Senior Project Analyst - IT Finance and Accounting Applications

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Continue growing with our family. Our team members make it happen. If you want to continue to grow in a new role internally and see a position that looks right for you, we encourage you to apply! Thanks for your commitment to Tyson Foods.

This position provides overall project management responsibility for assigned IT projects and cost savings opportunities that contribute to business growth and efficiencies. Responsibility also includes providing project management support to existing systems-related efforts. Leadership skills in working with a cross-functional team through roadblocks and issues that would impede progress are required. Demonstrated ability to influence within IT and across business areas and effectively coordinate external and internal resources is needed along with a project management track record leading and delivering various size IT projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES:


Assist in planning and/or implementation of IT Finance projects.

May have to participate in the design and or testing phases as SME. Facilitate the definition of project mission, goals, tasks, and resource requirements, including budget management.

Resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within or between projects or functional areas.

Develop methods to monitor project or area progress and provide corrective supervision, if necessary.

Manage project budget and resource allocation.

Develop and maintain detailed project plan and charter.

Responsible for successful completion of all deliverables of the project. Effectively manage vendors, including reviewing billings and ensuring integrity of their deliverables.

Facilitate the definition of acceptability criteria with the project customer users of the solution.

Guide and oversee all members of the project team in the planning and execution of their tasks.

Work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes.

Follow defined agreed upon project management methodologies, approaches, and processes.

Report project status and issues on a regular basis to the Steering Committee and IT leadership.

Define project tasks by utilizing standard templates from our library based on project methodology

Verify that resources are supplied to the project and staffed accordingly.

Collaborate with reviewers of stage/gates to ensure that the required deliverables of each gate are validated by the reviewers and the gate-level decisions.

Enable tasks for the filling of timecard details and review hours captured by the project resources

Review labor variances and other project status reports to ensure smooth execution of the project phase activities.

Post project status, risks, issues, lessons learned, etc. for team members or any specific recipients.


REQUIREMENTS:

Education: BA or BS degree in computer science, mathematics, operations management or other related discipline.

Experience:


3 plus years of proven experience as a project manager with emphasis on IT projects.

Experience with wide-ranging information technology service and business processes

Must demonstrate the ability to schedule and manage resource capacity required of medium and large cross-functional projects spanning multiple IT groups 500 - 50000 hours

Ability to effectively communicate both written and verbally and the ability to tailor messaging to different levels within the organization.

Demonstrated success delivering projects on time, while meeting requirements and with high customer and team satisfaction.

Utilize multiple project methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, SAFe.


Computer Skills: Advanced understanding of Microsoft Office tools, including MS Project

Communication Skills: Must exhibit strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to tailor messaging to the different levels of the organization

Preferred Qualifications:


Formal certification in Project Management from PMI or equivalent Project Management Association a plus.

Experience with a portfolio management software (Planisware, Clarity, etc.)

Strong financial, procurement and supply chain acumen

Strong experience with Procure to Pay/Source to Pay and Cost Accounting processes and strategies

Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels of the organization

Excellent leadership and people skills

Experience with SAP S/4 FI/CO and BI/BW and Power BI Reporting tools and understanding of SaaS solution implementation approaches in the financial and procurement spaces. Knowledge of AWS, GCP and Azure Cloud tools is a plus


Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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