**W2 Contract**Englewood Cliffs, NJ**ONSITE**$32-36/hr**
Top Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Customer skills
- Project Management
- Strategic and Analytical thinking
Our client is looking for a business operations specialist who will maintain vendor relationships, and act as a business analyst for non-IT projects or filling for organizational roles above an administrative level, but below a management level.
Other responsibilities may include maintaining all project management processes, including goals, deadlines, metrics and budget. The role is also going to be an escalation specialist for our LFD product.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain communication services across business units or from the project team to the organization.
- Maintain the storage and retrieval of all project communications data and business metrics.
- Review contracts, cost proposals and contract supplements.
- Set up project and work breakdown structures.
- Establish and document business processes.
- Track project budgets and expenditures, monitor transaction controls and costs against budgets.
- Predict potential budget overruns and offer solutions.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or above in business management, economics, finance, accounting or relevant field required.
- 2-4 years experience required.
- Verbal and written communication, attention to detail, customer service and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage one’s time with a high sense of urgency
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods.
- Ability to apply accounting and mathematical principles to work as needed.
- Ability to analyze business trends and project future revenues and expenses.
- Previous experience with computer applications, such as Microsoft Word and Excel; Enterprise Application experience a plus.
- Excel Skills - must be able to perform pivot tables, generate graphs and v-lookup functions
- Excellent PowerPoint skills - Needed for putting together presentations of SLA and KPI metrics
- Customer facing experience
- Superior customer service skills needed
- Able to de-escalate irate customers and volatile situations
