Enterprise Resource Planning Project Management Consulting Associate - Summer 2024

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM.

We are looking for a client-facing engagement PMO Associate to join our Business Risk Consulting practice. You will be working with RSM consultants and clients, utilizing your project management knowledge, expertise, and talent to provide planning, organization, and oversight for multiple types of engagements.​

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The project management Associate will work with team members to monitor project status, timeline, and budget, with a specific focus on increased client satisfaction, improved delivery, better implementation practices, and growing project profitability. At times, you may be asked to conduct additional tasks, like attending meetings to help take notes, reviewing reports, helping with proposals, managing internal scheduling changes, supporting billing and invoicing, etc.​

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In this role, you will get experience with a wide variety of risk advisory projects ranging from ERP Risk & Automation Services efforts. This kind of broad risk advisory consulting exposure will allow for multiple career paths at RSM.​

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Responsibilities Include:​

• Work individually or as part of a team to provide project execution on client engagements​

• Contribute to strong internal RSM relationships and clients through positive support and sound expertise​

• Utilizing proven tools and techniques, execute project deliverables in a manner consistent with our clients’ business objectives​

• Coordinate project development from beginning to end​

• Develop project plans and associated communication documents​

• Identify and track project issues, providing regular status updates until resolved​

• Serve as an escalation point to team members, facilitating prompt and appropriate responses to identified issues and risks​

• Effectively and regularly, communicate project expectations to internal consultants and clients in a timely and clear fashion​

• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team​

• Identify and coordinate project dependencies and critical path items​

• Proactively coordinate changes in project scope, identify potential out-of-scope activities, and support the engagement lead develop contingency plans​

• Conduct project post-mortems and create a recommendation to help improve project management processes​

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Basic Requirements:​

• Bachelor's degree in business, technology or related business field of study​

• Project coordination experience​

• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential​

• Ability to multitask and manage intake with lots of priorities ​

• Demonstrated success using enterprise project management software, project planning tools like Microsoft Project, Excel and other Microsoft office products​

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Plus:​

• PMI Member​

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Qualifications:​

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills​

• Ability to travel as needed (est. 10 - 20%)

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people.  We support and inspire you to prioritize your wellbeing by delivering personalized, holistic programming for your physical, emotional, financial and community wellbeing. RSM has a generous time off policy with at least 14 paid holidays, wellbeing days and associate and above access to self-managed time off.  We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients.  Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/working-at-rsm/benefits.

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