Associate Director, Finance & HR Systems

$155,000 - $175,000/Yr

Harvard University - Brighton, MI

Full-time - Mid Level

Brighton, MI

Educational Services

About the position

The Associate Director of HR and Financial Systems at Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) is a strategic role that focuses on managing and enhancing the Finance and HR systems, particularly Workday and eCommerce platforms. Reporting to the Vice President of IT, this position involves building cross-functional relationships, leading a high-performing team, and ensuring the effective utilization of systems to meet business needs and drive value for the organization.

Responsibilities

• Establish strong relationships with business stakeholders in Finance, HR, and other units.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into capability/platform roadmaps.
• Manage a high-performing team, ensuring workload and priorities are aligned with roadmaps.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships, ensuring solutions are delivered in line with cost, schedule, and quality expectations.
• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of Workday modules.
• Develop and deliver training programs for end-users to maximize the effective use of Workday.
• Oversee expert support and management for Workday, ensuring its effective utilization and integration with other systems.
• Lead the monitoring of Workday system performance and oversee troubleshooting of issues to ensure optimal functionality and data confidentiality.
• Stay current with Workday updates and new features and assess their potential impact on the organization.
• Manage support for HBP e-commerce solutions and their integrations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing teams supporting HR and Financial applications.
• Experience managing teams using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience defining business requirements, writing user stories, and providing detailed system and functional designs.
• Excellent oral and written communication, presenting, meeting facilitation, negotiation, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience and/or knowledge of change management and training principles and methodologies.

Nice-to-haves

• Extensive experience with Workday, including implementation, configuration, and ongoing support.
• Acute business acumen and an understanding of organizational issues and challenges that are commonplace in HR and Finance practices.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Education reimbursement
• Early-release Summer Fridays
• Career development programs
• Employee wellness programs