Magdalena Adelina Tugui

◌ IT Portfolio Consultant – Empower BI (MassMutual Client)
• Acted as a strategic partner to stakeholders and IT Project Managers, overseeing a portfolio of technology initiatives and ensuring alignment with business strategy, budget targets and allocation, and delivery timelines;
• Managed project financials including forecasting, cost tracking, variance analysis, and budget monitoring, while presenting portfolio financial performance, risk status, and forecast deviations and providing actionable insights to senior leadership and cross-functional IT project teams.

◌ IT Project Manager – TradeVille
• Led the planning and delivery of IT initiatives within a fintech environment, coordinating cross-functional teams (IT, Trading, Legal and Accounting) and ensuring alignment between technical requirements and business objectives;
• Launched key company projects and contributed to multiple projects and initiatives development at the organization level focused on capital markets, financial instruments, stock exchange dynamics, and trading mechanisms.

◌ Transformation PMO – BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions
• Designed and developed global corporate and local projects (E-signature, E-invoice, E-transport, Call Center app for Collection and Customer Service departments, Charisma CRs), collaborating with program stakeholders, internal IT teams and multiple external vendors;
• Supported transformation initiatives by strengthening PMO governance, reporting structures, and project monitoring across strategic programs.

◌ Digital & Finance Project Manager – Porsche Holding
• Managed digital and financial initiatives aimed at improving operational efficiency and supporting technology-driven business processes;
• Coordinated project planning, stakeholder alignment, and delivery tracking with cross-functional teams supporting finance-related initiatives.

• Worked closely with Process Owners to understand business objectives, identified, prioritized and executed initiatives aimed to improve GBS process efficiency, effectiveness, user experience and customer satisfaction;
• Led various automation initiatives, SAP enhancements and CI projects for the dedicated financial departments and cross functional teams;
• Created and delivered CI trainings and organized various events to foster CI mindset and culture and met innovation demands at GBS level;
• Used a rigorous risk identification and mitigation process and budget forecasting across all projects including the additional ones (Business Continuity Plan, E-signature and E-archiving).

• Coordinated process assessment sessions for end-to-end financial processes, identifying new projects opportunities from reducing wastes to reducing costs and FTEs releasing;
• Provided coaching and mentorship for 3 global Black Belt projects and multiple Green and Yellow Belt projects for increasing process efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as improving the operational metrics;
• Reviewed and improved the KPIs across the entire company and implemented the new ones using the U-Connect platform and program;
• Organized regular reviews with business stakeholders to align projects, priorities, risks, status and next steps.

• Created and monitored the Continuous Improvement Roadmap on the assigned Finance and Banking Business Line;
• Developed and sustained the Lean Six Sigma culture and mindset through: set up the vision, design the strategy and implement specific methods at the entire company level and align with all the stakeholders involved;
• Designed training frameworks and facilitated training sessions to promote Lean Six Sigma practices: Green Belt (quarterly) and Yellow Belt (monthly) for the entire organization;
• Provided direct mentorship and coaching for all Lean Six Sigma projects and initiatives - Lean Six Sigma Mentor / Coach;
• Managed projects from initiation to closure on Lean Six Sigma portfolios and on additional portfolios (Business Continuity Plan, ServiceNow and GDPR implementation);
• Acted as Coach for Lean Management program deployment specifically adressed to management teams.

• Coordinated all designed and development Lean Six Sigma requirements (projects, initiaves, events) for the designated Business Line, overseeing 25 departments and 900 employees; collaborating with hub leaders, business stakeholders and operations managers;
• Implemented quality control measures and monitor metrics (KPIs and SLAs) and developed visual dashboards (Power BI, Qlik Sense) to set and track performance and areas for improvement;
• Managed the full project life cycle for finance and accounting processes starting with needs identification, project initiation to project closure, ensuring successful projects delivery aligned with the agreed, business objectives, budget, governance and timeline;
• Conducted brainstorming sessions to identify improvement opportunities, evaluate the resulting pipeline and determine the appropriate technology for implementation (RPA, optimization, automation, and Lean Six Sigma);
• Provided direct mentorship and coaching for all LSS projects and initiatives and coordonated specific LSS training programs - Lean Six Sigma Mentor / Coach.

• Managed OTC (Order-to-Cash) related tasks, analysed and communicated discrepancies between accounts receivable and accounts payable balances;
• Collaborated with the General Ledger team to resolve month-end imbalances in the SAP system prior to final submission;
• Provided training to new team members on end-to-end process activities and support them in effectively transferring process knowledge.

• Executed comprehensive strategies for promoting and directly selling pharmaceutical products;
• Designed and created customized sales reports and dashboards using internal specific reporting tools;
• Presented sales insights and recommendations to stakeholders, including sales managers, executives, and other relevant teams.