$50-65K

Fantastic opportunity with a progressive and growing company!

On-site with customers up to 100% of time.

Main contribution is the delivery of billable, assessment and advisory services with proficient-level knowledge for all Company product family lines. Primarily charged with Planning, Assessing and Design activities. This requires excellent time management and business communication skills. Ideally, possessing a risk assessment and control design background and is familiar with internal audit and business excellence functions. Exposure to working on projects linked to compliance mandates is highly desired.

In addition to having a strong emphasis with the delivery of assessment and advisory services, there is a need for the Consultant to highly regard the development of the unit and its corresponding team members. Being able to advise product consultant and contribute to the expanding Company Knowledgebase is key.

Role:
• Assists in creating proposals and estimates as required.
• Understands and decomposes the Functional requirements of controls and determine the best approach.
• Understands and assures that the customer is aware of all Technical requirements.
• Assists customers with the installation of all Company software products.
• Assists customers prepare for software installation and requirements for implementing controls within their systems.
• Constructs using Company's products the controls specified in the project plan.
• Tests all controls developed using customer supplied data or customer developed data.
• Assists customers to integrate our solutions into their production systems.
• Ensures that project is delivering required business benefits.
• Assists in building value propositions from the work being performed.
• Author application briefs for each engagement
• Author case study for each engagement
• Author white paper/case study for all reference customer
• Builds excellent relationships with the Customer and delivers value.
• Provides timely input to billing for accounting for all hours.
• Completes weekly expense reports promptly.
• Controls expenses consistent with guidelines, budgets and ratios.
• Assists in the recruiting, hiring and training of new team members as requested.
• Participates in internal training programs.
• Provides customer input for enhancements and new product/services ideas.

Desired Skills:
• Undergraduate or graduate degree in a computer science, MIS or business program
• 3-5 years professional consulting experience
• Mastery in business analysis, project management and requirements gathering
• Basic understanding of JAVA programming, SQL, UNIX, Database (Orace/DB2/MS SQL)
• Basic familiarity with Application server
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products
• Experience in software implementation
• Risk Management, Compliance Management Knowledge

Contact information:
Gina Gomulka
gina@nextstepsystems.com
Next Step Systems
www.nextstepsystems.com

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