Technical Analyst

**Description**

Our Client is seeking a Technical Project Analyst resource to work with various functional leads from Business and Technology to develop/maintain an IPP (Microsoft Project GANTT) to track/progress activities for an ERP transformation project. The Technical Project Analyst will ensure that all standard procedures and systems for project planning and scheduling are followed. The Technical Project Analyst will be responsible to ensure that proper Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and resources are integrated into the project schedule. The Technical Project Analyst will help identify and build dependencies into the IPP for all work activities so a cohesive project plan can be followed by all parties and critical path activities can be identified. The Technical Project Analyst will be responsible to manage and communicate any changes to the project schedule and provide regular maintenance on the IPP schedule to support regular project/portfolio reporting requirements.

**Skills**
- MS Project, UAT, SQL, SSRS, SSIS, JIRA, ERP/SAP

**Type**
- Contract

**Experience Required/Mandatory Skills**
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience and proficiency in MS Project Professional Software. (5+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience working with and configuring Project Server in an enterprise environment. (3+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience working closely with business clients and business areas to plan work activities related to the project. (5+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience working on complex projects spanning multiple business areas, business processes and technical environments. (5+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience working with and coordinating work with various vendors, external third parties and project management resources to create and maintain a master program schedule. (5+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience in planning and scheduling tasks, the ability to identify challenges to the project schedule and recommend plans to mitigate risks on schedule delay and/or to put the project back on schedule. (5+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience in what-if scheduling analysis to provide alternative options, and the ability to assess impacts and mitigation of certain events. (5+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience with risk management, issues management and change management. (5+ years)

**Nice To Have Skills**
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience with facilitating project progress update gathering sessions and identifying/documenting any potential project schedule delays to the project schedule. (3+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience with consulting with project managers, project leads and technical experts to create and set up assignments, tasks and subtasks. (3+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience with preparing project progress reports. (3+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience in meeting with and keeping all stakeholders up to date and informed of project timelines and deadlines. (3+ years)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience with ERP solutions or implementations preferably SAP solution. (1+ year)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience in the stages of the System Software Development Lifecycle, (1+ year)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience with User Acceptance Testing processes on large, complex and multi-stakeholder environments. (1+ year)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience working in SQL and leveraging information to answer business questions through data analysis. (1+ year)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience creating SSRS reports and SSIS integration packages for project reporting purposes. (1+ year)
- The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience with Jira and test tracking tools. (1+ year)

**Location**
- Edmonton/Remote

**Work Environment**
- 1 year with 1 possible 6-month extension

**Hourly Rate**
- Negotiable