Jobs in New Zealand

The Project Analyst is responsible for driving the successful delivery of minor project(s) or enhancement(s) to meet the end users' business objectives. He/She ensures the project is well planned, on-track, resolves issues immediately and mitigates any potential risks early to avoid project failure. He/She works in collaboration and co-ordinates with business users, internal and external teams to ensure project is successfully completed within budget & scope, on time and with quality. He/She works under supervision, and provides regular progress update to key stakeholders and management, and escalate issues for resolution in a timely manner. He/She also participates in annual workplanning and assists in estimation of budget for new demands.

He/she possess competent project management skills to develop and manage project plans, timelines, scope, budgets, resources, deliverables, and perform issue management and risk management, in a structured and methodological approach. He/She is a keen learner, a good communicator and a strong team player. He/She is adaptable to change in an agile and volatile environment while taking ownership and deliver works with integrity.

• Plan and perform the required procurement activities, including seeking approval of project scope and funding from the respective approving authority
• Lead or support the project team (including users, external teams and vendors) in driving the project to meet its objectives
• Lead or support the project team in implementing the project with quality, in accordance to the agreed scope, budget and timeline
• Develop and maintain the Project Management Plan which includes the project scope, project objectives, assumptions, critical success factors, project governance structure, contract/vendor management, high level project schedule, deliverables, budget, risks, communication plan, issue management etc.
• Perform timely update to stakeholders on project progress, issues, risks, resources and budgets.
• Perform timely update to project documentation, conduct project closure and handover to Service Operation for maintenance support
• Track and monitor the project financial health, including budget utilization and cashflow
• Oversee and manage the development of detailed requirements and deliverables as agreed within the scope of the project
• Manage and track issues/arising from scope creep or missing scope
• Implement a change control procedure on requirements and perform impact assessment to budget, resource & schedule when there is change of scope
• Ensure any change in scope is well documented and impact assessment is approved by the user workgroup/project steering commitee/project sponsor prior to implementation

• Degree in computer science or equivalent
• 10 years of relevant IT experience especially in the area of large scale application projects implementation
• Strong program and project management skills in medium to large scale projects
• Possess experience in sizing up application architecture in support for bids
• Possess prior experience in managing systems operations
• 4 to 6 years of technical hands-on knowledge in earlier working years as a server administrator
• Excellent skill to manage multiple stakeholders including users, senior management
• Have interest to do project budgeting, procurement and financing work