Ade Ayankoya

Projects - Management Actions Planning, Collateral Projections, and Credit Downgrade Triggers Projects

• Led the end-to-end delivery of a collateral projections platform to enhance financial forecasting accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Delivered a credit downgrade triggers solution, strengthening credit risk monitoring and mitigation processes.
• Defined project governance structures, monitored KPIs, and reported progress to executive stakeholders.
• Protect the Development team from outside interruptions and distractions, surfacing and removing impediments to the development progress, actively coordinating with external teams to resolve dependencies, and timely escalation when beyond the team's control
• Managed budgets diligently, controlled unnecessary expenditure on projects.
• Strengthened stakeholder relationships through regular updates and clear communication.
• Set up the PMO Processes ensuring that projects were delivered in a controlled way and aligned to a governance structure
• Led regular ongoing meetings with stakeholders of all levels to review project status updates and conduct continuous RAID management.
• Managed project budgets ($2M) and controlled agreed-on costs and expenditures in accordance with the project plan

● Scrum Master with JIRA and Confluence experience.

Projects - Cybersecurity Innovation Project, Cyber Education & Awareness Projects, Vulnerability Scanning Project

• Oversaw multi-year cybersecurity transformation programs, including the implementation of a Target Operating Model (TOM) & Vulnerability Scanning Project.
• Led an awareness and education campaign that increased cybersecurity compliance rates by over 30%.
• Collaborated with CISO and IT teams to roll out innovation-focused solutions enhancing threat detection and response.
• Managed budgets exceeding £2M and coordinated global teams across three regions.
• Effective stakeholder management of Senior IT and Business Directors including C-Suite members. Implementing key governance controls to facilitate accurate progress reporting
• Led regular ongoing meetings with stakeholders of all levels to review project status updates and conduct continuous RAID management.
• Set up and management of the PMO Office and processes to ensure governance, control, consistency and accountability
• Managed project budgets and controlled agreed-on costs and expenditures in accordance with the project plan
• Scrum Master with JIRA and Confluence experience.

• Achieved operational efficiency by developing comprehensive PMO strategies.
• Oversaw financial planning activities to ensure budget adherence across all projects.
• Developed standardised project management templates to enhance consistency.
• Enhanced workflow efficiency through implementation of innovative PMO methodologies and tools.