Lilia Babiy

Project Controls Manager

Professional Highlights

Over 20 years of experience in information technology, planning, scheduling, cost engineering, contracts and project management. Has been involved in project controls and business management positions in home office and field environment; working in controls systems in positions from Project Controls Engineer to Business Services Manager. Has a proven record of excellence and dedication to achieving goals for project team and client in execution of Project Management and Controls.

Familiar with DCAA/FAR, IMF, World Bank, EBRD, and Asian Bank polices and tendering.

Fluent reading and verbal knowledge: Russian, Ukrainian, and English.

Extensive background in Project Management Software: including Primavera Version 3.1 and 6.0, MS Project, Visio, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.

Key Technical Skills

  • Construction Scheduling
  • Project Management
  • Cost Controls
  • Contract Management

Education

  • Bechtel Certificate, Performance Based Leadership, 2003
  • Certificate, Business Writing, Wycliff College, 2002
  • M.S., Economics, Kiev National Economical University, Kiev, Ukraine, 2002
  • B.S., Computer Science, Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine, 1988

Certifications / Affiliations

  • AACEI - Member IMTC-MEI Corporate Sponsorship
  • Bechtel Performance Based Leadership Certificate

Project Experience

Jun 2008
to Present

IMTC-MEI
Business Development, Kiev, Ukraine and Bratislava, Slovakia
 

Supporting Ukraine/Eastern Europe Country Manager-Services Manager on business development and project controls projects for the region.

Mar 2008
to Present

Bechtel National
Consulting Services, Kiev Ukraine
 

Consulting on finances, taxes, Ukrainian legislation

Jul 2004
to May 2005

BETS B.V. (Bechtel, ENKA, and Technostroyexport)
Sakhalin II Oil and Gas Development Project, Sakhalin Russia
 

Responsible Business Manager for project controls, accounting, international payroll and financial management for the Sakhalin II Oil and Gas Development Project. Provided business and project management support for the project team and interfaced with Bechtel offices in the USA and Great Britain and ENKA office in Turkey for BETS B.V. and Bechtel company related business.

$1 billion Project Construction and Management Budget

Feb 2001
to July 2004

Bechtel National
CTR Program, Kiev Ukraine
 

• Responsible for Project Controls, Accounting, Ukraine National Payroll and financial management for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program in Ukraine.
• Organized and managed the staff in Kiev office and provided business and project management support for the project teams at four remote offices.
• Interfaced with subcontractors, Ukraine Military of Defense, the local business community, banking and Bechtel CONUS offices in San Francisco,McLean and Oak Ridge for company related business.

Jun 1999
to Feb 2001

Bechtel National
Strategic Rocket Program, Kiev Ukraine
 

• Responsible for the monthly Cost Performance Report (CPR) and Project Financial Status Reports (PFSR), Invoices and petty cash, budget monitoring, scope changes, cost and commitment reporting for contracts and field material requisitions in several currencies.
• Tracked potential changes from inception to approval stages.
• Interfaced with engineering, procurement and management, insuring that procedures were followed, documentation furnished and that the change was a variance from the original scope, review and approval of client invoices.

Feb 1996
to Jun 1999

TMC & Bechtel National
Strategic Rocket Program, Kiev Ukraine
 

• Coordinate and assemble input for the preparation of the budget monitoring report.
• Analyze and reconcile budget/actual variances and perform various studies and prepare reports relating to project job-hours and costs.
• Process sub-contactor's invoices, tested and implemented new databases developed in ACCESS, for the Historical Labor & Equipment pricing and Contract Invoice Tracking System (CITS).

Apr 1995
to Feb 1996

Duncan Kiev
Kiev Office, Kiev Ukraine
 

Preparation of reports on company financial activity for daily and weekly management reviews. Duties included financial analysis of sales, marketing, coordination of affiliate activities and maintaining database for financial program of Kiev Corporate office.

Nov 1991
to Apr 1995

Institute of Cybernetics
Development Program, Kiev Ukraine
 

Software Engineer working on development of software for automatic speech recognition systems and supporting organization of scientific conferences and issuance of scientific magazines.

Aug 1988
to Nov 1991

Institute of Cybernetics
Development Program, Kiev Ukraine
 

Software Engineer working on analysis, processing and recognition of speech signals.