Project Management Support, Senior Specialist (APP 2)

At Anser Advisory, part of Accenture, we strive and succeed by creating smart, dynamic, and professionally skilled teams to deliver extraordinary projects for our clients. You will work on interesting projects that will expand your expertise and hone your technical skills through the ability to access the most advanced technology on the market. Your successful impact will help us obtain our goal of being the nationwide go-to professional services provider. Anser provides our clients with advisory, compliance, program, and project construction management services at the highest level of dedication.

Our relationships are based on our credibility to deliver on our commitments, with unbeatable service levels to our clients which has resulted in our rapid growth, nationwide.

We are actively looking for Project Specialists to manage, coordinate, and/or support activities related to the execution of major company projects and programs. Project Specialists support Project Managers by coordinating key deliverables, activities, resources, meetings, equipment, and other information necessary for project completion, and maintaining project plans, reports, and technical documents. They also serve as a point of contact for the project team, ensuring effective communication and team coordination. Project Specialists support planning, monitoring, and management of internal projects, including complex, multi-year initiatives within and across OUs such as Finance, Regulatory, HR, Engineering, Transmission &Distribution, Legal, Customer Support, and Administrative Services as well as construction projects, infrastructure investment, and new facilities from initiation through completion. They support development of project, resource, and staffing plans, secure required resources, track and report on progress, troubleshoot issues, and ensure project results meet requirements regarding technical quality, reliability, schedule, cost, and regulatory requirements. They monitor performance and recommend schedule changes, cost adjustments, or resource additions including determining how changes will impact status, budget, and timeline. Project Specialists are assigned to a new project that could be in any OU or Function.

The primary purpose of all Project Specialist roles is to support the Project Manager through coordination of project activities, tracking and maintenance of project plans and documentation, completion of analysis, and management of work-streams or component of a large project.

Responsibilities

• Supports specific work streams or short-term projects where the number of inter-dependencies and inter-connections are moderate. Assigned activities and/or project(s) encompass a level of moderate variations but deadlines are firm.
• Accomplishes results through own efforts or through support of other team members including the Project Manager.
• Conducts analysis and provides status reports that communicate project health and potential risks/roadblocks.
• Recommends the methods, procedures, and practices for activities to the Project Manager. Interacts with Project Managers and team members. Acts as a technical resource.
• Coordinates activities that support completion of tasks necessary for project execution. Conducts analysis to support problem identification and solutions. Documents and tracks project objectives, timelines, risks, milestones, deliverables and budgets.
• Identifies issues and conflicts amongst team members and escalates to Project Manager for resolution.
• As directed, conducts analysis and prepares presentations for use in communicating facts, practices, and policies to internal contacts and team members.
• Provides input to courses of action. Assists with decisions regarding establishing and changing project direction.

Qualifications & Skills

• Education: Associate degree in applicable profession, business, or technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Work Experiences (Years): Typically possess two or more years of project support experience.
• General knowledge of project management and operational policies, procedures, and practices.
• Demonstrated experience working in a utility or contractor environment supporting capital projects.
• Demonstrated intermediate-level experience using Microsoft Office suite, including spreadsheet and presentation software tools to report out data trends and analysis.
• Demonstrated experience with applications such as SharePoint, Aconex or other document management platforms
• Demonstrated experience working across multiple disciplines, interdepartmental teams and engaging with internal and external suppliers and stakeholders.
• Ability to proactively manage time constraints, prioritize work, and resolve project related concerns through strong oral and written communication skills to effectively communicate at all levels in the organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong ethics, interpersonal skills, communication, and the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning.

Additional Responsibilities and Qualifications

• Required Education: AA in applicable profession, business, or tech discipline or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Required: Possesses two or more years of project support experience
• Preferred: Utility or construction experience
• Required: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, OneDrive, Sharepoint
• Knowledgeable in SAP and Primavera P6
• Acts as a leader
• Pursues learning opportunities
• Is willing to do what it takes to meet commitments
• Focuses on getting the details right
• Shows initiative to go above and beyond
• Good communicator, both written and verbally
• Communicates with accuracy and professionalism
• Strong interpersonal skills – will be interacting and coordinating with outside agencies, internal stakeholders, and project teams
• Good customer service track record

We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Each of us contributes to our inclusive environment in how we act, our level of commitment, our encouragement to others to share their ideas, and our everyday, outstanding teamwork to support our clients.

Simply put, our firm is better...because of the people we work with.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Anser Advisory is a drug-free workplace.

Benefits for the whole you!