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FMVA® | PMP® | Lean Six Sigma

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CERTIFICATIONS

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) – Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA®) – Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)

  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt – Council for Six Sigma Certification

  • Microsoft Business Analyst – Microsoft 

  • Google Project Management Certification - Google

EDUCATION &PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Finance & Quantitative Modeling Specialization Certificate – University of Pennsylvania

  • Business Finance & Data Fundamentals Specialization Certificate – Rice University

  • Commercial Real Estate Finance Specialization – Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)

  • Risk Management Specialization - Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)

  • Data Analytics for Lean Six Sigma - University of Amsterdam 

 

Latoya McKenzie

Resume

Professional Experience

My career has centered on improving how organizations operate — strengthening processes, governance, performance, and the systems that enable teams to deliver consistently at scale.

2021 - Present

Regional Operations Leadership

Multiple Multi-Site Organizations

Toronto ON Canada

Led regional operations across a diversified portfolio, with responsibility spanning operational performance, financial management, governance, risk, service delivery, process improvement, and team leadership.

  • Directed multi-site operations across a geographically distributed portfolio with significant operational and financial responsibility.

  • Managed operating and capital budgets while supporting financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and investment decisions.

  • Established operational governance structures, performance measures, reporting routines, and accountability mechanisms.

  • Designed and improved business processes across onboarding, procurement, vendor management, service delivery, incident reporting, and capital project administration.

  • Developed KPI and performance-management frameworks to improve visibility into operational performance and emerging issues.

  • Led cross-functional initiatives involving internal teams, external service providers, and senior stakeholders.

  • Built standardized tools, workflows, dashboards, and decision-support mechanisms to improve consistency and management visibility.

  • Identified operational risks and developed controls, escalation processes, and mitigation strategies.

  • Led and developed a multi-disciplinary team while establishing clearer roles, responsibilities, and operating expectations.

Operational Performance & Executive Reporting
Developed an integrated management dashboard incorporating KPIs, financial performance, projects, compliance, issues, actions, decisions, and operational improvement initiatives.

Vendor Performance Governance
Designed a structured approach to vendor performance management incorporating service-level expectations, KPIs, compliance requirements, performance reviews, escalation, and accountability.

 

Employee Onboarding & Knowledge Management
Developed a role-based onboarding framework designed to improve knowledge transfer, clarify responsibilities, establish training requirements, and reduce time to operational independence.

Service & Incident Management
Redesigned after-hours service and incident-handling processes, clarifying intake, triage, troubleshooting, escalation, dispatch, and communication responsibilities.

Process & Workflow Improvement
Analyzed existing workflows and redesigned processes to reduce ambiguity, improve handoffs, strengthen controls, and create more consistent service delivery.

2017 - 2021

Operations & Asset Management

Multiple Multi-Site Real Estate & Services Organizations

Toronto ON Canada

Progressed through increasingly responsible operational and management roles supporting multi-site property, asset, customer, and service operations.

  • Managed day-to-day operations across residential and commercial environments.

  • Coordinated service delivery, maintenance, vendors, budgets, customer issues, and operational priorities.

  • Developed practical procedures and workflows to improve consistency and accountability.

  • Supported financial administration, reporting, budgeting, and operational analysis.

  • Coordinated internal teams and external service providers to resolve operational issues and maintain service standards.

  • Used operational data and reporting to identify issues, monitor performance, and support management decisions.

  • Progressed from coordination and administrative responsibilities into broader operational and management accountability.

© 2026 Latoya McKenzie

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