Rachel Saxon
Littleton
Summary
Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to organizing business operations, financial management and resource oversight to achieve smooth business operations. Skillful in monitoring and managing operations with focus on compliance and continuous improvement. Frequently praised as influential, reliable, and detail oriented by my peers, I can be relied upon to help SEADS achieve its goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager III - Research Support, GPAC
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
08.2021 - Current
- Serves as the center's subject matter expert for financial matters, project support with TTO, procurement, legal, data management, and unique situations.
- Develops and tracks GPAC's yearly financial goals based on center staffing and financial planning collaboratively with Center and Directorate leadership.
- Manages the center's financial performance with in-depth reporting and analysis focused on programs funded and lead out of GPAC, direct project costing, indirect project budgeting and costing, and incoming and current project pipeline analysis.
- Manages the center's project financial and staffing dashboards, available to all of GPAC and updated monthly, allowing PIs to easily access and review of their project financials and staffing on a monthly basis and, allowing researchers to review their coverage daily.
- Works closely with other center project managers to align best practices and communication.
- Established strong relationships with NREL's functional organizations (Technology Transfer, Finance, Accounting, Procurement, Legal, IT, and Data management) to ensure center staff have a contact when something unprecedented occurs.
- Create and hosts financial management training for staff to learn and understand P2.0 tools and instill best practices in PIs.
- Provides project management training to GPAC's research staff through job aids, Lunch and Learns and project management training courses.
- Leads the Project Planning and Execution training Course for NREL.
- Guides staffing, hiring and training of 3 Project Managers and 3 Project Controllers for GPAC's Project Support team. Serves as PM and PC mentor across the directorate.
Project Controller II
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
07.2019 - 07.2021
- Analyze project forecasts to identify issues and present appropriate solutions.
- Assist with team coordination, including tracking deliverables, work plans, budget and schedule alignment, and presenting on project controls.
- Create, maintain, and analyze project schedules, project cost estimates and budget profiles, financial spend plans and cost variance reports, deliverable tracking, and risk tracking.
- Technical monitor on subcontracts, ensuring compliance with scope, terms and conditions, budget, and completion.
- Manage group staff plans and identifies solutions for over planned/under planned group members.
- Mentor new project controllers in center and directorate, assisting with training of NREL financials and project control practices.
Lead Retail Operations Specialist
Canvas Credit Union
03.2016 - 07.2019
- Develop, maintain, and communicate team metrics on a bi-weekly basis.
- Manage cross departmental projects, schedules, and implementation.
- Develop, maintain, and communicate procedures/policies, strategies, and resources to assist all staff with operational processes and compliance.
- Responsible for content creation and facilitation of professional development classes.
- Assist with coaching and professional development of the Retail Operations Specialist team.
Assistant Branch Manager
Canvas Credit Union
10.2015 - 03.2016
Financial Consultant
Canvas Credit Union
01.2015 - 10.2015
Teller
Canvas Credit Union
05.2014 - 01.2015
Education
Bachelor of Arts - History
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO12.2014
Skills
- Effective organizational skills
- Collaborative leadership
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Proficient communication skills
- Accomplished Project management
- Strategic operations oversight
- Operational efficiency enhancement
- Feasibility analysis
- Analytical problem solving
- Risk analysis and control
- Data-centric decision making
- Strong Financial management
- Financial planning and analysis
- Budget planning and management
- Compliance monitoring
- Interdepartmental collaboration
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Strong relationship-building skills
- Cultivating collaborative partnerships
- Microsoft Office, PowerBI, Project, Teams, SharePoint
- NREL systems: EPM, CDW, Oracle, ASIQ
Certification
CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management, May 2020
Timeline
Project Manager III - Research Support, GPAC
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
08.2021 - Current
Project Controller II
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
07.2019 - 07.2021
Lead Retail Operations Specialist
Canvas Credit Union
03.2016 - 07.2019
Assistant Branch Manager
Canvas Credit Union
10.2015 - 03.2016
Financial Consultant
Canvas Credit Union
01.2015 - 10.2015
Teller
Canvas Credit Union
05.2014 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Arts - History
Metropolitan State University of Denver
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