CURRICULUM VITAE FOR
Sharon Matongera
Address: 3137 Montgomery Drive, Prospect Waterfalls, Harare
Phone: +263 776 446 477
Email: [email protected]

PROFILE STATEMENT Sharon is a professional and result oriented young lady with 3 and half years blended experience in project management, project performance analysis and branch operations from Global and Regional leading financial institutions. Sharon is passionate about innovation and technology, data analytics, financial inclusion, leadership, global development, anti-drug abuse awareness and health & poverty alleviation.

SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES AND STRENGTHS
Team work – worked within a diverse project teams with stakeholders of both junior and senior levels within financial institution.
Stakeholder Management – ability to create positive relationships with stakeholders through the appropriate management of their expectations and agreed objectives.
Communication and liaison skills – strong motivational and influencing skills developed through close working relationship with own line manager, managing others and through training courses. Excellent written communication skills from varied experience of writing minutes and reports and good oral communication skills from chairing team meetings and reporting to project board committees.
Analytical and problem solving skills – ability to take large volumes of data and analyse trends to produce a result to aid in problem solving and decision making.
Time management – An efficient planner and well organized person with good prioritization skills to manage time effectively and efficiently.

EDUCATION
Current WIP
Project Management for Development Professionals (PMD Pro), DisasterReady.Org

Current WIP
PRINCE2® Practitioner Certificate in Project Management, AXELOS

12/2019
PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate in Project Management, AXELOS
Certificate Number – GR656130217SM

2012 – 2016
Bachelor of Business Studies Honors Degree (Finance & Banking), University Of Zimbabwe – Second Upper Class (2.1) qualification
Key areas of study – Strategic Management, Banking, International Finance, Corporate Finance, and Project Management
Dissertation title – “An investigation of perceived customer satisfaction in the banking industry of Zimbabwe: A case of FBC Bank Ltd.”
2010 – 2011
Zimsec Advanced Level Qualification, Saint Francis of Assisi High School – 14 points comprising of Mathematics A, Accounting B, Business Studies A and a Proficient English speaker & writer – English Language & Communication Skills 3
2006 – 2009
Zimsec Ordinary Level Qualification , Saint Francis of Assisi High School – 8 “O” level subjects including: Mathematics A, English Language B, Accounting A and Integrated Science A and a HEXCO qualification in Computer Studies Credit

WORK
EXPERIENCE 01/2017 – Current
Project Manager and PMO Analyst (Graduate Traineeship), First Capital Bank Zimbabwe (formerly Barclays Zimbabwe)
Responsibilities:
• Financial analysis of projects, prepare data and information for making regular data analysis report.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects as well as report and escalate to management as needed.
• Develop and implement test plans to ensure successful delivery of a project
• Accurately determine, assign, track and manage project task, activity, documentation and time information per internal standards
• Monitor, track and report on the status of project deliverables to ensure time, cost and quality metrics are in line with approved project plans for assigned projects
• Research and analyze options in relation to business cases and project deliverables to guide optimal decision making
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Project templates designing for better tracking
Achievements:
• Programme Apollo – actively involved in the successful migration of First Capital Bank from Barclays systems to a new Core Banking System. Responsible for cost tracking, maintaining vendor contracts, facilitating invoice payments, project tracking and other administrative tasks.
• Reporting system – successfully delivered reporting system through the implementation of Prince2 methodology.
• Finance and sourcing system – successfully delivered finance and sourcing system through the implementation of Prince2 methodology.
• Cost Savings- responsible for 2017-19 cost saving initiatives and works closely with all functions to track and monitor, ensuring these are achieved.
01/2017 – 12/2017
Graduate Trainee, Barclays Graduate Development Programme (Rising Eagles Programme), Barclays Africa Group South Africa

Achievements:
• Workday Project – successfully migrated Barclays Africa/ABSA from SAP and adopt Workday solution for Human Capital Management and Financial Management post PLC separation.
• Barclays Rising Eagles Graduate Development Programme JHB, – Successfully graduated in the Barclays Rising Eagles Programme.

09/2014 – 08/2015
Branch Operations Intern, FBC Bank Ltd Zimbabwe
Incorporated at Southerton retail branch and rotated working in the back office, customer service, information desk as well as the credit department under the branch.
Responsibilities:
• Receiving, verifying and facilitating client instructions.
• Basic accounting, data capturing and processing of RTGS payments.
• Answering the telephone.
• End of day report analysis, tick-back, verification, and month end report preparation.
• Assisting customers with enquiries.
• Facilitating loan applications, credit worthiness basic vetting and following up on bad debts.

03/2012 – 09/2012
Manager’s Assistant, IWIRE Technologies Private Ltd
Worked as a Managers Assistant at IWIRE Technologies, an internet café.
Responsibilities:
• Administration work.
• Book keeping, report preparation and data analysis for decision making.
• Customer service.
• Cashiering.
• CV drafting, Cover letter drafting, and Report writing.
• Computer software and hardware basic maintenance.
Achievements:
• Successfully developed excel reports to facilitate better decision making and tracking of revenue, costs, profits and leakages

COMPUTER LITERACY Basic knowledge of both software and hardware systems, and letter and/or report drafting skills.
Microsoft Office package: Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Vision, Projects and PowerPoint.
Statistical operation : Vision BI

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 2017
Barclays Africa Graduate Development Programme, ABSA/Barclays Africa Group

2019
Online Courses:
Excel Dashboard in an hour Certificate
German for beginners Certificate
Ten Excel features every analyst should know
Learn how to boost your personal productivity 10 times today
Beginners guide to Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Voluntarism Champion, First Capital Bank Corporate Social Responsibility 2018 to current – Leads Change Office volunteerism activities focusing on Education and Skills; Enterprise Development, Financial Inclusion for the less privileged, career guidance and youth sustainability and development .

Online Volunteer, UN Volunteers 2019

INTERESTS Traveling
Playing Chess, mind games, puzzles, drawing and sketching.
Swimming and playing volleyball.
Participating in church activities.

REFERENCES Dr. Gumbe
Dean of Commerce
Faculty of Commerce
University of Zimbabwe
P. O. Box MP 127
Mount pleasant.
Tel: (0242) 333573
[email protected]
Mr. M. Dube
Head of Change
Change Department
First Capital Bank Zimbabwe
Tel: (0242) 758280-9
[email protected]
Mrs. N. Mukubvu
HR Business Partner
Human Resources
First Capital Bank
Zimbabwe
Tel: (0242) 758280-9
[email protected]
Ms. E. Kadango
Operations Manager
FBC Bank Ltd
11 Highfield Rd,
Highfield Junction
Southerton
Tel: (0242) 759696/ 759392
Cell: 0772 352 546
[email protected]
Mr. T. Kadzviti
Executive Director
IWire Technologies
Jason Moyo
Room 606, 5th floor
Pockets Building
Harare
Cell: 0773 595 246
[email protected]
Dr. J. D. Nhavhira
Lecturer
Faculty of Commerce
University of Zimbabwe
P. O. Box MP 127
Mount pleasant.
Harare
Cell: 0777 609 492
[email protected]