RIJUTA MENON
Toronto,ON
Summary
Highly skilled and results-driven Workday Finance Project Manager. Adept at leading cross-functional teams, driving project success, and delivering high-quality solutions that enhance organizational efficiency and financial performance. Proficient in project planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication. Strong analytical skills, coupled with a deep understanding of financial processes and Workday functionality, enable the optimization of finance operations and the achievement of strategic business goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Project Manager
Green for Life (GFL) Environmental Inc.
03.2023 - Current
- Successfully oversaw three go-lives in a phased approach in the Workday Finance enterprise-wide implementation at GFL
- Managing four workstreams as part of the end-to-end implementation of Workday Finance to improve financial processes, increase efficiency, and enhance reporting capabilities
- Leading a dynamic cross-functional team of 30+ professionals, including Workday HCM and Workday Finance specialists, business analysts, developers, subject matter experts, and testers to ensure seamless collaboration and project success
- Developed comprehensive project plans, including scope, timeline, resource allocation, budgeting, and the creation of cutover plans
- Maintaining the RAIDQ log, and consistently meeting milestone activities on-time and on-budget
- Conducting regular stakeholder meetings to provide project updates, address concerns and align the workstreams’ objectives with the goals of the Workday Finance program.
Senior IT Project Coordinator
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
01.2023 - 03.2023
- Assigned tasks to the project team to fulfill orders for a technology migration project impacting 4,000+ end-users
- Managed the project tracker and created spreadsheets for fulfillment by the vendors
- Collaborated with the business to secure batch lists for end-users in each wave of deployment and reconciled fees payable
- Conducted pre-checks on user batch lists, cleaned and organized data, and compiled project reports.
IT Project Coordinator, Application Development
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
05.2021 - 01.2023
- Successfully delivered a complex hybrid cloud software upgrade release of a retail banking infrastructure application used by all retail branches, telephone banking, head offices and back offices across Canada
- Managed a Windows upgrade project impacting over 10,000+ retail desktops and laptops across Canada, monitored ring deployments, and provided weekly updates to executives at project status meetings
- Led a simulation training platform project to validate bandwidth, quality of service, and routing which resulted in all type of banking centres being successfully able to run the vendor-hosted training platform
- Created and maintained project schedules, project status reports, RAID logs, tracked the budget and project financials, and ensured that milestone activities were completed on-time and on-budget for each project
- Owned the creation of change records for software release projects and regularly presented them to the change management committee for approval
- Presented status updates at weekly Operational Excellence meetings with the Vice President in attendance.
Research Partnership Project Lead
Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS)
01.2021 - 05.2021
- Managed the delivery of a technology service delivery improvement (SDI) project focused on identifying the needs and the trends of newcomers in Scarborough
- Collaborated with the University of Toronto Scarborough and service provider organizations from across Scarborough to implement and evaluate a model for collaborative data analysis and consolidation
- Prepared and shared timely project status reports and submitted a cumulative project report for the fiscal year to the project sponsor
- Planned, coordinated, and facilitated stakeholder meetings.
Graduate Assistant, Ted Rogers School of Management
Toronto Metropolitan University
09.2018 - 12.2020
- Graded and provided detailed feedback on students’ project plan deliverable for a capstone course (CHSM 418/CHIM 406: Practicum-Seminar) in Health Services Management
- Ensured that students’ applications met compliance with the rigorous standards and criteria of the University’s Research Ethics Board (REB), which resulted in their REB applications being accepted in the first round
- Led Microsoft Excel labs for Information Technology Management (ITM) 102: Business Information Systems I.
IT Project Coordinator (Co-op)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
01.2020 - 04.2020
- Analyzed and consolidated project financials throughout the phases of the project management life cycle
- Managed the tracking, reporting, and updating of project artifacts
- Collaborated with directors to develop a business case for all proposed projects within the PMO for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
Education
Master of Science - Management
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, ON06.2020
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Toronto
06.2017
Skills
- Multi $MM Project Management
- Continuous Process Improvement
- Internal & External Collaboration
- Budget & Resource Coordination
- Workday Financial Implementation
- Project Planning and Execution
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk Management
- Process Optimization
- Training
- Change Management
Publications
Menon R, Meyer J, Nippak P, Begum H
Smartphone Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery Apps: Cross-sectional Survey of Behavioral Intention to Use
JMIR Hum Factors 2022;9(2):e33493
URL: https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2022/2/e33493
DOI: 10.2196/33493
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)®
- Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)
Timeline
IT Project Manager
Green for Life (GFL) Environmental Inc.
03.2023 - Current
Senior IT Project Coordinator
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
01.2023 - 03.2023
IT Project Coordinator, Application Development
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
05.2021 - 01.2023
Research Partnership Project Lead
Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS)
01.2021 - 05.2021
IT Project Coordinator (Co-op)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
01.2020 - 04.2020
Graduate Assistant, Ted Rogers School of Management
Toronto Metropolitan University
09.2018 - 12.2020
Master of Science - Management
Toronto Metropolitan University
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Toronto
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