Project Analyst

Are you interested in a flexible work environment, the opportunity to grow and share your unique potential every day, a place that offers a holistic approach to your wellbeing, an environment that encourages volunteering, and a company with a culture where celebrating yours and our clients’ success is just part of what we do? Well, you’ve come to the right place. We have an opening as a Project Analyst and you may just be the perfect person. Check out the requirements and apply!

We are looking to add a Project Analyst to join our Strategy team in Waukee. Candidates thrive in our environment when they harness their collaborative mindset, strong interpersonal communication skills, and a love of learning.

This role will assist with projects to be successfully completed within deadlines and budget. This includes project planning, process analysis, requirements elicitation, schedule management, quality, and communication.

Duties:

• Schedule Management: Create schedules, manage resource and capacity planning to drive project towards timely completion.
• Resource Management: Design, development, and implementation of work plans to determine the required tasks and resources for small to medium sized projects spanning multiple business units. Organize, facilitate, and lead teams towards successful project completion.
• Integration Management: Demonstrate competency in coordinating all aspects of small to medium sized projects involving multiple disciplines; coordinate projects with other on-going efforts.
• Financial Management: Monitor project progress and anticipated total spend against budget and ROI where appropriate.
• Risk Management: Identify and anticipate risks and issues; facilitate resolution, mitigation, and appropriate escalation.
• Vendor Management: Communicate and manage work with third-party vendors to meet project requirements.
• Stakeholder Management: Identify all stakeholders impacted by the project, managing their expectations and project involvement as needed.
• Quality Management: Ensure quality standards are defined, monitored, and met throughout the project. Coordinate and assist in user acceptance testing, if needed
• Communication Management: Ensure all key stakeholders are kept informed of project issues, obstacles and progress, including status reporting. Conduct post project reviews and communicate lessons learned.
• Scope Management: Partners with business and other areas such as IT, Marketing and HR to manage scope of projects. Manages reductions and additions to scope through an established change management process to ensure right work is done to complete the project.
• Business Analysis: Ability to facilitate requirements sessions to gather, analyze, and document business requirements from stakeholders. Collaborate with IT and other departments to ensure business needs are met through appropriate technology solutions. Ability to serve as a liaison between end users and software development teams, including functioning as a subject matter expert (SME) in translating requirements to technical teams.
• Process Analysis: Develop and maintain detailed process maps and documentation. Analyze existing business processes to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
• Performs special projects and other duties as requested.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to manage small to medium sized projects.
• Ability to demonstrate professional maturity.
• Excellent client facing skills.
• Knowledge of work planning (using such tools as MS Project).
• Ability to foster motivation within the project team to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to manage the scope change process and issue identification/resolution with all stakeholders.
• Ability to monitor and communicate status to leadership. Communicate and incorporate feedback from clients.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to prioritize task efficiently and effectively.
• Capable of exercising discretion and independent judgment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to remain calm and professional during peak periods of inquiries.
• Must be knowledgeable of and comply with HMA’s Client Privacy Policy, HIPAA regulations and E&O procedures and policies.
• Ability and willingness to pursue relevant designations and/or continuing education, as appropriate.
• Must be knowledgeable of and comply with HMA's Client Privacy Policy, HIPAA regulations and E&O procedures and policies.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Associates degree in Information Technology or Business preferred
• Experience: 1-2 years of experience in project management. IT experience is preferred but not required. Experience in both waterfall and agile environments is helpful.
  
  

Benefits: In addition to core benefits like health, dental and vision, also enjoy benefits such as:

• Paid Parental Leave and supportive New Parent Benefits — We know being a working parent is hard, and we want to support our employees in this journey!
• Company paid continuing Education & Tuition Reimbursement — We support those who want to develop and grow.
• 401k Profit Sharing — Each year, Holmes Murphy makes a lump sum contribution to every full-time employee’s 401k. This means, even if you’re not in a position to set money aside for the future at any point in time, Holmes Murphy will do it on your behalf! We are forward-thinking and want to be sure your future is cared for.
• Generous time off practices in addition to paid holidays — Yes, we actually encourage employees to use their time off, and they do. After all, you can’t be at your best for our clients if you’re not at your best for yourself first.
• Supportive of community efforts with paid Volunteer time off and employee matching gifts to charities that are important to you — Through our Holmes Murphy Foundation, we offer several vehicles where you can make an impact and care for those around you.
• DE&I programs — Holmes Murphy is committed to celebrating every employee’s unique diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) experience with us. Not only do we offer all employees a paid Diversity Day time off option, but we also have a Chief Diversity Officer on hand, as well as a DE&I project team, committee, and interest group. You will have the opportunity to take part in those if you wish!
• Consistent merit increase and promotion opportunities — Annually, employees are reviewed for merit increases and promotion opportunities because we believe growth is important — not only with your financial wellbeing, but also your career wellbeing.
• Discretionary bonus opportunity — Yes, there is an annual opportunity to make more money. Who doesn’t love that?!
  
  

Holmes Murphy & Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer.