WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:01.220 I'm Donnie Shizad, 2 00:00:01.220 --> 00:00:03.150 and I work as a project management specialist 3 00:00:03.150 --> 00:00:05.570 within a financial services organization. 4 00:00:05.570 --> 00:00:08.470 I work across the organization with various groups 5 00:00:08.470 --> 00:00:11.450 line:15% to accomplish different business objectives. 6 00:00:11.450 --> 00:00:13.870 line:15% Our business objectives come from senior management. 7 00:00:13.870 --> 00:00:15.662 line:15% They kind of trickle down to my team. 8 00:00:15.662 --> 00:00:18.690 line:15% They can vary from there might be a regulatory change 9 00:00:18.690 --> 00:00:20.430 line:15% or a new policy out there, 10 00:00:20.430 --> 00:00:23.500 line:15% and if that were to occur our team will do the research, 11 00:00:23.500 --> 00:00:26.790 line:15% find out what the regulatory policy is or the changes 12 00:00:26.790 --> 00:00:29.630 line:15% and see how it impacts our company, if at all. 13 00:00:29.630 --> 00:00:32.160 line:15% And if it does then we work to implement 14 00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:34.530 different procedures so that we're compliant. 15 00:00:34.530 --> 00:00:37.240 So a day in the life as a project management specialist 16 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:40.130 would be typically my day starts with a couple of meetings 17 00:00:40.130 --> 00:00:41.930 so we'll do a catch-up meeting 18 00:00:41.930 --> 00:00:43.850 with the different groups that we're working with. 19 00:00:43.850 --> 00:00:45.580 So my role is the project manager, 20 00:00:45.580 --> 00:00:47.840 line:15% but then I work with subject matter experts 21 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.720 line:15% on the topic that we're trying to resolve. 22 00:00:50.720 --> 00:00:52.460 line:15% So we'll get everybody together in a room, 23 00:00:52.460 --> 00:00:54.270 line:15% discuss what happened the day before, 24 00:00:54.270 --> 00:00:55.970 line:15% and then kind of work towards 25 00:00:55.970 --> 00:00:57.450 line:15% our new objectives and action items 26 00:00:57.450 --> 00:00:59.190 and make sure that the people that are 27 00:00:59.190 --> 00:01:01.040 actioning those items know what they're doing. 28 00:01:01.040 --> 00:01:04.763 So usually when we get a new project 29 00:01:04.763 --> 00:01:08.330 or a new objective that we have to achieve, 30 00:01:08.330 --> 00:01:11.170 what my role would be to is kind of really dig down, 31 00:01:11.170 --> 00:01:14.250 question, find out what it is that we're actually doing 32 00:01:14.250 --> 00:01:16.000 to find the project. 33 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:18.229 And then as a project manager we kind of look back 34 00:01:18.229 --> 00:01:22.200 to look at the big picture and kind of put a plan together. 35 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:25.610 So there's always a big plan behind all of these projects, 36 00:01:25.610 --> 00:01:28.470 and then typically what I like to do is kind of 37 00:01:28.470 --> 00:01:30.780 break it down into like achievable tasks, 38 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:32.740 so each time we have a meeting 39 00:01:32.740 --> 00:01:35.810 or we meet with a specific group that has the action items, 40 00:01:35.810 --> 00:01:37.689 it's basically based off of that big plan 41 00:01:37.689 --> 00:01:40.040 and then they'll know what the action items are 42 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:42.210 because we're tackling a certain part 43 00:01:42.210 --> 00:01:43.680 of the project as our priority. 44 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:46.230 So sometimes they'll stagger projects 45 00:01:46.230 --> 00:01:47.870 and sometimes it's simultaneously 46 00:01:47.870 --> 00:01:49.320 we'll be working on multiples. 47 00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:51.020 But right now we're working on a pretty big project. 48 00:01:51.020 --> 00:01:53.120 We're implementing an accounting system. 49 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.611 So right now our company has 50 00:01:56.611 --> 00:01:59.220 line:15% a bunch of different vehicles that we sell, 51 00:01:59.220 --> 00:02:03.200 line:15% and they're all on different accounting systems. 52 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:05.120 line:15% So what we're doing is streamlining the process. 53 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:06.950 line:15% We're putting it all on one accounting system 54 00:02:06.950 --> 00:02:08.360 and our trading platform will now 55 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:10.273 speak to our accounting system.