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Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage with critical mass and top-notch talent in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. Baker Tilly is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 148 territories, with 36,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $4.0 billion.
Responsibilities
- Understands project management responsibility for all workstreams, deliverables, timescales and budgets
- Helps support internal consultancy and technical teams along with external suppliers and client teams to deliver the project to agreed time, cost and scope
- Develops detailed project plans, utilising both internal resources and external partners, and manages the project in terms of cost and duration – tracks resource utilisation and adapts the project plan accordingly
- Translates technical, business, and functional requirements into project tasks - manages all tasks, timetables, budgets and project deliverables
- Proactively identifies risks to the project delivery and proposes actions to mitigate - flags problems early and works with the teams within the project to get these resolved, escalating where necessary
- Provides quality control across the full project lifecycle
- Responsible for implementing an effective PMO structure, aligned to the needs of the project - develops and delivers an effective suite of project reports, including status updates, RAID Log and resource tracking
- Provides regular and concise updates to the project leadership, sponsors and Steering Committee, clearly calling out risks and decisions required
- Develops a communication plan to support each phase of the project, tailored to different stakeholder groups
- Organises effective workshops with internal and external parties
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Management/Computer Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering or related program
- One (1) or more years of related experience in external consulting experience with a large consulting firm, including design and implementation of ERP or similar solutions
- Experience of delivering medium to large ERP Projects
- Highly organized with excellent planning and project management skills
- Experienced in co-ordinating diverse project teams, comprised of both internal resources and external partners
- Ideally experience of co-ordinating teams across multiple countries
- Able to positively influence others and to break down silos
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with resilience to overcome challenges
- Great communication skills, both written and verbal - able to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
- Able to solve problems and identify the key issues in complex situations
- Brings energy and focus to the team - able to identify priorities, control scope and keep the project team centred on the critical tasks
- Excellent relationship management and influencing skills
Many of Baker Tilly’s roles have the opportunity to work remotely. Please discuss with your talent acquisition professional to understand the requirements for an opportunity you are exploring.
Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law.
