Rahel Gration

Dynamic Project Manager with over 5 years of experience in optimizing business operations, financial oversight, and resource management for seamless project execution. Proven track record of enhancing project financial health, governance, and reporting excellence at IBM. Expertise in governance, risk and compliance, highly analytical professional dedicated to driving efficiency and delivering results that align with organizational goals. Committed to fostering collaboration and innovation within teams to achieve outstanding project outcomes.

• Scrum Alliance, Member
• ISACA, Professional Membership

• Certified Scrum Master
• Privacy Foundations - IBM Chief Privacy Office Foundational
• Security & Privacy by Design - Enterprise & Technology Security Foundational
• Project Management Explorer - IBM Project Management Professional Foundational
• IBM Explorer PMO - Project Management Office Foundational

• Financial Markets - Experienced
• Banking - Foundational

• DS&P - Subject Matter Expert (SME) Data Security & Privacy (DS&P), Canada | Nov 2021 - Present Project name: Project Management Managing projects under the DS&P Team and implementing security and controls for data and information as per IBM Consulting DS&P framework throughout the life of the project.
• Contribution (i) Maintaining data security through monthly activities (ILC/WMML reconciliation) (ii) Maintaining separation of duties monthly by reconciling (WMML with SOD) (iii) Maintaining quarterly activities – Access Control validation for Prod and non-prod environment (iv) Maintaining On/Off-Boarding checklist and maintenance through Blueroom (v) Conducting RRA’s (internal DS&P audits) as called by the SRA Team (vi) Facilitating Monthly Management Reviews for the project (vii) Facilitating any security activities requested by the PE, PM, or PMO
• Communications Quality Support GBS USA Delivery Excellence, Canada | Mar 2022 - May 2023 Project name: Communications Sector Provided support to the Delivery Excellence, United States of America by assisting them in the creation and maintenance of various reports and dashboards that aid IBM DE Managers make educated decisions regarding a project’s health.
• Contribution The reports were sent to Project Managers, informing them the status of the projects they are managing and indicating action plans. These include but are not limited to; target plan compliance report, project portfolio report, seat access report, monthly project forecasts and assessments.
• Project Management Officer (PMO) GBS Canada Delivery Excellence | Apr 2021 - Nov 2021 Project name: Delivery Excellence Canada Acted as a Project Management Office (PMO) Professional and provided support to selected IBM Canada Projects. Provided support to the Delivery Excellence Canada Report Coordinator to assist them in the creation and maintenance of various reports and dashboards
• Contribution Reconciling, forecasting and invoicing project financials on a monthly basis and perform weekly forecast updates by pulling claimed labor hour reports. Assist in other ad-hoc project support requests as needed, such as the creation of new project plans. Creating the Delivery Excellence team’s Leakage Dashboard report which is a key monthly activity that is used to determine the financial standing of projects in GBS Canada. Aiding IBM DE Managers make educated decisions regarding a project’s health by creating the following reports; Canada’s Early Warning Watch List, MMR Categorization Report, Key Leading Indicators Report, Quarterly Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Report, BUR Charts (Sector & Growth Platform), and Loss Improvement/ Roadmap Actions.
• Financial Analysis Consultant Government of Alberta, Canada | Dec 2020 - Mar 2021 Project name: Financial Analysis Consultant Cheque auditing, fraud/error detecting, and reconciliation
• Contribution - Analyzing cheques, looking for signs of fraud or errors - Working individually and in a team on daily bank reconciliation - Completing daily (End of Day) report - Maintaining daily spreadsheets - Constant communicating with the team and the client on improving the process
• Data Analyst - Cognitive Analytics Specialist Alberta Health, Canada | Oct 2020 - Oct 2020 Project name: AMS Plan - Data Analytics Planning the AMS project for Alberta Health.
• Contribution Analyzing data, slicing, dicing, and cleaning data. Creating pivot tables and charts in excel. Creating data visualization using Cognos - data analytics tool.