Azalia Lodge
Project Manager
San Diego,CA
Summary
Experienced IT professional with a strong focus on career growth and currently pursuing PMI certification. Seeking an entry-level Project Manager role to leverage extensive experience in leading projects under the supervision of Project Managers. With over 10 years of expertise as a Business Analyst, brings a deep understanding of business processes and requirements gathering. Committed to delivering successful outcomes through effective project management and strategic analysis, ready to contribute skills and drive to the success of your organization.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Desired Job Title: Project Manager
Any
12.2024 - Current
Business Analyst
Fusion Media
09.2020 - 08.2024
- Led digital media/publishing projects under project manager’s supervision
- Managed and distributed publishing ticket intake requests
- Acted as the first point of contact for publishing problems/issues
- Acted as system administrator for Unified Asset Manager (Salesforce platform)
- Monitored web producer schedules and workloads to ensure balance
- Led kickoff meetings with teammates for new projects
- Updated project sponsor with project status
- Conducted QA for web producers’ publishing updates for accuracy and completeness
- Acted as backfill for web producers, project managers, technical writers, etc to cover vacations and vacancies
Business Systems Analyst
Apex Systems (contract at UCSD)
03.2020 - 07.2020
- Assisted with implementation of Oracle Financials Cloud ERP
- Acted as a liaison between technical/functional teams and end users
- Conducted requirements gathering sessions for various integrations
- Assisted developers with unit testing for various integrations
- Participated in daily agile scrum meetings
- Assisted with writing QA test cases to ensure resulting system met client needs
Business Process Analyst
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc
04.2019 - 01.2020
- Acted as a liaison between technical/functional teams and manufacturing end users
- Streamlined business processes by analyzing and identifying areas for improvement, reducing inefficiencies and boosting productivity
- Created or modified manufacturing process documentation
- Gathered requirements for manufacturing systems enhancements
- Facilitated user acceptance testing for enhancements
- Established strong relationships with internal clients to better understand their needs and expectations related to process improvements
Financial Systems Analyst
Sempra Infrastructure LLC
04.2016 - 10.2018
- Assisted with implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX/365 ERP
- Acted as a liaison between technical/functional teams and end users
- Performed user acceptance testing for Dynamics AX/365 ERP
- Participated in (occasionally led) daily agile scrum meetings
- Acted as the lead on various system enhancement requirements
- Created QA testing documentation
- Completed user security setup/changes for access to Dynamics AX/365 ERP
- Completed all system configurations for vendor portal within procurement and sourcing module
- Acted as the subject matter expert on workflow set up and issues
- Acted as the subject matter expert on general ledger accounts
- Acted as lead/gatekeeper for Dynamics AX/365 chart of accounts
- Assisted accountants with budget preparation and execution
- Acted as the Administrator for Third Party Invoice processing system AXtension
- Acted as the Administrator for Concur expense processing system
- Provided Help Desk support for financial systems users
Sr MS Dynamics GP Support Analyst
Kforce Technology Staffing (contract at Sempra Infrastructure LLC)
07.2015 - 04.2016
- Provided Help Desk support for financial systems users
- Maintained job cost information within Great Plains
- Facilitated accurate & timely completion of month-end fiscal period close
- Reviewed vendor forms for accuracy & performed online vendor verifications
- Added & updated vendor file information & retained vendor documentation
- Acted as the primary Administrator for the Invoice Management System
- Acted as the lead on various business process documentation projects
Business Systems Analyst I
Mississippi Department of Employment Security
08.2013 - 06.2015
- Conducted requirements gathering sessions for multi-state Unemployment Consortium Project
- Prepared system user manuals & business process documentation
- Provided end user training on new system functionality including software & hardware capabilities
- Assisted in design of test data to ensure resulting system met client needs
- Performed User Acceptance Testing to ensure system produced correct results
- Acted as liaison and served as main point of contact between systems programmers & end users
- Acted as Build Supervisor for production builds of new releases and bug fixes
Education
Project Management Certificate -
University of California at San Diego
San Diego, CA12.2024
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS05.2002
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
Jackson State University
Jackson, MS08.1998
Skills
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Salesforce
- Microsoft Dynamics365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Oracle Financials Cloud (AP, AR & GL)
- Microsoft Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Visio
- Visual Studio Team Services
- JIRA
- Confluence
- SAP Concur
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Agile/Scrum Methodology
Affiliations
Student Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI)
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeContract WorkWork Location
RemoteImportant To Me
Company CultureHealthcare benefitsWork from home optionCareer advancementTimeline
Desired Job Title: Project Manager
Any
12.2024 - Current
Business Analyst
Fusion Media
09.2020 - 08.2024
Business Systems Analyst
Apex Systems (contract at UCSD)
03.2020 - 07.2020
Business Process Analyst
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc
04.2019 - 01.2020
Financial Systems Analyst
Sempra Infrastructure LLC
04.2016 - 10.2018
Sr MS Dynamics GP Support Analyst
Kforce Technology Staffing (contract at Sempra Infrastructure LLC)
07.2015 - 04.2016
Business Systems Analyst I
Mississippi Department of Employment Security
08.2013 - 06.2015
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Millsaps College
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
Jackson State University
Project Management Certificate -
University of California at San Diego
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