Friday, October 5, 2012

[itroundtable] Digest Number 2850

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Digest #2850

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Thu Oct 4, 2012 8:22 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"john sampson" jcsspike



john--please share with the group --thanks --rate is 75hr
 
Ralph Clark
Ralph Clark Associates
(732) 446-7227
rclark@ralphclarkassociates.com
 
Ralph,
 
We just received approval for an application development project. The team will be comprised of client resources and resources from our near-shore development firm in Columbia. We need a solid PM to manage the project. The client wants to start next week but we are trying to push them off to October 1.
 
The client is in the Philadelphia area. The project is about 4 ½ calendar months. The time will average about 16 to 20 hours per week split between client site and working from their home office. Jaime (copied) can supply more information. Here are some skills / requirements to get you started.
 
ü  Strong project management experience on software development projects
ü  Disciplined and structured on project activities execution
ü  Specific experience with iterative/agile development methodologies
ü  Specific experience managing teams comprised of resources on different international locations
ü  Strong communication skills
ü  English/Spanish bilingual skills would be ideal
ü  Technical background would be ideal (.net, C#)
 
 

MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Date

Oct 2nd - Tues - Recruiter Night Out Dinner Mtg - Joe Gadino - Moderator SAP America: Rick Kilcoyne - Carter MacKenzie Select: Pat Jones - UPS: Janelle Razzino - Razzino Associates:
Mark Cohen - Mark Cohen & Company Exec Search

Thu Oct 4, 2012 12:26 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Joseph" joesonline

My name is Narender and I'm a recruiter at Artech, a global staffing and IT consulting company. We are constantly on the look out for professionals to fulfill the staffing needs of our clients, and we currently have a job opening that may interest you. Below is a summary of the position.

Job Title: Project Manager (Application and Data) - III (Business Analyst/Project Management Roles)

Location: RARITAN, NJ
Duration: 15+ months

Job Description:

Title: Project Manager (Application and Data) - III (Business Analyst/Project Management Roles)

Description:

Senior project manager with Security project experience - particularly with global projects involving network threat management configuration systems, client and domain controller/server systems, and fraud protection services for pharmaceutical, regulated environments.

Takes responsibility for the definition, documentation and execution of the project, actively leading the team in all Phases of the project life-cycle. Directs others in their tasks as appropriate. Identifies and organizes the required Client resources for the project: assigning and communicating personal and team responsibilities, ensuring business goals are understood and achieved; Negotiates team member assignments with resource managers.

Responsible to drive consensus between Sr. Stakeholders with sometimes conflicting priorities. Works to provide the project team with guidance on deliverable while prudently working to drive scope as well as project resources to finalization. Actively leads and motivates the project teams in accomplishing project scope. Makes project team collaboration a focus point in the project and actively manages the team to ensure collaboration between all team members, IT and IT partner associates. Efficient and comfortable communicating with partner and business stakeholders and Sr. Business Leaders. Engages all levels of IT and business partners as required to drive issues to resolution, escalates prudently and early.

Effectively estimates costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful delivery of the assigned phases of the project to an agreed scope. Creates and tracks Capital and Expense budget for assigned projects. Creates Capital Requests. Ensures that realistic project and quality plans are prepared, including: resource allocation for staff engaged on more than one project; inter-project dependencies; Architecture alignment, make recommendations/decisions on technical options as appropriate.

Tracks all activities against the plan, monitors costs, timescales and resources used, and takes decisive action where these deviate from agreed tolerances; accountable to meeting project milestones and quality. Provides regular and accurate reports to senior project stakeholders, portfolio managers and Sr. Business leaders or IT executives as required.

Identifies, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project, as well as risks to achieving the overall business goals. Including the provision and use of contingency for those risks which are to be managed. Actively engages Sr. project sponsors in risk mitigation. Agrees and operates an appropriate procedure for the management of Issues

Leads the team to: shape its individual members into a fully integrated and motivated team; develop a clear engagement to the project from all Business Partners and stakeholders, with commitment to their individual and group responsibilities. Focus on process improvement as an essential and integral part of the project life-cycle.

