Minnesota State University-Mankato -- Business Analyst / Project Coordinator Internship

Maverick Software Consulting•Mankato, MN

About The Position

Maverick Software Consulting is looking for talented and highly motivated students to work with our clients while taking classes. Working through Maverick Software Consulting, this qualified student will be a contractor for Thomson Reuters in a Project Coordinator/Business Analyst role. Within Thomson Reuters they will work with a team in supporting portfolio stakeholder engagement work and project coordination. This will include the tracking of projects, financials, communications with stakeholders to ensure awareness of whose responsible, accountable, consulted and informed. There will be wide variety of opportunities to work in an innovative role within this young division of Thomson Reuters to bring forward new ideas and systems in addition to being able to take on individual projects. This will include the creation of various diagrams, documentation, excel and access metrics to communicate and analyze the current state of the business unit.

Requirements

Must be a currently enrolled Minnesota State University Mankato student.
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior (with at least 8 months left before graduation).
Undergraduate student pursuing a degree within the College of Business (Management etc.) -OR- Management Information Systems.
Self-motivated, quick learner, enthusiastic, and eager to apply knowledge.

Nice To Haves

Social Media Marketing, Podcast/Vodcast experience a huge PLUS.
Understand the strategy, organizational authority, interdependence of job duties, systems, and services of an enterprise and how to operate within.
Understand the importance of employee experience and its benefit to company performance.
Understanding information and data flow and how business users interact within and outside an organization.
Ability to work in a global matrix organization with insourced and outsourced team members.
Enjoys a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Tracking of projects and financials.
Communicating with stakeholders to ensure awareness of responsibilities.
Supporting portfolio stakeholder engagement work and project coordination.
Creating various diagrams, documentation, excel and access metrics to communicate and analyze the current state of the business unit.
Complex data mining, trend analysis, metric and report production.
Process maturity and compliance assessment.
Process flow charting, and iterative process activities (e.g. validity checks, change reviews, data quality checks tool enhancement design and review).
Defining specifications from user requirements.
Preparing written materials to meet purpose and audience.
Developing and maintaining positive relationships with internal and external teams.
Working cooperatively and collaboratively within a group.
Troubleshooting, decision-making and analytical skills.
Recommending process and tool improvements, reviewing improvement proposals.
Ensuring that documented requirements meet quality standards.
Defining, developing, and coaching others in best practices for requirements gathering and management.