Vice President, Information Technology - Workday Financials

Job Description Summary

For over forty years, HarbourVest has been home to a committed team of professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to deliver impactful solutions to our clients and investing partners. As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking.

In our collegial environment that’s marked by low turnover and high energy, you’ll be inspired to grow and thrive. Here, you will be encouraged to build on your strengths and acquire new skills and experiences.

We are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees. Understanding and valuing these differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm.

HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer.

This position will be a hybrid work arrangement, which translates to 2-3 days minimum per week in the office.

The primary function of the Vice President Information Technology for the Workday Financials Product and Platform team is to provide effective leadership for the finance transformation program, serving as the Workday Financials Platform Lead working closely with internal and external business and technology stakeholders to plan, develop and deliver the solution.

This Vice President Information Technology role will lead the development, implementation and ongoing support for a Workday Financials Product and Platform team within the IT organization. HarbourVest is transitioning our Corporate Accounting and related financial systems from a Microsoft Great Plains general ledger platform to Workday Financials. This role will provide leadership for a multi-year finance transformation program that will update our business processes and the supporting technology solutions to enable our organizational growth goals and objectives.

The ideal candidate is someone who:

• Consistently performs with a positive and proactive attitude to understand business needs and contributes to technology solutions that achieve business and client objectives.
• Builds and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external teammates.
• Operates with a continuous learning and improvement approach to deliver high quality and timely outcomes.
• Collaborates optimally with diverse roles and teams both in person and remote to achieve collective goals.

What you will do:

• Lead the technology platform team responsible for planning, implementing and supporting the transition from current Microsoft Great Plains corporate accounting system to Workday Financials.
• Contribute to product and platform roadmap development and delivery to achieve strategic business objectives.
• Engage business, technology and external partners to develop the technology solution that enables our corporate accounting and related financial system processes and workflows.
• Leads the development of solutions alternatives and prioritization to support delivering the highest business value.
• Manages team to iterate on feature development, testing, deployment and ongoing support.

What you bring:

• Proven capabilities and experience in three or more of the following areas: Enterprise Systems Strategy, Architecture, Planning, Development, Program/Project Management, Implementation and Operational Support.
• Background in Financial Services and/or financial applications; including experience with transactional systems.
• Experience with Agile software development, traditional project management, and Six Sigma methodologies and techniques.
• Successful results with large or sophisticated programs, projects and processes from initiation through implementation.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including experience translating business and technical concepts or decisions with diverse audiences.
• Strengths with analytical, data, problem solving and collaboration skills.
• Attention to detail and quality to fulfill responsibilities.
• Experience leading highly engaged teams that produce consistently strong results that meet and exceed business objectives.

Education Preferred

• Bachelor of Science (B.S) or Arts (B.A) or equivalent experience, MBA beneficial

Experience

• 10 years or more of progressive technology experience, in Financial Services preferred
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform leadership required
• Workday experience required and certifications preferred

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