Hybrid position in Annapolis, MDAbout the Role:We are seeking a highly skilled ERP Program Management Analyst with a strong background in program and project management to join a high profile, complex financial modernization project. The successful Program Management Analyst will be a key project team member and will be responsible for managing large and separate workstreams and track schedule, budget, risks and issues, scope, and quality. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in a complex, fast-moving environment, is a self-starter, has great attention to detail, and can work independently and within a team. The successful candidate will have a background in ERP systems, project management, and leadership. This role involves ensuring project alignment with strategic goals and delivering successful ERP solutions across a complex client.
Responsibilities:- Experience supporting large, complex systems implementation and modernization projects as a program or project management analyst; ideally financial management system modernizations
- Ability to analyze, and identify program task needs, work through complex issues, and communicate effectively problem solving, and providing solutions to critical tasks and meeting high priority deadlines.
- Develop comprehensive project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
- Identify and mitigate project risks and issues.
- Ability to maintain complete line of sight across program activities and being able to speak to the status of each initiative.
- Ability to support the management and tracking of project schedule, budget, risk, quality, scope, and other key program management areas for a portfolio of projects
- Ability to identify and track key performance indicators (KPIs) from clients and monitor progress against KPIs over entirety of program
- Ability to create various forms of status reports, including weekly status reports for core project team members and executive level reports for executive steering committees
- Ability to simultaneously manage disparate tasks in a fast-moving, complex environment
- Prepare and present written communications, project plans, status reports, and briefing materials.
- Monitor, track, and report on the status of various project requests related to financial management modernization
- ERP experience in discovery/ implementation phase
- Create and manage Project Management Plan (PMP)
Requirements:- Requires a University Degree and minimum of THREE (3) to FIVE (5) years of prior relevant consulting experience; some roles may require graduate-level education Master's or Doctorate degree (Relevant experience may be substituted for formal education or advanced degree)
- Experience with program management or project management methodologies
- Experience creating and managing Program Management Plans (PMPs)
- Experience facilitating sessions with numerous stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Experience on an ERP Financial Management modernization project is a plus
Nice to Have:- PMP Certification preferred
