Candi Brown

Senior Programme Administrator

Experienced Senior Programme Administrator with a proven track record in facilitating comprehensive programme support within complex transformation environments. Recognised for enhancing governance through precise documentation, managing decision registers, and coordinating stakeholder communications. Committed to delivering value through meticulous organization and strategic oversight, ensuring accountability and traceability in all initiatives. Adept at fostering positive relationships across diverse teams to drive successful outcomes.

Wellington
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Work Experience
Senior Programme Administrator
Bank of New Zealand
May 2024 — PresentCurrentWellington
  • Facilitated comprehensive programme support across governance, reporting, documentation, and stakeholder coordination within a complex transformation environment
  • Drafted precise and detailed minutes for critical governance forums, enhancing communication and accountability
  • Managed the decision register for governance forums, meticulously documenting decisions, actions, owners, and follow-up activities to ensure accountability and traceability
  • Collaborated with Risk to generate the DIA document post-Deposits go-live, tracking progress and monitoring response completion
  • Streamlined document management practices to ensure key programme records remained accessible, well-organised, and audit-ready
  • Coordinated risk, issue, and scheduling updates, ensuring compliance with legislative and policy requirements
  • Evaluated feedback from the programme Technology Heartbeat survey and delivered actionable insights to General Managers for continuous improvement
  • Assisted workstream leads in crafting high-quality meeting packs and documentation for governance and programme forums
  • Oversaw financial administration tasks, including raising purchase orders, receipting invoices, and reconciling invoices and expenses
Workforce Coordinator
Bank of New Zealand
Mar 2026 — May 2026
  • Transitioned into a workforce coordinator role, overseeing vendor onboarding and offboarding during a three-month vacancy
  • Spearheaded end-to-end workforce coordination processes, independently managing onboarding, extensions, and offboarding across Workday, ServiceNow, and Sailpoint
  • Proactively identified and resolved dependencies and pre-requisites, ensuring timely onboarding and offboarding without delays
  • Self-managed a high-volume, time-sensitive workload, prioritizing tasks to ensure continuity of workforce operations during coordinator absence
  • Collaborated with external vendors like Deloitte and PwC, alongside BNZ Commercial Managers, to secure onboarding documentation and progress updates
  • Engaged with stakeholders to gather and validate information, ensuring complete documentation and timely onboarding progress
Executive Assistant
Ministry of Justice
Jan 2023 — May 2024
  • Delivered executive support within a large, complex organization, fostering positive relationships across the Digital Leadership team and the broader department
  • Optimized the Chief Digital Officer's to-do list by prioritizing tasks based on urgency and importance, enabling focus on high-impact initiatives
  • Coordinated and documented digital leadership and governance forums, ensuring comprehensive records of decisions, actions, and follow-up activities
  • Oversaw financial processes by raising, receipting, and reconciling purchase orders and invoices, ensuring accurate financial management
  • Supported project management systems including Sharepoint, Jira, and Confluence, enhancing team collaboration and workflow efficiency
  • Facilitated cross-team discussions and managed event planning, ensuring stakeholders remained aligned and informed throughout the process
  • Engineered and documented administrative procedures for the Executive Assistant and Project Administrator roles, enhancing consistency and mitigating process gaps
Executive Assistant
Te Whatu Ora
Nov 2021 — Jan 2023
  • Cultivated executive support within a large, complex organization, fostering strong relationships across the Digital Leadership team and broader department
  • Optimized the Chief Digital Officer's to-do list by prioritizing tasks based on urgency and importance, enhancing focus on high-priority initiatives
  • Coordinated and meticulously documented digital leadership and governance forums, ensuring comprehensive records of decisions, actions, and follow-up activities
  • Oversaw financial processes, including raising, receipting, and reconciling purchase orders and invoices; streamlined project management systems such as Sharepoint, Jira, and Confluence
  • Facilitated cross-team discussions and orchestrated event planning, ensuring all stakeholders remained aligned and well-informed
  • Engineered and documented administrative procedures for the Executive Assistant and Project Administrator roles, enhancing consistency and minimizing process gaps
Skills
MS Office 365JiraConfluenceProject Management MethodologiesSharepointStakeholder managementCommunication SkillsTime ManagementTeam Collaboration
References available upon request.