Résumé — Matt Watson

Professional Summary

Governance and reporting specialist with over a decade of experience designing and operating structured delivery systems, data-integrity frameworks, and executive-grade reporting pipelines across complex public-sector and regulated environments.

Core Capabilities

• Portfolio governance and reporting structures
• Data integrity standards and validation routines
• Executive dashboards and automation (Power BI / SharePoint / Project Online)
• Risk, issue, and dependency management
• PMO controls, uplift and operating models
• Resource and capacity planning
• Team oversight and structured coaching
• Delivery governance and process optimisation

Recent Experience

Enterprise Portfolio Systems — Public Sector Environment (2024–Present)

• Enforced join-integrity and data-quality standards across portfolio systems.
• Directed development of enterprise dashboards with automated refresh, dependency logic and validation steps.
• Governed reporting, service and data catalogues to ensure alignment and traceability.
• Provided structured coaching to improve reporting discipline and throughput.

Strategic Delivery Office — Superannuation Sector (2023–2024)

• Delivered consolidated resourcing models improving allocation accuracy and reducing reporting turnaround by 300%.
• Automated monthly portfolio-reporting workflows, cutting cycle time by 20%.
• Identified sequencing gaps and resolved cross-functional blockers.

Governance, Reporting & PMO Roles — State Government Agency (2017–2023)

• Rolled out PMO frameworks in six weeks, stabilising multiple digital programs.
• Implemented procurement and finance controls reducing sunk-cost exposure.
• Delivered board-level reporting suite integrating budget tracking and forecasting.
• Built business-analysis practice and requirements frameworks for multi-million-dollar portfolios.

Education

• Master of Information Technology — Deakin University
• Bachelor of Commerce — Deakin University

Technical Environment

Power BI, SharePoint, Project Online, LibreOffice, Nextcloud, Python, SQL, PRINCE2, PMBOK, Agile