Project Manager
2017-2021 December [4 years]
Company & Projects – OLD MUTUAL, PINELANDS - Personal Finance Department, Workday & PF SAT Programme
Group Finance Department, Market Conduct Risk Assurance Project Navigator Programme
Planning
• Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives by setting realistic timelines and checkpoints.
• Work with delivery team and PMO team to draft a detailed, integrated project plan
• Ensure plan is complete and updated at least on a weekly basis
• Planning and scheduling Manboard’s, Steercom’s and Working Groups
• Developed implementation methodologies to rein in project costs while meeting key milestones.
• Develop the workstream plan
• Obtain approval of the workstream plan from the workstream lead and programme manager
Scope & Delivery
• Achieved deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
• Conducted weekly meetings with teams to review progress and resolve any pending issues with project development.
• Manage deviations from plan
• Deliver the required products for each project, phase, or stage
• Ensure that quality is achieved as planned
• Deliver to time and cost within agreed tolerances
• Manage the people, work and resources involved
• Align on a regular basis with PMO and delivery team on prioritisation of project deliveries within the segment
• Track delivery against project plan across all Workstreams and all key enablers
• Ensure effective integration process exists between key stakeholders
• Prepare and distribute presentation packs and minutes timeously
• Facilitate daily / weekly / monthly project team meetings
• Escalate issues to respect areas such as the delivery team, PMO and Management pro-actively
• Identify and mange dependencies internally and with other initiatives
• Ensure scope changes are logged on a project change register and approved by the Change Control Board and other relevant Committees
Reporting
• Report to respective stakeholders
• Escalate decisions and unresolved issues
• Conclude the work upon completion or premature cessation
• Provide feedback on delivery status, risks, and issues to stakeholders
• Prepare inputs required for monthly Manboard and Steering Committee Forums
• Prepare updates for PMO as required
• Updating PPO with project status and information monthly
• RAID Log
• Change Controls
• Progress Reports
• Monitor the workstream progress and use of resources on a day-to-day basis, initiating corrective action where necessary
• Manage workstream risks, including the development of contingency plans
• Liaise with the programme manager and related workstream to ensure that work is not overlooked or duplicated
• Maintain change controls as per agreed thresholds and any required configuration management
• Report through agreed reporting lines and rituals on workstream progress
Financials
• Created excel to monitor budget and to use in weekly and monthly reports to Executives.
• Developed and initiated projects, including managing costs, schedule, and performance.
• Establish, update, and manage plans with actuals, forecasts, budgets as well as processing of journals – ensuring that the project / programme is on track
• Obtain inputs from relevant project teams on effort and timelines for enablement
• Provide estimates and timelines for enablement of project for review and approval prior to Onboarding of resources via Cherwell
• Ensure additional funding is required for any additional work is secured via the business planning process
• Provide monthly actuals to PMO team
• Collate all contracting resource timesheets, compare to contractor’s TA’s, process invoices for payments to vendors / suppliers
Governance
• Liaised with external suppliers and built lasting client relationships.
• Implemented user experience teams to research and improve interfaces, designs, content, and applications.
• Complete and maintain artefacts as required by the PMO
• Ensure that lessons learnt are documented during the project lifecycle and at project closure. Any corrective actions to be implemented pro-actively
• Onboarding Staff
• Ordering and maintaining stationary stock levels
• Access to all management staff diaries
• Updating and managing staff leave etc
