Palm Wong

Palm Wong

Project Accountant

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  • About me

    Delivery Director

  • Education

    • CPA Australia Program

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      CPA Professional Accountant
    • Institute of Management

      2019 - 2020
      Advance Diploma of Program Management Program Management
    • Macquarie University

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      Bachelor of Commerce - BCom Professional Accounting - ProfAccg
  • Experience

    • RPMGlobal

      Oct 2008 - Dec 2016
      Project Accountant

      Responsible for providing financial analysis to support project managers and senior management in decisions making.

    • Downer

      May 2017 - Jun 2017
      Analyst - Rail Division

      Short Term Contract to provide support in financial analysis

    • Transport for NSW

      Feb 2018 - Oct 2024

      Led the transition of Zero Emission Buses Greater Sydney Tranche 1 from development phase into delivery phase. Assisted ZEB Program Director in mobilising the delivery team, procurement planning and setting up for delivery including the establishment of cost, schedule, risk management processes as well as establishment of governance structure and manage the requirements for investment and configuration management assurances.I also led the initial mobilisation of the Zero Emission Buses Tranche 2 early investigations work in preparation for ZEB Greater Sydney Tranche 2 Final Business Case. Show less Led the development of Zero Emission Buses Strategic Business Case as the Business Case, Cost and Economics stream lead. The Strategic Business Case received strong ratings from Infrastructure NSW Gate 1 review and is endorsed by the NSW Cabinet, setting a plan to transition all NSW public bus fleet from diesel/compressed natural gas fleet to zero emissions technology.I, then, led the development of Zero Emission Buses Greater Sydney Tranche 1 Final Business Case as the Business Case, Cost and Economics stream lead. The FBC received strong ratings from INSW Gate 2 review as well as securing $3b investment decision. The development of the project was achieved under budget and met the constraint timeframe requested by TfNSW client division. Show less Key Purpose: To provide advice regarding and management of the on-going review, evaluation and reporting on the project/program’s functions, systems, resourcing and processes to enable effective and timely management of the Projects/Program.Accomplishments:• Developed Program Dashboard highlighting key program performance indicators including cost, schedule, risks and issues for the senior leadership and broader program management teams.• Established Program Budget worksheet to provide transparency for program management and controls team.• Improved change register by standardizing input parameters to ensure consistency resulting in ease and efficiency of reporting Show less Key Purpose: To assist Program Manager in projects/program management functions with focus on cost, schedule and risk management, program reporting, as well as stakeholder liaison. Accomplishments: · Increased communication levels between program management team and project delivery teams to obtain transparency in projects’ schedule as well as project progress. · Organized reconciliation workshop to ensure all risks and issues are captured at an enterprise level and utilising the correct risk management tool. · Assisted in the management of 5 concurrent projects in their delivery phase as well as having an oversight of an additional 7 concurrent projects in their delivery and finalisation phases. Show less

      • Senior Project Manager

        Oct 2023 - Oct 2024
      • A/Senior Project Manager

        Sept 2022 - Oct 2023
      • Project Manager

        Apr 2021 - Sept 2022
      • Program Manager

        May 2020 - Apr 2021
      • Assistant Program Manager

        Aug 2019 - May 2020
      • Project Controls Coordinator

        Jul 2018 - Aug 2019
      • Reporting Manager

        Jun 2017 - Jul 2018
      • Assistant Program Manager

        Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
    • Sydney Water

      Oct 2024 - now
      Delivery Director
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