The State Accounting Office (SAO) provides accounting and financial reporting expertise for the State and is responsible for statewide financial reporting, oversight and management of the Stateâs ERP system (Peoplesoft), accounting policy business process improvement recommendations, and management of the SAO Shared Service Center.
Position Description:
Under broad supervision, manages projects through the full life cycle from project definition and approval through implementation and evaluation of all project deliverables. Incumbents must create a collaborative partnership with the all internal and external team members to accomplish the deliverables within the timeframes and budgets defined. Provides guidance to the project team and utilizes standard project management methodology.
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Directs and develops, communicates and monitors quality assurance and testing project work plans and schedules for the application software development
- Supervises, monitors and develops systems project tasks and schedules for system development, maintenance or enhancement
- Tracks and controls project resources and staffing
- Creates reports on status of agency information security programs and projects.
- Directs subordinate supervisors and staff
- Manages human resource and employee relation functions
- Will manage large numbers of agency staff or have large scope of responsibility within agency.
- Analyzes trends to anticipate and adapt to changes
- Assesses and manages project risks, analyzes critical paths and establishes work breakdown structures
- Follows established project criteria and procedures for project activities, ensuring that priorities, objectives, and activities are consistent with agency and entity goals
- May manage internal projects or sub-projects of larger projects
- Serves as principal focal point for project implementation by coordinating and managing multiple complex project activities following widely recognized industry standards for the formulation and completion of work in the area of project management
- Follows widely recognized industry standards for the formulation and completion of work in the area of project management
Preferred Qualifications:
- PMP Certified
- Solid understanding of System Development Life Cycle
- Skilled with using Microsoft Project, Outlook, Visio, and the Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Skilled at conflict resolution
- Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate to management, business, and technical personnel
- State employee work experience
- PeopleSoft work experience
- Accounting work experience
NOTE: The State Accounting Office conducts background checks on all final candidates. Hiring of applicants is contingent upon satisfactory results of criminal background\records check, employment and education verification, employment reference checks, credit evaluation and professional license checks (where applicable).
Because of the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification. This posting may close at any time prior to the published closing date, once a suitable applicant pool is identified.
The State Accounting Office is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited college or university AND Five years of recent relevant project management experience, with a progression in responsibility AND eligibility to sit for Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
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