DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
• Responsible for elicitation, analysis, and documentation of business requirements.
• Research and exploration of user requirements, costs, and benefits in support of documentation required for the demand management process.
• Responsible for analyzing the business needs to identify new processes and process improvements that will meet those needs.
• Documents current business processes and models to define requirements and/or gaps.
• Analyze detailed system factors including input/output requirements, information and paper flow, hardware, and software needs.
• Analyze “soft" system factors including roles, responsibilities, policy, culture, etc.
• Evaluate the impact of potential software and process changes on the organization.
• Develop and facilitate groups as necessary in pursuit of eliciting and defining requirements.
• Assist in the creation of the business case documentation.
• Understanding of architectural consistency and usability standards.
• Defines and develops user test cases and validates test results during testing.
• Executes unit and functional test cases.
• May conduct system demonstrations and training sessions, as well as participate in design/review of training content.
• Plays a third level support role by helping to troubleshoot and resolve issues with production systems.
• Participates in associate meetings and communicates any concerns to management.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business, or another related field or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience leading data migration requirements from legacy systems into a new ERP (Sage X3) environment
• Strong hands-on expertise in requirements elicitation, documentation, and management, with emphasis on data mapping, transformation rules, and validation
• Deep understanding of data structures, data quality, and migration best practices, with the ability to identify gaps and risks early
• Self-driven and accountable professional with strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to drive outcomes with minimal oversight
• Working knowledge of Confluence and JIRA.
• Experience in any of the following business areas is desired: Sales operations, order entry, accounting, finance, procurement, warehouse operations, order management, and order fulfillment.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ business analysis or systems analysis experience is preferred.
• Bonus: Sage X3 experience (ERP).
Associate is expected to operate at a proficient level across the following areas of technical knowledge and skill:
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Detail oriented, proactive, creative, and efficient
• Intermediate level abilities in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word
• Familiarity with application integration methods to include understanding of data mapping process.
• Ability to effectively work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work on simultaneous and complex projects, with domain expertise in at least one business area.
• Expertise in ERP solution selection and implementation is a plus
• Ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences in written and non-written format
• Ability to work with all levels of associates
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic environment
• Ability to learn new systems and tools
• Knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies, processes, and procedures.
• Active listener
• Effective in a variety of formal/informal presentation settings: one-on-one, small, and large groups.
Job Title: Project Manager
Location: REMOTE
Duration: 6 Months
W2 Only
Must Have:
- 5+ years of Project Management experience
- Experience managing business and IT projects
- Project planning, scheduling, timelines, milestones, and deliverables
- Risk, issue, dependency, and action item tracking
- Leading and facilitating project meetings, status calls, and working sessions
- Stakeholder management across business and technology teams
- Creating project plans, charters, roadmaps, status reports, and presentations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organization, coordination, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to work independently and hit the ground running
Preferred Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- PMP certification.
- Finance project experience, especially R2R, P2P, accounting, fixed assets, or finance transformation.
- SAP/ERP project experience—implementation, upgrade, or process improvement.
- Experience working with IT, consultants, vendors, and technology partners.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage projects from planning through execution and completion.
- Schedule and coordinate project meetings and calls.
- Lead and facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and status calls.
- Coordinate business stakeholders, IT teams, technology partners, consultants, vendors, and other project participants.
- Support the business owner and technology partner in driving project activities.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
- Create project charters, roadmaps, presentations/slide decks, status reports, and project documentation.
- Track project progress, action items, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.
- Prepare project status updates and report-outs for leadership/steering committees.
- Help keep projects on schedule and ensure deliverables are completed.
- Facilitate communication between business and technology teams.
- Work with external engagement partners and consulting/technology firms as needed.
- Support projects involving finance process improvements and SAP/ERP-related initiatives.
- Manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Work independently with minimal project-management training or supervision.