Negin Bakhtari
About Negin Bakhtari
Negin Bakhtari is a Project Control Officer at CIBC in Toronto with extensive experience in financial analysis and project coordination.
Current Role at CIBC
Negin Bakhtari has been serving as a Project Control Officer at CIBC since 2019. In this role, she assists the Director Payments - PMO by coordinating, collating, and presenting weekly team status updates to the Vice President for up to 30 payments and ATM projects. Additionally, Negin is responsible for maintaining financials for projects costing upwards of $4 million, collecting, recording, presenting, and maintaining actuals, forecasts, and variances for each project separately.
Previous Experience at Novin Accounting
Before joining CIBC, Negin Bakhtari worked as a Financial Analyst at Novin Accounting from 2017 to 2019. During her two-year tenure in Toronto, she honed her financial analysis skills and contributed to the company's financial management efforts, preparing detailed financial reports and analysis.
UNICEF Work Experience
Negin Bakhtari's extensive career at UNICEF spanned several roles over the years. She began as a Fundraising Assistant from 2008 to 2009, working for 11 months, and then moved on to serve as a Program Assistant/Project Coordinator from 2009 to 2017 in Iran. Over her eight-year period in this role, she developed and coordinated various projects, ensuring effective communication and risk management were in place.
Educational Background
Negin Bakhtari pursued higher education at the University of Sunderland in London, where she achieved a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from 2004 to 2007. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Software Engineering from Islamic Azad University, completing her studies from 1998 to 2003.
Project Management Skills and Expertise
Throughout her career, Negin Bakhtari has developed a strong skill set in project management. She excels in tracking project milestones, maintaining and updating Microsoft Project plans, and identifying, recording, and tracking project issues and risks (RAID logs). Her comprehensive approach ensures that risks, assumptions, and constraints are effectively communicated and escalated as required.