Neha Soni

Experience

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  Vyom Labs | An EMERGYS Company

  Mar 2011 - Apr 2014

  Software Engineer

  • Responsible for providing program facilitation through planning, organizing, coordinating, and monitoring implementation activities• Assists with project management and working across multiple geographies and time zones• Takes an active part in driving their Professional Development Plan (PDP) and career development• Risk and Issue Management - ensuring Programme Risks and Issues are being managed and maintained.

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  Cognizant

  Apr 2014 - Feb 2018

  Associate

  •Create and assist Project Manager in developing detailed project plans and schedules from initial concept to release that help achieve the project objectives.•On boarding activities including onsite and offshore resources (i.e., i Pass, building access badge, getting all the accesses including VPN, AD credentials, Outlooks, and other necessities to perform their job duties) to ensure that all the resources are fully and quickly productive after being on boarded. Generate a weekly Onboarding reports for the management team.• Track execution against the plans, monitoring milestones, issues and mitigating risks to ensure that product and releases are delivered on time, working with all stakeholders to monitor progress.• Manage different project documents via: budget register, risk register & change register etc. - manage the project’s SharePoint site.•Worked on various project management activities, including defining scope, schedules, budgets, priorities, milestones; schedule baselines; reporting cost and schedule variance; and managing change control and risk•Create Demand, Service order, Validate Service Order on basis on skills and SO Demand Mapping.•Gained significant experience and expertise within different Project Management areas including: Project Initiation, Monitoring and Controlling, Change Control Management, Project Resource Management, Project Schedule Management. Show less

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  Deutsche Bank

  Mar 2018 - Oct 2020

  PMO Lead

  •Ensure that day to day PMO services are delivered to highest standards and ensure program compliance across all Service Areas such as Change Management, Reporting, Forecasting, Project mobilization and Closure, Planning, Milestone tracking.•Developing project budgets, tracking actual costs, and formulating contingency plans to reduce the financial risks to ongoing efforts.•On-boarding resources includes Background verification/Seat allocation/ODC access/RSA and VDI.•Within the project environment provide guidance, training, and support on and use of methodology principles, themes, and processes.•Follow change management processes to capture change requests, communicate impact, request stakeholder decisions, and execute changes if applicable.•Continuous monitoring of Risks / Issues in terms of data quality, deadlines, remediation actions. Report Risks and Issues on weekly / biweekly cycle to the procurement team.•Continually monitor program / project milestones and highlight overdue items. Ensure milestone status and dates are aligned.•Variance Report analysis provides the areas of improvement in terms of Plan vs Actual. Discuss on the validation of variance with Project Stakeholders (CIO & AS counter parts) and arrive at closer to accurate forecast.•Clarity Review: Ensure all mandatory fields pertaining to Financial Management are validated and updated (e.g.: Monthly Forecast plan, Charge back Allocation, Capex, Budget Plan, etc.).•Ensure all missing time sheet bookings, FP & SW PO are updated in Clarity via back-end processing through finance team.•Ensure benefit plans are reviewed on a quarterly basis as per guidelines defined by the Integrated Benefits management team. Assist Program Managers in collating benefits realization plan for PGF tollgates.•Project Time Allocation/Time sheet Completeness: Ensure planned resources are allocated to project tasks appropriately. Show less

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  Citi India

  Oct 2020 - now

  • Vice President

    Jan 2023 - now

  • AVP- Risk and Control- GFT Data Services at Citi Bank

    Oct 2020 - Jan 2023