Heidi Larsen

Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada

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About me
A highly motivated and goal-oriented bilingual IT and business professional with proven strategic, analytical, operational and technical skills, with strong experience in the financial industry.
Education
- Mcgill university
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  Mba business administration and management, general
- Mcgill university
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  Bcomm management
Experience
- Rbc
  Jan 1992 - Jan 2008
  Manager financial management systems
  Managed the teams responsible for maintaining RBC's General Ledger system and Business Planning and Reporting system, including the coordination of all business rules required to build RBC's financial statements. Governed the maintenance of the Management, Regulatory, and Geographic hierarchies and successfully led the initiative to build a Legal Entity hierarchy.
- Bdc
  Jan 2008 - Jan 2013
  Director, it business solutions delivery, bdc
  Led an IT group whose role was to develop and support the corporate applications required to run BDC's businesses; lending, consulting and venture capital. During this time I reorganized the groups and introduced a client based organizational model. This model allowed for closer proximity to the business groups, increased understanding of the business' requirements and concerns, and greater accountability on the IT and Business side. - Successful PeopleSoft upgrades (Finance and HR)- Implementation of a front, middle and back office Venture Capital system and process Show less
- Psp investments
  Jan 2013 - Jan 2017
  Designed and implemented an Enterprise Program Management Office framework, including best practices, governance processes and tools, as well as services such as project and change management. Led the IT Service Delivery team whose responsibilities included the maintenance/evolution of IT applications and IT project delivery. Fostered strong client relationships and team work while servicing the Private Market, Public Market, Investment Operations and Corporate Services internal groups.- Successfully delivered PSP's SimCorp project
  - Vice-President, Business Operations and Enterprise Program Management
    Jan 2015 - Jan 2017
  - Vice President, IT Service Delivery
    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
- Psp investments
  Dec 2017 - Sept 2019
  Vice president business operations
  Championed multiple enterprise wide operational practices for PSP, including Business Continuity Management, Document Management and Relationship Management. Member of the Diversity committee for 6 years and led the Diversity of Thought group.
- Kpmg
  Jul 2020 - Jan 2022
  Independent contractor, under contract to kpmg llp
- Chartered professional accountants of canada (cpa canada)
  Dec 2021 - now
  Director, business support and delivery
Licenses & Certifications
- Artificial intelligence: implications for business strategy
  Mit sloan school of management
  Feb 2020
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- Itil release control and validation (itil-rcv)
  Apm group
  Sept 2008
- Scrum master certified (smc)
  Pyxis canada
  Apr 2011