Exec Director/Sr. PM at CARE USA
Atlanta, GA 30060
United States
www.care.org
July 2004-May 2012
Implementation Lead, Pamodzi Program, Finance (2010 – 2012)
Directed team of ten employees/contractors through the strategy, design, development, integration with PeopleSoft Project Costing, data conversion, and global rollout of Adaptive Planning, a web-based budgeting tool, using Agile/Scrum.
• Delivered in 11 months from purchase to roll-out to 72 CARE country offices, and reduced resource needs by 61 FTE’s globally
• Resulted in a 25% efficiency gain in the proposal budgeting process, and the elimination of monthly manual global consolidation process.
Program Manager, Information Technology 2008 - 2010
Managed team of eight staff to produce strategy, project plans and monthly dashboard for three initiatives across Cost Accounting, Grants/Contracts, and Accounting and General Ledger Management for the CFO and COO in support of CARE’s compliance with USAID (50% of CARE’s funding).
• Developed new business processes and technology solutions to reduced audit compliance issues by 33%, and resulted in CARE’s ability to self-certify with the US Government (required for NGO’s that receive USG funding and key to CARE’s partnerships with other organizations)
Executive Director, External Relations (ER) Services 2004 - 2008
Led team of fifteen staff to support CARE’s external-facing website, donor database/applications and donation processing through development of mission, vision and objectives to support the technology strategy for ER’s strategic and tactical business needs. Reported to EVP of ER and the CIO.
• Developed divisional Project Portfolio Management and reporting to address resource conflicts and prioritization issues, resulting in better decision-making by senior management and faster completion of projects due to greater collaboration and synchronization of resources
• Established zero-based budgeting and reduced annual variance by $200,000, which was reinvested by Direct Marketing at a return of 30%
• Introduced metrics and accountability supported by training and business process changes to increase team productivity by 50% to support headquarters and six fundraising field offices
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