Analyst Project Lead Apply
Type:
- Temporary
Full Time or Part Time:
- Full time
Pay Rate:
- TBD
Location:
- Clearwater, FL 33756
Language Requirements:
- Write, read and speak English fluently
Overview:
The Analyst is responsible for the planning, development, and successful delivery of strategic assessments and recommendations, business workflow analysis, change management activities, and process measurement.The Analyst must manage communications around project details and expectations with clients and internal practice areas, the Project Manager, and Management team. Analyst acts as a "business partner" assisting departments in the planning, development and implementation of both technology-based and process-based business solutions.The Analyst will create conceptual and functional designs for new and enhanced systems in coordination with technology analysts, external vendors and vendors. Additionally, the Analyst coordinates user review and approval at all stages of system development and delivery and assists in managing system implementation, tracking the timing of deliverables, and developing conversion and migration plans for moving from existing systems to enhance or more effective new systems. Identifies opportunities to utilize existing, enhanced or new technologies or business methods to streamline work processes and improve service delivery within individual departments. Analyst maintains awareness of systems, products and expertise available to address business needs and develops and maintains a functional expertise in the various business and system needs based upon changing industry conditions. Because the Analyst will be the involved at Project Initiation, this resource may serve as the Subject Matter Expert and work initially to identify areas of opportunity for the client dealing with their organizational operations. The Analyst is responsible for following a business analysis and workflow design approach involving stakeholder interviewing techniques, human factors analysis, process assessment/design, business analysis, workflow modeling, change leadership, and requirements/use case gathering. The Analyst can apply core business analysis and project management principles to: Facilitate requirements gathering and process mapping sessions with clients in group and individual settings. Lead management consulting sessions to discover and articulate clear organizational and project visions, cases for action, metrics, and resources. Discover and document as-is and to-be scenarios of organizational processes, technologies, and challenges in detail. Provide expert recommendations on methods to migrate from the current state to the envisioned state while guiding the change management initiative.Evangelize, communicate and teach Project Management methodology for process discovery, migration, and measurement. Prepare, create, and deliver articles and presentations on strategic industry topics in the business and process markets to clients and vendors. Collaborate with client stakeholders to define the project roadmap and in-scope initiatives.Create and maintain detailed project plans in Microsoft Project/Clarity.Review the project plan with all project participants and relevant stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of the project direction and objectives.Track progress against the plan by incorporating information gathered in status reports and one-on-one meetings in regularly scheduled updates to the client.Communicate project progress to client management through status meetings, deliverables, and deliverable reviews.Manage delivery resources to ensure successful completion of project engagements. Maintain budgetary information and status and communicate costs-to-date to client management.Writing business and technical requirements and specifications, functional/conceptual design documents, building business case models, preparing UAT scripts and UAT testing.Working with the Project Managers to follow project plans, convey accurate project status, and identify issues and risks.Build and maintain project preview sites that can be used by clients to monitor status, deliverables and budget position on an as needed basis. And other duties as assigned.
Experience Requirements:
- Knowledge of and work experience with formalized commercial SDLC methodologies
- Minimum of 8 years project management experience or equivalent
- Must possess very strong understanding of technology and ability to assess a client's environment
- Experienced in communication and presenting to clients
- Ability to meet customer needs via creative problem solving
- Good working knowledge of project life cycle methodology and prevalent project planning tools
- Good knowledge of structured analysis techniques
- Proven ability to converse with and drive requirements for the technical delivery team
- Exposure to a wide range of technical environments, teams and processes will be advantageous
- Should have specific knowledge and work experience in two or more of the following Business areas: a. County Government b. Finance (GL, AP, AR, FA, etc.) c. Support Functions (HR, Legal, etc.)
- A large degree of independence and motivation to learn is essential for success
- Formal and proven experience with business process and system analysis
- Formal experience producing process/system analysis and design documentation
- Must be detail-oriented and very organized
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Ability to interview client stakeholders, facilitate workshops and document current business operations and project objectives/scope for future phases
- Ability to work with stakeholders to build trust with our organization/consultants in order to capture accurate information about the project engagement
- Consistent use of excellent judgment when making daily decisions about project activities
- Possess analytical and creative abilities to problem solve and offer new/alternate solutions
- Have prior success in managing projects to standard metrics
- Can manage client expectations throughout the project's lifecycle
- Ability to multi-task; successfully manage multiple projects of different sizes/types
- Be a team player - manage and motivate project team members lead and be led
- Strong, professional presence
- The Business Analyst candidate will be required to learn our organization's business process management methodology, 'Insight' and required documentation artifacts
- Experience with the Microsoft technology suite is required
- Experience with ITIL is a plus The Business Analyst candidate will be required to learn our organization's project management methodology, 'RoadMap' and required documentation artifacts
Experience Preferences:
- Experience working on large-scale integration into diverse legacy and web-based systems a plus
Physical Requirements:
- N/A
Education Requirements:
- High School/GED
Education Preferences:
- Process-related certification(s) a plus
Training Schedule:
- TBD
Schedule:
- TBD
- Monday - Friday
Dress Code:
- Business Casual
Benefits:
- N/A
Additional Information:
Drug screening, background and references checks are performed if required. Valid identification and reliable transportation required. We are an E-Verify employer. We will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Our employees are authorized to work in the United States.
