Senior Associate, Tax - Project Management

Responsibilities

• Support client engagement teams and other stakeholders in the initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of complex engagements including but is not limited to monitoring project progress, managing changes to project scope, schedule, budget, tracking key performance indicators and creating reports and presentations to be delivered to relevant clients and/or stakeholders
• Utilize and ensure project adherence to our practice’s standard project management processes and tools to manage project teams across the entire project life cycle; comply with all engagement reporting requirements; serve as an advocate of project management principles and standards
• Collaborate with project team to create a project charter, build and maintain project execution plan and some or all of the following: scope, schedule, budget, approach, assumptions, deliverable definitions and communication plan
• Identify and manage project risk factors and identify and resolve project issues; escalate issues as appropriate
• Manage internal and client-facing meetings by creating agendas with clear objectives/roles/time allocations, facilitating the call/meeting, taking notes of decisions and action items

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of recent experience in project management in a professional services environment with skills such as business modeling, management consulting, organizational development, process improvement, Tax, strategy and operations are a plus
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university
• CAPM or PMP certification preferred; Advanced degree or related license is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to execute and successfully achieve objectives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with aggressive timelines
• Excellent organizational, presentation, communication, meeting facilitation skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, supervisory skills and the ability to work effectively with project team members, project sponsors, functional leads, senior management and clients
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook, required, experience with Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Project highly desired
• Willing and able to travel; highly likely that travel requirements will be under 10% of time - individual should be comfortable with travel as needed