Follows SDLC project process framework in project execution for all assigned projects; Utilize Clarity weekly for project status updates & time tracking; Represent project status in portfolio meetings; Follow all established procedures for document storage; Adhere to all Compliance and/or Sox related procedures where applicable

Additional: Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration; a technical degree; or related field. Minimum 8 years of Project Management Experience and 5 years IT experience is required. IT project management, experience leading large, complex, cross-functional projects with multiple interfaces is required. Experience in or the proven ability to adhere to a PMLC / SDLC methodology. Project certifications are a plus. (i.e; PMP, CPM, Project A+, Prince2, etc..). Subject matter expertise in the area of Security & Quality and Compliance (compliance management, SOx, GxP, CAPA, Process Excellence) a plus.

If you believe you're qualified for this position and are currently in the job market or interested in making a change, please give me a call as soon as possible at (973) 967-3414.

You may respond to me via email but please be sure to include your direct phone number so I can reach out to you quickly. In considering candidates for our various positions, time is of the essence and we are committed to responding to our clients promptly.

If you have not worked with Artech in the past and would like to know more about our company and what to expect when applying for a job with us, click on our FAQs or Get Started! page for a step-by-step explanation of our hiring process.

Best Regards,

Narender Singh
(973) 967-3414
Narender_Singh@artechinfo.com

About Artech
Artech is an employer-of-choice for over 5,000 consultants across the globe. We recruit top-notch talent for over 50 Fortune 500 companies coast-to-coast across the US, India, China and Mexico. We are one of the fastest-growing companies in the US, and this may be your opportunity to join us!

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Fri Oct 5, 2012 7:10 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"john sampson" jcsspike

Hello,

      Do you have experience in SOX.? This
experience is relevant to one of my current openings.

It is located in Brooklyn, NY.

Approximate contract length is 5+ months

Rate: 46/hr

Duties:
Purpose:
Assess and support financial process development and discipline across
Finance to create standardization and consistency of financial
procedures and tasks to mitigate financial risk and improved
efficiencies for National Grid.
Key Requirement:
Perform controls within US NG standards, working within SOX scope.
Deliver high quality documentation on schedule, within budgeted time.
Travel to multiple NG locations is required â€" (Tri-State, Long Island,
Up State NY, Mass, NJ, RI, and any other NG locations as needed).
Other Potential Responsibilities:
Provide support within the Financial Services area to grow core
capabilities surrounding documentation, review and recordkeeping of
financial transactions.
Challenge existing ways of working and continuously seek ways to do
things better and implement those ways into the financial processes in
order to drive greater efficiencies within the financial controls
area.
development and communication of financial processes across Financial
Services and the Lines of Business to enhance process owners
understanding and ownership of process design and controls.
Work with management to align financial risk assessments and control
procedures and to translate them into well defined processes and
procedures in order to support compliance and ongoing innovation
within National Grid.
Assist in translating business objectives into clearly defined
financial processes, policies and procedures to create awareness of
best practices and drive standardization of processes to maximize
internal control effectiveness and efficiency.
Provide insight and prepare control recommendations to management
concerning process improvement opportunities.

Skills:
Capability Requirements:
Analytical Thinking: Sees multiple relationships within the Financial
processes, identifying several likely causes or consequences of a
situation.
Conceptual Thinking: Ability to see patterns or trends in the
financial processes, notices when something is similar to a past
situation.
Impact and Influence: Adapts approach for individuals, team, business
partners, senior management, etc., considers what is important to the
audience and tailors the content and tone of the message accordingly..

Thanks again.

Charles

Axelon Services Corporation
44 Wall Street, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10005
Phone: (212) 306-0100 or (877) 711-8700

charles.cameron@axelon.com

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