NEW JOB OPENING
BUSINESS ANALYST PROJECT MANAGER
IN Tampa, FL, USA!

***Only qualified Business Analyst Project Manager candidates located near the Tampa, FL area to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence***



Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of Business Analysis/ project management experience, preferably in financial services

• Fluency in Spanish is required

• Ability to develop project plans and manage deadlines and goals

• Knowledge of project management methodologies and project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, and creation

• Ability to manage project scope, assess requirement changes, and communicate their impact on budget, time, and risk

• Skills in identifying issues, generating solutions, and conducting basic root cause analysis

• Manage client expectations, anticipate operational and tactical risks, and track them

• Clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, removing barriers and resolving minor project issues, escalating to management when necessary

• Proficient in MS Office applications (advanced Excel skills required, including formulas, VLOOKUP, and comparing vendor Excel files), MS Project, and VISIO. Familiarity with Adobe Acrobat Professional and Workday is a plus

• Stay updated on current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, and networking

• Experience in payroll and accounting is beneficial

• PMP certification strongly preferred; Six Sigma certification is a plus



This is a hybrid role involving both project management (PM) and business analysis (BA), with a focus on analyzing processes and identifying improvements.



Responsibilities:

• Manages multi-faceted projects or multiple projects at the same time

• Organizes new challenges and drives business results

• Uses best practice PMO methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/customers’ needs and deliver within budget on desired outcomes

• Drives end results of the project as a representative of the business

• Works closely with End Users, Technology, and other Organizations to define a project scope and objectives for project members

• Prepares, maintains, and submits clear and concise activity/progress reports and time recording/management reports

• Assesses project risk potentials and discover potential problems before they occur

• Applies a proactive approach in routinely tracking the project participant’s progress against project goals

• Defines and enforces the use of good project management practices such as techniques in resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled

• Identifies and where required amends the approach to the context and constraints of each project

• Possess the knowledge, skills and experience to be able to recognize when problems surface or potential problems are looming

• Articulates problems, brings the right people together to solve problems and knows when the problem has been properly addressed and closed

• Promotes partner involvement through effectively communicating project status upward and to the Client

• Applies lessons learned from recent projects to future projects

• Communicates to all concerned parties project milestones, status updates, as well as any existing or potential customer escalation issues

• Proactively follows escalation and change control processes

• Owns all management reports on a given engagement

• Promotes good working relationships across a project, cultivating the people skills needed to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders: its sponsors, those who will make use of the project’s results, those who command the resources needed, and the project team members

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Client, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**