Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

My name is Shannon,

Experienced professional with 15 years of experience in IT project management, budget control, and contractual coordination within large companies such as Thales, Naval Group, Total, and BNP Paribas.

As a PMO specialist, I combine expertise in management control, project portfolio monitoring, budget governance, and IT scopes, tackling major challenges, particularly in server patching for a park of over 1500 servers within a short timeframe of 2 months.

With excellent analytical skills and rigor, I am proficient in reporting tools (Excel, Clarity, Power Query, etc.).

I work effectively in complex and international environments, liaising with business, IT, and finance stakeholders. Reactive, structured, and results-oriented, I provide strategic support to project management and IT departments.

Languages

English
Fluent
Tamil
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

BNP PARIBAS Securities Services
SENIOR BUDGET PMO
BANKING AND INSURANCE
May 2023 - Today (3 years and 1 month)
Montreuil, France
Objectives:
- Coordination of the annual budget exercise (MY) and global forecasts.
- Implementation and improvement of the budget framework (controls, data quality, tools).
- Multi-level budget monitoring and reporting (projects, entities, regions, pillars).
- Alignment between budget, consumption, forecasts, and headcount.
- Support for project teams and cross-functional departments in financial analysis.
Managed Budget: Global IT Portfolio – Budget in tens of millions of euros – Multi-entity & regions.

Internal Stakeholders: EXCOM Member, CIO, PMs, Central and Local PMOs, Project Managers, Finance Team, HR

AREA OF INTERVENTION:
Coordination of the annual budget (Resources, Direct/Indirect Costs, man-days) on a global scale.
◼ Development of budget guidelines and clarification of roles & responsibilities.
◼ Financial monitoring by stream, pillar, region, entity, cost center.
◼ Management of forecast exercises (Full Year Forecast).
◼ Variance analysis: budget vs. consumption vs. actuals.
◼ Preparation of financial reports for top management.
◼ Headcount monitoring and alignment with budget forecasts.
◼ Implementation of budget controls and data validation.
◼ Design of dashboards and KPIs using Power BI.
◼ Facilitation of budget governance: committees, support materials, summaries.
◼ Operational support for teams on tools and financial matters.
◼ Monitoring of budget transfers and IT reconciliations.
Project Coordination Meeting Facilitation Project Management Budget Management Definition and Monitoring of Indicators (KPI)
Naval
PMO
DEFENSE AND MILITARY
October 2022 - April 2023 (6 months)
Brest, France
Quick Wins Project: Management of a portfolio of 11 mini-projects
Objectives:
- Project management and monitoring
- Prepare and facilitate operational committees (COPROJ, COPIL)
- Support Project Owners in delivering the project
- Manage the overall project budget
- Change management support
Internal Stakeholders: Managers, Project Managers, Communication Team, Purchasing Team.
External Stakeholders: N/A
AREA OF INTERVENTION:
◼ Support for the planning of the various Quick Wins
◼ Drafting of presentation materials and co-facilitation of various steering committee instances
◼ Drafting of meeting minutes
◼ Daily monitoring of Quick Wins progress
◼ Implementation and monitoring of an action plan
◼ Budget Monitoring
Project Monitoring Team Coordination Cross-functional Coordination Definition and Monitoring of Indicators (KPI)
Thales
PMO
November 2021 - October 2022 (11 months)
Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
Product Portfolio: Management of a portfolio of 40 Thales products with Product Owners and Tribe Leaders.

Objectives:
- Monthly management and monitoring of assigned products
- Prepare and facilitate operational committees (VTOC)
- Support Product Owners in delivering the product
- Support the transition of a product from the product phase to the run phase
- Manage the budget for the various entities

Internal Stakeholders: CIO, Product Owners, Tribe Leaders, Business Leaders

AREA OF INTERVENTION:
◼ Management of a portfolio of 40 products
◼ Initialization of Product Value Cards
◼ Update of Product Value Cards
◼ Budget monitoring and management
◼ Annual Forecast
◼ Quarterly forecast review
◼ Monthly budget monitoring
◼ Implementation of an action tracking plan
◼ Committee facilitation
◼ Drafting of presentation materials and facilitation of steering committee instances
◼ Operational Committee (VTOC)
◼ Project Committee (VTEC)
◼ Value Card preparation workshops
◼ Drafting of committee meeting minutes for internal communication.
◼ Monitoring of the action plan and meeting minutes
Budget Monitoring Cross-functional Coordination Meeting Facilitation EXCOM