Wendy Mansuo

///Wendy Mansuo Email:-| Mobile:- | Location: London Personal Profile A diligent, tenacious and versatile PMO consultant adept in project management, whilst supporting the successful delivery of projects throughout the project lifecycle and embedding key project governance disciplines in cross-functional team building and leadership. Over five years’ experience supporting multiple work streams to deliver complex projects within tight deadlines and under pressure while championing the best project management processes and methodologies. Skills Project Planning and Control Data Analysis Resource Management Stakeholder Management RAID Management Time Management Quality Assurance Budgeting and Cost Control Career Summary Senior PMO Analyst | The Economist | Sept 2022 – Present Key Responsibilities: Managing key governance forums and processes for the HR Transformation program, updating PMO documentation and ensuring adherence to the high-level governance standards. Managing the business case process and driving compliance across all projects to ensure the effective delivery of change. Supporting and guiding the Programme Manager, Accountable Executive and Project Managers in planning, controlling, monitoring and organizing the programme, ensuring compliance with governance and reporting. Owning and managing RAID creation process, ensuring the RAID data is of good quality at all times and ensuring stakeholders comply. Driving programme and project reporting through the creation of the monthly programme reporting pack from updates made by project managers in Planview and Smartsheet Coordinating project stage-gate management, change control, workshop / meeting facilitation, document preparation and approval as well as allocation of resources and purchase order management. Reviewing deliverables produced across the programme for completeness against policy and delivery lifecycle minimum standards; and providing structured feedback to project managers. In charge of submission of deliverables for Programme Committee and reviewing these to avoid late requests. Implementing the Central PMO calendar across the programme being supported, ensuring that the policy and project delivery controls are followed at all times, promptly escalating issues, risks and continuous improvement suggestions to the Project and Programme managers as well as Central PMO. PMO Analyst | Beacon Technology | Nov 2021 – Sept 2022 Key Responsibilities: Worked on a Finance transformation program. Maintained the project RAID log. Scheduled and facilitated risk and issue meetings with owners. Worked with PMs and workstream leads to identify, escalate and resolve issues once they occur. Monitored and tracked assumptions and dependencies in line with the PMO RAID Guide Co-ordinated the production of weekly status reports, quality assuring these reports and produced programme summary reports. Producing meeting packs, facilitating steering group meetings, liaising with the programme teams and collaborators Maintained the milestone tracker - Generated weekly reports on slipped milestone and circulated to Project Managers. Assisted Project Managers with the creation, monitoring and updating of project plans. Maintained the programmes SharePoint site, created sites, groups and users; and monitored to ensure compliance with configuration governance. Motivated and encouraged the project team to adhere to project governance, project methodology and quality standards as set out by the Project guidelines. Identified stakeholder needs and supported them by providing tools, templates and data to assist Project Managers in delivery of their project objectives. PMO Procurement Operations | Unilever | May 2021 – Nov 2021 Key Responsibilities: Monitored and tracked procurement activities, including purchase orders, delivery schedules, and supplier performance, and resolved any procurement-related issues. Managing and supporting project communication through status reporting and risk control management Tracked and produced MI reports on programme performance (KPIs), providing a real-time and comprehensive view of the programme. Ma0naged procurement documentation, including supplier contracts, purchase orders, and supplier performance reports. PMO Consultant (Tax) | Ernst & Young | Apr 2018 – May 2021 Key Responsibilities: Utilized tax software and tools effectively to streamline tax processes and enhance productivity Managed Project Progress reporting: Ensured Progress reports for each project (20+) were updated and submitted on a weekly basis by the set deadline.. Collated, reviewed and challenged PMs on the information provided. Successfully got reporting to 100% submitted and complete and realised increased the level of quality. Created Final report: Used the above reports to create a final reporting pack for the Management team as well as creating a detailed summary page for convenience. Contributing to project information documents, drafting end to end Project Plans and coordinating governance activities to deliver within strict deadlines and budget Tracking the program budget to ensure Project Managers have awareness of the budget, current spend, availability and any variances; Ensuring review of actuals and updates of financial forecasts. Project administration: Ensured newly funded projects were added to the relevant systems, sites and spreadsheets such as SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, Progress reporting etc. Completed reconciliation tasks across multiple spreadsheets to ensure all projects and correct discrepancies. Reviewed prosecution evidence and developed detailed litigation strategies for individual cases Compliance Manager | HMRC | Feb 2016 – Apr 2018 Key Responsibilities & Achievements: Followed HMRC’s best practices to improve the efficiency of small businesses. Introduced due diligence practices which resulted in 90% completion of AWRS licence. Identifying inefficiencies in existing small businesses by conducting research into companies this eliminated tax evasion by 15% Monitor and assessed changes in tax laws and regulations and provide recommendations to companied which increased compliance. Advising traders about new rules and regulations imposed by HMRC and how they can improve on their accounting methods. Education and Professional Qualifications Agile PM (In View) Cybersecurity Level 3 (Achieved) University of Greenwich BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Science: (2:1 with Honours) Additional Information I love travelling, meeting new people, and learning about new cultures which helps me develop my communication skills and creativity References on Request