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Program Manager - IT Finance

NILES-60714, IL, US
09/25/2019

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Required Skills

SAP, IT methodologies

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

10 to 12 Year(s)

Job Description

Job Description - Program Manager - IT Finance

PROGRAM MANAGER – IT FINANCE

A global manufacturing organization is actively seeking an experienced Program Manager with a background in IT Finance applications, specifically SAP, to join their team.

As the Program Manager you will be the dedicated resource supporting the global finance team and will act as the liaison for the group and the IT team.

In this role, you will establish trusted business relationships across all locations and develop a strong understanding of the business and department strategic objectives, challenges and opportunities.

As Program Manager you will ensure that supporting IT efforts align with technology that best provides return on investment aligning to both business and IT strategy.

You will also have a direct report so previous management/leadership experience is ideal.

Previous knowledge of SAP HANA is a nice to have as this organization will be rolling that out in their environment within the next year. Excellent communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

Works with internal finance stakeholders to align technology solutions with business strategies.

Assists with deriving value and ROI on Finance and IT technology initiatives.

Establishes and maintains a strategic relationship with appropriate finance and IT key level stakeholders.

Facilitates Finance business technology planning and prioritization meetings.

Collects needs and coordinates efforts with global and regional IT technical support and business stakeholders to achieve effective integration of business processes and technology.

Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of the IT service catalog to identify and communicate how IT solutions can support the Finance short and long-term business goals.

Ensures application and device hardware is supportable and regularly refreshed

Obtains regular feedback from the regional user community and works with IT management to maintain high customer experiences, satisfaction and continually improve service delivery.

Measures and reports progress against customer satisfaction and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and successful execution (on time and within budget) of Finance IT related projects.

Plans and executes user adoption and training plans for rollout of new and existing technology.

Participates in IT resource management planning activities.

Manages external vendor statement of work deliverables.

Manages escalation procedures to resolve project issues and ensures key business and IT senior management are appropriately informed.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

10+ years of wide-ranging experience in enterprise systems implementation and support of a live Finance application environment with responsibility for results, including costs and methods in a Finance IT role and at least two years of management responsibility.

SAP experience is required.

SAP HANA is desired but not required.

Previous experience in assisting with the establishment of company policies, operational objectives, and work plans that affect immediate operations and may also have company-wide effect.

Demonstrated ability to work on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends

Able to implement strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Able to establish and assure adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and business activities.

Able to interact with senior management or executive levels

Strong problem solving and coaching skills

Deep understanding of IT methodologies and Finance and Accounting processes necessary.

Experience managing global and regional initiatives and coordinating cross functional efforts.

Able to lead cooperative efforts among members of project teams.

Maintains a current awareness of Finance practices and trends and how they can affect the organization.

Exposure to different types of project implementation methods (e.g. waterfall, agile, etc.)

Demonstrated experience in determining the best use of resources to meet goals of assignments

Ability to travel occasionally if required to engage with IT team and business customers

Excellent communication skills