PROJECT LEADER - Full-time / Part-time

POSITION PURPOSE - 
The Project Leader oversees the planning, designing, and implementing of new systems or changes in existing systems, in order to support management control and decision-making activities.  This position is also responsible for ensuring the development activities within financial systems meets quality standards and business needs by working with IT projects/support teams and business stakeholders to ensure the business requirements and dependencies are identified and documented. The Project Lead will assist with translation of business requirements into system requirements. This position will develop, perform, and/or direct appropriate QA and UAT testing to ensure development is functioning to meet requirements and may oversee the work activities of others.


MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES -
Provides project planing and timeline management for the project. Overall responsibility for ensuring that the end result of development activity meets the business need.

Coordinates the activities of staff and senior analysts including:

• Business process evaluation
• Procedure development
• System process flow and requirements
• QA planning and testing
• Implementation planning
• Documentation User training
• Production support for problems/enhancements
• Ensures adequate communication and proper integration across departments, systems and platforms.
• Selects, develops, and motivates assigned staff.

NATURE AND SCOPE -

• This position typically reports to a Systems Manager or a Finance Manager.
• This position may have management responsibility for as many as thirteen salaried employees, including as many as seven supervisors.
• Typically requires highly developed interpersonal skills for dealing with sensitive or controversial situations.
• Typically faces situations that have a variety of interpretations and require careful evaluation.
• Typically considers among many different options or procedures when solving problems.
• Typically progress or results of work is periodically checked.
• Has some leeway to change work procedures.

ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS -

• Under regular pressure to meet deadlines, quotas and/or must frequently deal with difficult issues related to people or situations.
• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS -

• Must be eighteen years of age
• Must pass the Drug Test
• Must pass pre-employment tests if applicable

EDUCATION REQUIRED -

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE - 2


PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS -

• Frequent periods are spent standing or sitting in the same location with some opportunity to move about; occasionally there may be a need to stoop or lift light objects (typically less than 8 pounds).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS -

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business or Computer Science is preferred.
• Nine plus years experience in Systems Development is preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES -

• Experience in project management and an understanding of standard systems environment.
• Prior experience with quality assurance, training, documentation or as a business systems liaison is helpful.
• Track record of success at implementing large scale, complex projects.
• Excellent communication skills.