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Sidley Austin LLP · 1 day ago

IT Portfolio Analyst

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$85K/yr - $100K/yr

2+ years exp

Sidley Austin LLP is a professional services firm seeking an IT Portfolio Analyst to support decision-making regarding data solutions. The role involves analyzing business needs, creating project roadmaps, and managing the lifecycle of assigned products within the Accounting and Finance Management area.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partner with business stakeholders to understand and prioritize their needs, creating a roadmap of projects for their assigned area

Transform and analyze business user needs into the necessary documentation (requirements, use cases, traceability matrix, design documentation, test scripts)

Answer an array of specific 'How-To' questions related to applications in portfolio

Monitor and perform work related to incoming requests from business stakeholders for changes, updates, and other technical issues

Seek input of user experience and document current procedures and processes to determine potential improvements to their assigned products

Stay abreast of best practices being done at other firms and technology developments that may affect the areas. Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders and the IT Portfolio Managers to influence the technology decisions for the areas based on this knowledge

Analyze and consolidate all perspectives on the project – business needs, requirements, user experience, security, training, risk, time, cost, technology architecture, procurement/vendor management, operational considerations, etc. – to help the Firm reach the best technology decisions

Manage the lifecycle of their assigned products, from inception to implementation, throughout production until retirement / upgrade

Gather business requirements from project stakeholders to further define the goals and objectives

Coordinate the design, development and testing efforts for projects

Participate in process enhancement efforts, including liaison within the IT team and business users, helping develop specifications, testing and validation

Drive projects and business teams toward achieving intended business results within a specified time and budget

Perform risk analyses to identify and resolve critical path issues

Prepare and analyze program/project related data

Review and report on program/project status

Prepare materials for briefings and presentations to large size groups of key decision makers at the executive level

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Accounting applicationsDatabase administrationFunctional Specification documentsMS Office proficiencySoftware Development Life CycleProject Management experienceAnalytical skillsInterpersonal communicationOrganizational skillsProblem solving

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience

Proficiency with MS Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Experience with creating and maintaining Functional and Technical Specification documents, wireframe mockups/diagrams, test cases/plans, and defect/bug fix management

Experience with Accounting or Finance applications, or related business areas

Experience with database administration or relational databases and tables

Strong organizational skills

Strong attention to detail

Good judgment

Strong interpersonal communication skills

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others

Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion

Able to work under pressure

Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities

Preferred

Project Management and/or Business Process Improvement Experience

Experience in current technology trends

Jira, Service Now, and Software Development Life Cycle knowledge

Law firm experience

Curious, task-oriented, and a self-starter, with a proven track record of 'getting things done.'

Benefits

Bonus eligibility

Comprehensive benefits program

Company

Sidley Austin LLP

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Sidley is an elite global law firm.

Founded in 1866

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.sidley.com

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