Senior IT Project Manager
Company: EisnerAmper
Location: Minneapolis
Posted on: May 3, 2024
Job Description:
Job DescriptionAt EisnerAmper, we look for individuals who
welcome new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an
impact. Whether you're starting out in your career or taking your
next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is
one-of-a-kind. You can design a career you'll love from top to
bottom - we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy
to reach your goals.We are seeking an Senior Manager - IT Project
Management who will be responsible for high level oversight and
management of large, multi-faced IT (software development)
projects. In this role will work with clients and project team
members on the development, execution, and tracking of Agile
application development and business intelligence projects. This
position provides or manages a team that provides business
analysis, requirements definition, and software testing support to
client facing projects. What it Means to Work for EisnerAmper:
- You will get to be part of one of the largest and fastest
growing accounting and advisory firms in the industry
- You will have the flexibility to manage your days in support of
our commitment to work/life balance
- You will join a culture that has received multiple top "Places
to Work" awards
- We believe that great work is accomplished when cultures, ideas
and experiences come together to create new solutions
- We understand that embracing our differences is what unites us
as a team and strengthens our foundation
- Showing up authentically is how we, both as professionals and a
Firm, find inspiration to do our best work
- Numerous Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support our
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) effortsWhat Work You Will
Be Responsible For:
- Leads, directs and manages projects and multi-disciplinary
tasks within scope of program or project to support Agile
teams.
- Performs assessments of business needs and assists team
members/developers to translate these needs into project
requirements.
- Works with other leadership to define project scope and deliver
a detailed plan for a successful outcome based on project
objectives. Estimates effort and resources required for
responsibilities and ensures all are prioritized effectively and
delivered on time.
- Tracks and confirms business system development and
implementation efforts.
- Creates and distributes regular reports on project progress,
blockers, milestones, and resource needs. Helps identify and clear
impediments for Agile teams.
- Attends process improvement meetings to; identify people,
process and technology improvements to be made enhance team and
project performance. Builds and maintains trusted relationships
with diverse group of clients, team members, managers, and subject
matter experts.
- Oversees in the development and implementation of structured
testing concepts, methodologies, and manual testing support
tools.
- Communicates effectively and consistently with all project
stakeholders. Promotes transparency at all times regarding project
status, issues and risks to stakeholders.
- Serves as one of the Firm's primary contacts with clients.
- Serves as a liaison between technical and non-technical
departments. Ensures internal customers are kept informed of
development issues.
- Identifies resources needed and assigning individual
responsibilities within a project.
- Ensures project documents and plans are complete, current, and
stored appropriately.
- Ensures compliance with applicable policies and procedures,
laws and regulations, and keeps current on compliance-related
areas.
- Prepares deliverables/reports for review by the
Director/Partner that include any noted issues, trends and other
micro/macro level risks identified through the execution of
projects activities.
- Oversight of functionality testing of new applications and
existing software enhancements to ensure they meet business
requirements through performing end to end business scenario
tests.
- Oversight of regression testing of new applications and
existing software enhancements to identify any possible impacts
caused by changes.
- Manages the team through all phases of a project including
strategic planning, work planning, mobilization, execution, and
closeout consistent with established program delivery processes to
meet the scope, schedule, budget and other contract
requirements.
- Ongoing mentoring of team, performing assessment and completion
of performance appraisals, promotion recommendations, on-the-job
training, and professional development.
- Participates in Firm recruiting activities.
- May be required to work extended hours in the work week and
weekends, as needed.
- May be required to travel and work from different company and
client locations.Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Information
Systems and Decision Sciences, or a related field is required.
- 7+ years of relevant experience may substitute for education
requirement.
- 7+ years of direct experience in Agile project management and
consulting is required.
- 5+ years of experience in a project leadership or supervisory
role is required.
- Experienced in Quality Assurance and Quality Control
processes.Preferred/ Desired Qualifications
- Relevant certifications preferred are: Project Management
Institute's (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP)
certification, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum
Product Owner (CSPO), Certified SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Advanced
Project Manager Certification (APMC).
- Proficiency of Scrum or other Agile methodologies.
- Experience with Agile application delivery processes, system
development life cycle, business assessments, and programs such as
JIRA, Confluence, Asana, Zephyr, TestRail, Trello, Basecamp, TFS,
Azure DevOps is preferred.
- Able to effectively manage multiple projects, meet deadlines,
and adjust priorities appropriately in an evolving work environment
with shifting time frames.
- Able to lead, build, and manage effective teams for small,
medium, and large scale projects.
- Technically proficient with the capability of performing at an
intermediate or advanced level with respect to the Microsoft Office
Suite of products, specifically Excel, Word and Outlook.About our
Business Advisory Team:The EisnerAmper Business Advisory Group
offers a wide array of services to an even broader range of
businesses. Whether it's dealing with bankruptcy and transactional
disputes or executive compensation structures and health care
management, our team thrives by marrying deep-rooted industry
expertise with a culture of always embracing new perspectives and
ideas.Our "startup mentality," backed by the institutional
knowledge and established reputation of the firm, enables us to be
flexible and always test what can take our team and clients to the
next level. Whether it's a new internal process, digital platform,
or service offering, we believe that innovative ideas come from all
levels and every employee should have the opportunity to make an
impact on the business, our clients, and their careers.To us, every
sub-sector in our group functions as its own business-so we need to
think like entrepreneurs ourselves, often putting on the shoes of
our clients. It's this mindset that allows us to grow as
professionals and provide innovative solutions tailored to our
clients' unique needs.About EisnerAmper:EisnerAmper is one of the
largest accounting, tax, and business advisory firms, with nearly
4,000 employees including 400 partners across the world. We combine
responsiveness with a long-range perspective; to help clients meet
the pressing issues they face today and position them for success
tomorrow.Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated
financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms, and
middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals,
family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial
ventures across a variety of industries. We are also engaged by the
attorneys, financial professionals, bankers, and investors who
serve these clients.Should you need any accommodations to complete
this application please
email:talentacquisition@eisneramper.com#LI-JR1Preferred
Location:Baton Rouge
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