Senior Consultant - State Government IT IV&V

Berry Dunn is seeking a Senior Consultant –IV&V
Technical Analyst to join our State Government Practice Group as a contingent hire, focused on serving our state Finance and Administration (F&A) agency clients. As a Senior Consultant, you will have the right mix of demonstrated project management, technical, and industry skills and experience, as well as exceptional organizational and self-management qualities, strong leadership and client-facing capabilities, and effective written and verbal communication skills.

You will support projects for a variety of service areas including risk assessments/Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V). You will report to the Project Oversight and Quality Assurance Practice Lead within the State Government Practice Group team.

Travel Expectations: Travel for client engagements might range up to 50% depending on client and project needs, although most client engagements require 0-10%.

• Lead and support Berry Dunn projects providing services for state government clients, such as readiness assessments, project health assessment, quality assurance, and other similar projects
• Provide subject matter expertise on project management, technical system domains (software development lifecycle, data migration, integration, security controls, system architecture, etc.), organizational change management, state government business processes, and enterprise software systems
• Report on project status (written and verbal)—including risks and issues—to different audiences, including client executive leadership
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients
• Facilitate meetings and interviews with client stakeholders with confidence and professionalism
• Play a role in developing staff; contribute to maintaining and building a positive, fun, and innovative F&A team culture; and participate in and/or lead training and other learning and development activities
• Support our efforts to grow the team through developing responses to Request for Proposals

• Expertise in state government system implementations, particularly for licensing, accounting/finance, budgeting, grants, enterprise resource planning (ERP), tax revenue, liquor/cannabis, HR/payroll, transportation management, pension, or similar state government systems.
• Deep understanding of software system implementation technical domains, including data migration, system integration/interfaces, cybersecurity, software development lifecycle, requirements management and system testing, system architecture, operations and system maintenance, etc.
• Experience with IV&V, project management, IT systems planning and procurement, business process improvement/analysis, independent testing, quality assurance, and other similar projects
• Familiarity with project management documents and best practices. A Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute is a plus
• A strong customer focus
• Excellent written communication skills, including documenting complex issues succinctly and logically
• Excellent verbal and presentation skills, including articulating complex issues to a variety of audiences
• The ability to balance multiple assignments and achieve quality results in a timely manner
• The ability to create and sustain positive working relationships with staff and diverse constituencies and to work independently as well as collaboratively

The base salary range targeted for this role is $90,000 - $130,000. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on factors such as company and personal performance. This salary range represents Berry Dunn’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. If an applicant…