Christopher Jones
Washington
Summary
Accomplished IT/Finance Project Manager with a proven track record at Viatris Pharmaceuticals, adept in project scheduling, risk management, and fostering key stakeholder relationships. Spearheaded ERP initiatives, enhancing efficiency and ensuring on-time, within-budget delivery. Skilled in SAP implementations and KPI management, significantly improving project outcomes and financial forecasting accuracy.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT/Finance Project Manager
Viatris Pharmaceuticals
09.2014 - Current
- Leading the intake process for ERP related initiatives consolidating the business cases, requirements and resources in order to prioritize the initiatives based on assessment and evaluation of business cases.
- Coordinating and providing oversight for portfolio management activities including drawing out project charters and defining requirements and targets.
- Anchoring project timelines, milestones and KPIs till delivery.
- Centralizing, coordinating, and overseeing the management of projects’ procedures and documentations - such as project charters, status report templates, risk & issue logs, close down forms.
- Accountable for on-time and within-budget delivery of projects that meet business requirements.
- Leading demand and capacity management for ERP and other financial shared services projects.
- Monitoring all project risks and issues, actioning risk mitigation plans as necessary, and escalating major issues to relevant stakeholders.
- Overall responsibility that the solution portfolio meets business service levels. Escalation oversight for support.
- Accountable for reporting and tracking project and portfolio related KPIs.
- Provide oversight to a team of solution architects focused on a given ERP solution.
- Provide oversight to the ERP resources in Global Development center for work prioritization.
- Collaborate with the other IT teams on a regular basis in order to ensure the two ways communication, informing the ERP project portfolio status and capturing the inputs from the other teams.
- Working closely together with the other ERP leaders to consolidate the resources planning, budget allocations, vendors management and delivery plans.
- Maintaining consistent visibility on status of the ERP project portfolio.
- Preparing for and interacting with Lead of ERP Systems and other relevant committees on ERP Project Portfolio.
- Redistributed workloads where appropriate to alleviate pressure on team members and maintain equitable working environment.
Business Banking Relationship Manager
Citizens Bank
03.2012 - 09.2014
- Established strong working relationships with internal departments, streamlining processes and enhancing overall efficiency in serving business banking clientele.
- Developed comprehensive understanding of clients'' businesses, enabling more effective financial guidance.
- Assisted clients in navigating complex regulatory requirements when applying for loans or other forms of financing.
- Implemented tailored marketing initiatives to attract new business banking clients.
- Collaborated with credit analysts to expedite loan approvals, ensuring timely access to funds for clients.
- Improved portfolio performance by monitoring risk factors and conducting periodic reviews.
Senior Product Manager
PNC
02.2008 - 03.2012
- Increased product adoption by identifying customer needs and developing innovative product features.
- Improved user experience by collaborating closely with design and development teams on UI/UX enhancements.
- Managed product roadmaps, aligning with company goals and ensuring timely delivery of key features.
- Drove go-to-market plans for product releases, coordinating marketing efforts to raise brand awareness and generate leads.
- Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, fostering collaboration across departments for seamless product development.
- Led cross-functional teams for successful product launches, resulting in increased market share.
- Championed customer feedback loops to continuously refine products according to evolving customer requirements.
- Leveraged Agile methodologies for efficient project management and rapid iteration cycles in response to changing market demands.
- Collaborated with sales teams on generating targeted marketing materials that effectively communicated unique selling points of each product offering.
Education
MBA - Finance
Waynesburg University
Waynesburg, PA05-2010
Bachelor of Science - Finance
California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA05-2008
Skills
- Project scheduling and Risk Management
- Key Stakeholder Management and Communication
- SAP Legal Entity Mergers and changes and Implementation
- Global Financial Transition Services
- Performance analysis
- Financial forecasting and Cost Control
- GAAP
- Project finance
- KPI management
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Six Sigma Certification
Timeline
IT/Finance Project Manager
Viatris Pharmaceuticals
09.2014 - Current
Business Banking Relationship Manager
Citizens Bank
03.2012 - 09.2014
Senior Product Manager
PNC
02.2008 - 03.2012
MBA - Finance
Waynesburg University
Bachelor of Science - Finance
California University of Pennsylvania
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