Project Analyst

Project Analyst Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Project Analyst to work on a 24-month contract, Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. This role requires being onsite 100% in Audubon, PA.

The successful candidate will be responsible for meeting individual objectives outlined by the Divisional Portfolio Manager. Our client has custom corporate processes and tools for capital projects that are subject to funding and financial planning guidelines, including an annual audit. The Project Analyst will work closely with the Project Manager and subject matter experts to comply with the corporate process and apply industry standards and best practice Project Management methodologies (e.g., PMI PMBOK).

The Project Analyst is a key component of each project's Project Leadership Team (PLT). This role provides project management tools and process support to monitor project status and progress, increase chances of successful planning, management, and delivery of individual projects and programs. Heavy participation in early project life cycle planning and coordinating future project activities to ensure that interim milestones and major goals are achievable within prescribed budgets, constrained resources, time frames, and other parameters. Participate in delivering business case and project charter reviews with senior leadership early in project life cycles to baseline project scope-schedule-costs and receive funding.

The Project Analyst will be assigned to a common grouping of projects and/or programs that roll up to a divisional capital portfolio. Most projects are IT and/or Cyber Security in nature. Project drivers range from strategic corporate objectives, to compliance requirements, to various hardware and software lifecycle projects that support business continuity and business value delivery.

The Project Analyst will perform other project management activities to ensure the accuracy, quality, and integrity of the project scope-schedule-cost information.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support Program and Project Managers in achieving program and project objectives.
• Assist in reviewing project proposals or plans to determine time frame and procedures for accomplishing projects.
• Create project work breakdown structures, highlighting critical paths, and phases as applicable.
• Perform project close-out activities as needed, collecting and analyzing feedback and lessons learned documentation.
• Confer with Project Manager to understand project management work plan, accept separation of duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• Be familiar with established project scope, deliverables, milestones, and required tasks.
• Prepare custom status reports for PLTs.
• Adhere to standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
• Confer with Project Manager to provide advice and problem-solving.
• Coordinate requests for changes to baseline scope-schedule-budgets using established standards and forms.
• Easily access and share information with staff and/or customers.
• Work diligently to ensure the quality of Project Analyst work product, including financial cost calculations, and variance to baseline explanations.
• Maintain close contact with key customer representatives to ensure solutions meet their expectations and provide valuable information-sharing capabilities.
• Work closely with the PLTs and divisional leadership to understand and prioritize business goals and information needs.

Required Experience & Skills:

• MBA or Engineering Degree preferred.
• PMP certified a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• 5 years' experience with MS Project / MS Project Server (version 2013 or higher).
• 5 years' experience with MS Excel (pivot tables & 'VLOOKUP' formulas).
• 5 years' experience with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint) in a project management environment.
• 5 years' experience in large-scale IT Projects preferred (HW and/or SW; >6 month projects; >$1M budgets).
• 1 years' experience with procurement, competitive bidding, RFIs/RFPs, and SOWs.
• Must understand the difference between Capital and Expense costs/budgets.