that make a significant impact in the software development landscape. Show less

Business Planning Analyst

• Jan 2020 - May 2023

My role was to lead transformation projects across IBM’s Software and Infrastructure Finance business. In this job I created and ran collaborative Whiteboarding and Design Thinking sessions with our WW Brands and Geo finance teams to identify transformation opportunities and worked closely with our executives to prioritize, select, and manage projects. As the project manager, it is my duty to map processes, define requirements, identify technologies to utilize, build solutions, track and communicate progress, and deploy the solutions to the stakeholders. Some of my larger projects include:• Expense Forecasting Project: The objective of this project was to automate the expense forecasting & reporting processes across IBM Software and Infrastructure. I collaborated with SMEs, leadership, and the Data Science and Enterprise Data teams to build complex Machine Learning models to predict our SG&A and Development expense elements across 14 brands, 4 Geos, and 15 markets. In addition to the models, we developed a new cloud database tool that allowed users to adjust the modeled inputs in real time. This database was connected to our data visualization tool, EPM Cognos Analytics, where we created a standardized dashboard that our SMEs used in their expense review calls. • Query Automation: I automated data queries through IBM’s Analytics and AI platform, Cloud Pak for Data. This tool allowed us to connect directly to data and included the development tools Jupyter Notebooks and SPSS Modeler. I wrote Python scripts and SPSS modeler streams to automatically pull, transform, and push queries to BOX through defined jobs. • Deal Size Dashboard: I built a Cognos Analytics dashboard for our WW Infrastructure team, which replaced all manual deal size reporting done in excel. • RPA Journal Automation: I worked directly with our Robotics Process Automation team to automate monthly finance adjustments done by our Financial Analysts. Show less

Federal HQ Finance Control Lead

• Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

Managed the tracking, consolidating, and presenting roadmaps of “at-risk” contracts to senior leadership. Oversaw audit reporting requirements for Federal Finance while leading the Transformation team and running several projects.• Led team to automate process of manually loading all Federal contract invoices to a repository database by using scripting to automatically pull in invoice details; completion of this project earned me my Lean Sigma Six green belt.• Spearheaded time and material invoice automation project wherein we automated the hold and release process of invoice charges by using an Excel export in conjunction with Python script to scrape the webpage for transactional data and compare it to line items in the Excel file, eliminating the need for manual reporting through Costpoint. • Automated our project setup process in tool called PORT, wherein we set up a web-browser automation tool that used Excel templates and Python to automatically set up hundreds of billable projects in our systems. • Built VBA macros to automate predictive forecast file called the Quick Pulse file, which was deployed to the 20+ Financial Analysts in the Federal team. Show less

Senior Financial Analyst

• Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

Managed the largest IDIQ contract IBM had with the Federal Government while also being responsible for data analysis, reporting, invoicing, forecasting, roadmap and risk mitigation, and project setup. • Eliminated 30% of employee work-time spent on the IDIQ contract by collaborating with technical teams to build a standard and automated process to better track project funding and built a dashboard to house the information, negating need to analyze information manually. • Communicated performance, process roadmaps, and other relevant information to stakeholders and executives. Show less

Federal Defense and Intelligence I&E Financial Planner

• Jun 2016 - Jan 2017

In this role I consolidated and identified key risks and opportunities in the D&I roadmap. I presented these details and my recommendations to financial management on monthly close calls. In addition to my planner role, I also held contracts and managed all financials/ad hoc tasks related to them.

Financial Analyst

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

I managed the financials of various contracts across multiple Federal industries. My duties included:• Conducted quantitative analysis of financial data on various federal contracts in order to accurately forecast revenue, costs, hours, and potential risks.• Collaborated with project management to analyze costs that impact contracts and ensured accuracy.• Initiated and supported the setup of new federal contracts by compiling all necessary contract documentation and leading calls between Project Setup and Project Management.• Prepared month-end close entries including industry cost accruals, cost transfers, revenue adjustments, and cost recoveries to ensure proper revenue, cost, and profit recognition.• Assist and complete VBA and Python driven transformation processes to improve speed and accuracy. Show less

Teller

• Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

Healthcare Assistant SSA

• Feb 2009 - Jan 2014