Portfolio Financial Control · PMO · Business Performance

Experience

Building financial clarity, control, and momentum in complex organizations.

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Retail pharmacyLoblaw / Shoppers Drug Mart

PMO Financial Control & Portfolio Performance

  • Brings financial control to a PMO portfolio of approximately 60 projects and CAD 70M, creating the visibility leaders need to act before small variances become larger issues.
  • Connects source data that previously lived across teams and systems into practical, centralized views of budgets, commitments, risks, and movements.
  • Builds Excel-based tools and macros around the real operating workflow, so financial information is reliable, accessible, and ready for portfolio decisions.
  • Strengthens control of time-and-material contracts by tracking renewals, vendor billing, and contract execution before issues become disruptions.
  • Creates one consolidated view of the portfolio’s contracts, making vendor commitments and upcoming expiries more visible for PMO and financial decisions.
BankingScotiabank

Senior Project Control Officer

  • Provided financial control for an approximately CAD 20M Latin America portfolio spanning two CRM initiatives and an NPS program, working across PMO Canada, local markets, business leaders, and Technology.
  • Rebuilt budget visibility and forecasting so teams could identify pressure early, respond before costs escalated, and move beyond recurring budget shortfalls and reactive interventions.
  • Built trusted working relationships with the people behind the data, then created practical Excel reporting that made it easier for teams to contribute accurate information and for leaders to act on it.
  • Supported contract management and compliance activities, alongside project tracking and financial controls in a regulated environment.
Real estateCimento

Financial & Operations Analyst

  • Turned budget and SAP financial data into a clearer foundation for investment decisions, operational control, and expense management.
  • Prepared and organized financial data for SAP migration, aligning finance with procurement and controlling requirements.
InsuranceAIG

Senior Accountant

  • Supported the transfer of financial consolidation from Ecuador to Colombia’s Centre of Excellence, helping establish a reliable reporting transition.
  • Automated technical-reserve reporting and consolidated financial statements with Excel macros, reducing manual work in a high-control reporting process.
AirlinesAmerican Airlines

Budget and Cost Analyst

  • Owned forecasting for Colombia’s USD 24.5M annual operating budget, giving leadership a disciplined view of costs and priorities.
  • Delivered USD 180K in recurring annual savings by reviewing spend, renegotiating vendor contracts, and introducing new RFPs.
AirlinesAmerican Airlines

Senior Account Analyst & Treasury

  • Managed cash flow, budgeting, treasury, and foreign exchange across five Andean countries—connecting regional operations to a single financial picture.
  • Improved cash-management and foreign-exchange returns by USD 20K per year through more active control of liquidity and currency positions.
AirlinesAmerican Airlines

Accounting Analyst

  • Managed receivables, account analysis, and ticket adjustments, building the transaction-level discipline that later informed her work in budgets and project control.
  • Automated SAP-to-Excel tax reporting and income reconciliation, replacing repetitive manual work with a more dependable reporting process.