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Job Description Summary

Provide timely and quality focused business analysis and assist business stakeholders and Project Managers to ensure success of project delivery. Identify improvement initiatives and solutions and manage their implementation within the business. Understand business needs and opportunities, including a good understanding of business risk and ability to perform and communicate feasibility studies. Manage work estimation and planning of analytical activities which may include team resourcing, project timeframes and scope of projects. Develop and execute plans delegated by managers through reporting and status updates. Create business cases for new or existing ventures the business is considering. Provide risk assessment and general information about impact on the business.

Job Description

This position will follow our hybrid work model; we expect the selected candidate to work 2-3 days a week at our corporate office in Saint Petersburg, FL.

Provide timely and quality-focused business analysis and assist business stakeholders and Project Managers to ensure the success of project delivery. Identify improvement initiatives and solutions, and manage their implementation within the business. Understand business needs and opportunities, including a good understanding of business risk and the ability to perform and communicate feasibility studies. Manage work estimation and planning of analytical activities, which may include team resourcing, project timeframes, and scope of projects. Develop and execute plans delegated by managers through reporting and status updates. Create business cases for new or existing ventures the business is considering. Provide risk assessment and general information about impact on the business.

Responsibilities:

+ Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level.

+ Document "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.

+ Execute a communications plan within established internal communication systems and procedures.

+ Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective working relationships for projects and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met.

+ Carry out delegated activities to support the identification and evaluation of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, as well as the design of mitigating solutions.

+ Contribute to and support feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective, and document findings.

+ Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.

+ Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work, and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.

+ Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

+ Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Skills:

+ Experience with Workday required.

+ HR systems administration experience is preferred.

+ Skills in installing, maintaining, and upgrading application software required.

+ Ability to identify, troubleshoot and escalate application problems required.

+ Experience with talent processes, including career development, talent assessment and succession planning preferred.

+ Experience with Learning concepts and methodologies is preferred.

+ Strong Microsoft Office skills to include PowerPoint, Word, and Excel is required.

+ Strong communication and collaboration skills are required.

+ Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analyzing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.

+ Applies comprehensive knowledge to act independently while providing guidance and training to others on using clear and effective verbal communications skills to express ideas, request actions and formulate plans or policies.

+ Works with full competence to shift into and out of a mental mindsets associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Works with full competence to analyze potential solutions and create recommendations based on the expected benefits, costs, and overall value of the solution for key stakeholders. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Independently supports business processes with comprehensive understanding and effective use of standard office equipment and standard software packages, while also providing guidance and training to others.

+ Works with full competence to conduct an enterprise readiness assessment to determine the organization's readiness for change. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Works with full competence to conduct gap analysis between current and future states to identify components of the overall change strategy. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.

+ Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.

+ Works with full competence to prioritize components of a project, program, or portfolio work in context with risks, activities, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on identifying, assessing, prioritizing and managing project-related risks.

+ Works with full competence to understand business context, needs, rules, and architecture, as well as organizational structure, cultures, capabilities, and processes to document the current state of processes and the business. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Works with full competence to interpret, contribute to, or lead business case creation with client departments to quantify current costs, justify project investment, and identify the return on investment. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analyzing the business requirements that IT solutions must meet.

+ Applies understanding of the business environment and objectives to develop solutions without supervision, while also providing technical assistance when necessary.

+ Works with full competence to envision and document the future state of processes and products by identifying the solution scope, potential value of the future state, and the changes to the process, products, organization infrastructure, capabilities, and technology necessary to achieve the desired future state. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Negotiates without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on how to help the organization by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.

+ Works without supervision and provides technical guidance as required on identifying, managing and controlling project-related changes.

+ Works with full competence to ensure timely and appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, archiving, and disposition of project information. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on measuring and reporting progress toward intermediate targets to make sure a project stays on track to achieve its ultimate goals.

+ Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on reviewing and creating relevant, lucid and effective reports.

+ Works with full competence to model, analyze, assess, and quantify the impact and probability of various risk scenarios and select the most appropriate course of action for the given situation. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Works with full competence to identify potential stakeholders, analyze their expectations, and develop strategies for managing stakeholders and their expectations. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

+ Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on acquiring, organizing, protecting and processing data to fulfill business objectives.

Education

Bachelor’s: Accounting, Bachelor’s: Business Administration, Bachelor’s: Data Processing

Work Experience

General Experience - 3 to 6 years

Certifications

Travel

Less than 25%

Workstyle

Hybrid

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

We expect our associates at all levels to:

• Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same

• Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes

• Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind

• Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter

• Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James – as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.