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Job Location drjobs

Columbia - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Who We Are

International Justice Mission (IJM) is the global leader in protecting vulnerable people from violence around the world. Our team of over 1200 professionals are at work worldwide in over 30 offices. Together we are on a mission to rescue millions protect half a billion and make justice unstoppable.

We are a global community that cares for one another. We believe that the way we work is as important as the results we achieve. We provide professional excellence with joy and celebration to all those we serve.

The Need

For over 25 years IJM has pioneered the work to protect vulnerable people from violence. 9 out of 9 times in the last decade IJMs Justice System Strengthening Projects have reduced slavery and violence between 50 and 85 for very large populations of people in poverty. As we grow to expand our impact to protect 500 million people from violence we are seeking a Global Manager Workday and Financial Systems.

The Global Manager Workday and Financial Systems is responsible for developing and managing IJMs finance systems portfolio including Workday Adaptive Planning QuickBooks Mfiles SmartSheet treasury and banking tools and other relevant systems. This role will own the Finance Systems Roadmap will develop an understanding the systems needs of the Finance Team suggest technologyenabled solutions from existing and new technology vendors and lead the design and implementation of these systems working closely with functional SMEs and GTS technical support.

The Global Manager Workday and Financial Systems is responsible for managing the Finance components of the Workday system including configuration. This work involves troubleshooting and resolving complex support issues and working with finance leaders to develop solutions for the Finance Modules within Workday. It requires advanced knowledge of Workday to effectively complete these duties. This work will be completed within the ecosystem of Workday which includes the Workday HCM leader and the Workday Platform leader requiring close collaboration with those teams.

This position is hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays) if located in the Washington DC area OR remote for nonlocal candidates. It reports to the Global Director Treasury and is only available for candidates with the right to work in the US.

Responsibilities

Portfolio Management:

  • Lead senior Finance Management through a regular Finance Systems Roadmap review obtaining input and shared buyin to this multiyear strategic plan.

  • Negotiate tradeoffs as

  • Align with GTS and HR roadmaps

Strategy Knowledge Development & Implementation:

  • System Leadership: Lead monthly Finance stakeholder partnership meetings

  • Lead the effective of large projects and ensure delivery of planned sprint schedules.

  • Ensure all approved nonurgent requests are updated in the backlog for prioritization.

  • Design system testingdeveloping test scenarios managing testing sessions and adjusting training accordingly.

Networking & Partnership:

  • Develop networks with other customers within relevant communities to leverage best practices for IJM.

  • Direct the work of external consultants as needed.

  • Partner with Finance HR teams and GTS to define and refine requirements for new features and enhancements.

  • Partner with project leaders in the business to effectively plan and execute projects from discovery through postgolive phases.

Complex Projects:

  • Working with a user base distributed across the Globe lead requirements gathering technical documentation of technical work and vendor estimates.

  • Plan technical timelines and scopes of large projects.

  • Lead of successful testing and ensure business sponsor signoff on requirements and testing.

  • Handles complex Workday tickets and supports IT analyst with regular tickets

Communication:

  • Manage projectspecific communications including partnering with business on building charters.

  • Handle critical issue escalation and management.

  • Direct release communications to core team members and stakeholders.

  • Advise and partner with business partners for training and communications to end users on new features upgrades and enhancements.

Training and Development:

  • Onboard and coordinate continuous training of super users and other users.

  • Develop training programs including job aids and training materials to empower super users.

  • Mentor and train analysts in requirements gathering testing and project leadership for small projects.

Software Development Life Cycle (SLDC):

  • Deliver software solutions following industrystandard SDLC: gather requirements system configuration test and UAT deployment and support.

  • Ensure thorough requirements gathering.

  • Oversee and ensure testing of all requirements and scenarios.

  • Understand and deploy Agile methods when appropriate.

Qualifications:

Education & Experience:

  • Bachelors degree in business FIN Information Systems Computer Science related field or any equivalent combination of education experience and certification;

  • 7 years professional work experience including 3 years of leadership experience;

  • 5 years of Finance systems experience including new module implementation project management issue management communication and change management (Prior experience with global system support and deployment a plus);

  • 3 years Workday Financials configuration and requirements gathering experience strongly preferred

  • Experience in an Agile work environment

Technical Competencies:

  • Experience leading technical projects

  • Experience writing UAT criteria or scripts for technical system requirements

  • High proficiency in Excel or other data analysis tools preferred

  • Experience with Workday

  • Workday training

NonTechnical Competencies:

  • Eager commitment to IJMs Core Values: Christian Professional and BridgeBuilding;

  • Demonstrated ability to conceptualize analyze and explain complex and abstract problems

  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple or competing priorities and work in afastpacedenvironment

  • Demonstrated ability to manage crosscultural relationships

  • Demonstrated ability to lead peers in completion of projects or strategic initiatives

Application Process:

Upload Resume Cover Letter & Statement of Faith* in one PDF document.

*What is a statement of faith
A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter or submitted as a separate document and should include at a minimum a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer study etc. and your current fellowship or place of worship.

What does IJM have to offer

  • Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision benefits

  • Monthly commuter and parking benefits in the DC metro area

  • Retirement benefit options

  • Paid leave starting at 23 days

  • 12 holidays (plus early release the day prior)

  • Daily quarterly and annual community spiritual formation

  • Robust staff care resources

IJM holds strict safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance to violations of the Safeguarding Policy Protection against Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment Policy and Code of Ethics. Candidate selection is based on technical competence recruitment selection and hiring criteria subject to assessing the candidates value congruence and thorough background police clearance and reference check processes.

At IJM were committed to building a diverse workforce through fair and equitable employment practices. IJM encourages people of any race color age sex marital status or political ideology to apply for employment. While we welcome everyone into this work we truly believe that the work we are doing is Gods work not our own and practice spiritual disciplines together daily. Thats why we legally require under SEC. 2000e1 Section702 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that all employees practice a mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles Creed.

IJM requires a background check police clearance and thorough review of references with an employment offer and/or employment contract.

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