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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