Laura White
Worcester,MA
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
IT Project Manager II
The TJX Companies, Inc.
, MA
4 2009 - Current
- Manage multiple projects supporting Finance, Lease Administration, IT Governance, Risk & Compliance, Human Resources, Payroll, Total Rewards, Learning Management Systems and Corporate Legal Departments using both Agile and waterfall methodologies
- Manage high priority $2.1mill implementation of Lucernex, a SaaS application, to meet deadline of changing lease liability reporting regulations
- Manage implementation of Vulnerability Response, Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) and Integrated Risk Management (IRM) ServiceNow applications
- Implement multiple SaaS solutions for TJX Board of Directors, Lease Admin and IT Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Deliver kickoff, status updates and close presentations to all levels of management
- Manage and report project costs and projections
- Obtain and manage resources, scope, costs and delivery on time and on budget throughout development life cycle
- Assist in negotiations of statements of work and change requests
- Develop and execute change management processes
- Coordinate development of operational processes.
- Built and maintained strong relationships with stakeholders, resulting in increased trust and collaboration on future projects
IT Project Manager I
The TJX Companies, Inc.
- Managed the upgrade of Oracle EBS to 12.1.3 and Oracle Governance Risk and Control products
- Managed the development of tools for the initial year-end Payroll and W2 processing using Oracle Payroll
- Project Manager for implementation of Payroll, Oracle Advanced Benefits and Paid Time Off Oracle modules
- Resource manager for Kronos Workforce Planning and miscellaneous legacy applications.
Systems Project Manager
Veritude, A Fidelity Capital Company
01.2006 - 01.2009
- Delivered 14-month software application project on time and within budget to develop Oracle database and customized vendor application (Actimize).
Project Manager II
Fidelity Employer Services Company
01.1998 - 01.2006
- Project manager for 'Priority 1' projects for large manufacturer
- Designed and developed operational procedures to support a new Tier II product
- Delivered pre-sales presentations of workflow functionality to Fortune 500 companies
- Led business process improvement projects including one resulting in the savings of 3 full-time employees
- Promoted from Business Analyst to Project Manager and to Project Manager II.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Management
Assumption College
WorcesterAssociates Degree - Business Management
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, MASkills
Client Relations
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP), #319237
Extracurricular Activities
Software trainer for Paul Revere (now Unum) Insurance Warden (Location manager) for Massachusetts polling location
Timeline
Systems Project Manager
Veritude, A Fidelity Capital Company
01.2006 - 01.2009
Project Manager II
Fidelity Employer Services Company
01.1998 - 01.2006
IT Project Manager II
The TJX Companies, Inc.
4 2009 - Current
IT Project Manager I
The TJX Companies, Inc.
Bachelor of Arts - Business Management
Assumption College
Associates Degree - Business Management
Quinsigamond Community College