Project Implementation Manager

Job Description

Title:

Project Implementation Manager

Location:

Remote

Citizenship/Clearance Requirement:

Possess or be able to obtain a favorable adjudication from a government background investigation at the Secret clearance level.

Our client is seeking a Project Implementation Manager with Excel, Microsoft Access, and Visual Basic programming skills to provide support for a high-profile Washington, D.C. federal agency. This role entails providing operational and service delivery support for network-based data and voice services that encompass financial and business analysis, report customization using Excel, Access, and VBA, ordering consultation, inventory management, and operational process improvement. This position requires a working knowledge of financial analysis and reporting, but not advanced studies in finance.

Task work includes:

1. Providing basic financial support for enterprise telecommunications service offerings.
2. Vendor financial management to include auditing service provider invoices.
3. High-level financial reporting.
4. Maintaining inventory of service requirements for budgeting and invoice validation.
5. Evaluation of vendor price proposals.
6. Internal cost recovery of services.
7. Investigating operational business and financial issues and proposing solutions.
8. Responding to customer pricing requests, adding value by identifying optimal configuration options.
9. Documenting processes and procedures and analyzing them for improvement.
10. Developing advanced Excel-based spreadsheets and manipulating them to effectively manage data sets.
11. Customizing and generating reports in response to ad-hoc queries using Microsoft Access and Visual Basic.
12. Serving as the key telecommunication services data analytics expert on the team.

As a full-time employee, you will be part of a successful company delivering and supporting mission-critical solutions for government customers. The role requires interfacing with customer liaisons, business operations staff, technical team members, vendors, and company leadership. This position seeks a candidate who is proactive, has a passion for surpassing customer expectations, and demonstrated success working independently with minimal supervision.

Primary areas of responsibility:

1. Assist in the development, analysis, and maintenance of integrated project schedules, risk registers, issue management, and decision logs.
2. Manage projects, tasks, and schedules, as directed.
3. Oversee financial and accounting processes and procedures related to project activities.
4. Review financial aspects of business cases, contracts, procurements, billing, and management updates.
5. Prepare and facilitate communications, organize formal meetings for projects, and develop briefings for various stakeholders including senior management.
6. Maintain and administer project quality management plans for compliance with Department project management standards, practices, and methods.
7. Review OCIO Contractor status reports and completion of other project management activities.

Position Requirements:

1. Bachelors Degree.
2. Minimum 15 years of professional experience in the IT industry.
3. Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in an enterprise-class environment.
4. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including the ability to understand, develop, and enhance Excel VBA macros, work with pivot tables, and navigate complex spreadsheets.
5. Proficiency with Microsoft Access and Visual Basic.
6. Working knowledge of databases, including the ability to use SQL and create tables via queries.
7. General knowledge of IP data and voice communications.
8. Demonstrated analytical, research, and quantitative abilities.
9. Knowledge of business analysis methods and tools.
10. Effective written and oral communication skills.
11. Solid planning and organizational abilities.
12. Critical and creative thinker with strong attention to detail.
13. Able to produce professional work products using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
14. U.S. citizenship; possess or be able to obtain a favorable adjudication from a government background investigation at the Secret clearance level.
15. Although the role is entirely remote, preference will be given to anyone living within the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) region.

Desirable Experience:

1. Prior work in a federal government environment.
2. Experience working for or with a telecommunication service provider on network-based services.
3. Familiarity with government financial processes, OMB reporting, etc.

Arena Technical Resources, LLC, (ATR) is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) who will provide equal employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family structure, genetic information, or mental or physical disability.

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