tamara sutherland

senior project manager

About

Program Director at TD ... On numerous occasions, senior executives have asked me to champion key objectives (e.g., ... June 2015 – Present (1 year 5 months)Toronto, Canada Area ... Director, Financial Services, Management Consulting.

Country

canada

City

toronto

Industry

financial services

Skill

business process improvement, pmo, business transformation, business analysis, program management, project management, governance, management consulting, strategy, sdlc, requirements gathering, process improvement, business process, it strategy, change management, leadership, stakeholder management, risk management, vendor management, outsourcing, project portfolio management, portfolio management, financial services, project delivery, requirements analysis, business process re engineering, business intelligence, enterprise risk management, it audit, pmp, it management, consulting, business process design, cross functional team leadership, operational efficiency, banking, project planning, process optimization, financial risk, ms project, technology enabled business transformation, team management, sales management, exceptional people skills, business requirements, technology integration, business process integration, cross, cross functional team building, management

Experience

senior project manager

2015-6 - Present · 11 yrs 4 mos

program manager

bmo financial group

2017-2 - 2017-9 · 8 mos

Enterprise Collections & Payments program

senior manager and senior program manager

deloitte

2008-1 - 2011-3 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Selected from a group of highly-qualified candidates, I leveraged my talents in project / program management, strategy, process effectiveness, client relationship-building, and I.T. / business savvy while Deloitte was growing their global practice in Toronto. As well, I managed a team of between 10 and 15 Senior Managers and Analysts.

senior it manager

2006-1 - 2007-11 · 1 yr 11 mos

Approached by Company Associate V.P. to instill a sense of urgency amongst 40+ direct reports (Business Analysts, Quality Analysts, Team Leads, and Managers) in meeting strict delivery deadlines. While managing a cost centre fiscal budget valued at more than $25M, I also actively forecasted monetary and resourcing needs both quarterly and fiscally.

program manager, senior .project manager, manager

rbc

1988-9 - 2005-12 · 17 yrs 4 mos

Directed the strategic positioning, financial planning, budgeting, and quality delivery of IT & Business initiatives ($40+MM fiscal plan) within Wholesale, Capital Markets, Wealth Management, and Investment Management Services, specializing in Securities Trading & Operations Applications supporting front, middle, and back office. Led a multi-million dollar initiatives defining the IT vision & roadmap, and implementing a replacement of a major trading platform including enhancing end user interfaces, maintaining key data integration points, outlining training modules, and introduction of workflow system impacting front, middle, and back office. Built and managed a PMO consisting of 15+ middle management levels delivering projects ranging from $500k to multi-million budgets ensuring RBFG project management standards were practiced and met business & technical objectives

director, pmo consulting

diabsolut inc

2014-9 - 2015-4 · 8 mos

Leading a team of consultants to help our clients effectively deliver their complex programs and projects. Our focus is always on solving business problems, addressing business needs and adding value for our clients through the effective application of program and project management practices delivering the highest standards to ensure our clients become long standing and continuous references for Diabsolut.

director, financial services, management consulting

kpmg

2011-3 - 2014-9 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Successfully managed and delivered several high-profile projects (valued at between $0.25M to more than $1M), lead a series of business effectiveness engagements (with budgets ranging from $0.1M to over $1M), direct multiple engagements (between $0.5M and $1M) involving product/service/cost assessments and pricing methodologies; and orchestrate numerous application Fit/Gap assessments.