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Project Manager/Business Analyst

Job Abstract

Our client is seeking a Project Manager/Business Analyst to join their global IT team.

In your Project Management capacity, you will be required to build and maintain a project plan, track project team deliverables, validate team member timesheets, maintain Kanban board activities, conduct project team meetings, report status to executives and sponsors, and conduct project meetings.

In your Business Systems Analyst capacity, you will gather and communicate requirements, write test plans, and become the “IT voice of the sponsors.”

As part of the IT team, you will need to be an enthusiastic self-starter and facilitator, capable of working between the IT team and all business units. You must have excellent communication and collaborative working skills.

This role will be remote and available for travel to global offices, when necessary.

Responsibilities

  • Perform the following Project Management functions:
    • Propose projects based on business requests
    • Estimate resource and budget needs, project milestones, and delivery date(s)
    • Build and manage a project team comprised of internal and external resources
    • Report status to your manager, executive sponsors, project team members, and internal governance committees
    • Conduct project status meetings with the project team
    • Maintain a project budget
    • Maintain a project risk log
    • Coordinate project testing
    • Coordinate the project’s transition into the production environment
  • Perform the following Business Analyst functions:
    • Gather and documents project requirements
    • Create test plans and evaluate test results

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Project Manager and Business Analyst with an understanding of how to gather and communicate requirements for financial application and data solutions and manage IT projects.
  • Experience project managing an application implementation or migration project
  • PMP or equivalent Project Management certification
  • Proficiency with Agile methodologies
  • Expertise doing complex analysis and reporting with Microsoft Excel and creating deliverables using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
  • A self-starter capable of researching, developing, and communicating requirements with limited up-front detailed knowledge.
  • The ability to multitask across multiple projects with overlapping deliverables.
  • Be comfortable working in a hybrid environment.
  • Be able to present ideas in an open forum with executive-level attendants.
  • Create weekly status reports, track time, and escalate risks.

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