Information Architect
Job Id: JPC – 834
LOCATION
Burbank, CA
DESCRIPTION
- A minimum of 5 years’ of experience on large Finance / Tax projects.
- 10 years overall ERP experience
- Tax system 3rd party front end SaaS solutions with integration to SAP back office
- Responsible for the translation of business need to technical solution in support of
- project delivery and success
- Partner with user teams to understand business requirements
- Participate in functional and technical design sessions. Provide key input into
- design
- Participate, review and provide recommendations on requirements, design
- documents and process flows.
- Support business ownership of business process flows
- Oversee traceability of business requirements through to functional specs, technical
- specs and test cases
- Participate in documentation tasks as needed (i.e. specs)
- Review technical specifications and provide recommendations of approval
- Work with business to confirm scenarios, validate design, test data & results
- Participate in testing activities including developing, reviewing or executing test
- scripts, test results, defect triage
- Responsible for inputs into the Risks, Actions, Issues and Decisions (RAID) log
- pertaining to business architecture; work resolution of items; work with project
- management team
- Proactively identifies issues and analyze options to resolve
- Identifies and resolves business architecture issues and conflicts
- Involved in strategic planning; partnering with business stakeholders for
- prioritization, ensures proper setup for projects and sustainment efforts
- Supports leadership with project funding requests and associated sourcing and
- contract management
- Manages escalations to leadership and to vendors as appropriate to drive results
- Continually apprises leadership and relevant business stakeholders of status with
- business architecture items and anything not on track
- Collaborates closely with partners across the organization including business
- partners, solution architects, and delivery managers
- Builds strong relationships with and manages large and diverse groups of
- stakeholders at multiple levels, from end users to executives, across the enterprise
- Mentor high-performance teams
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Strong technology background and applicable technology skills
- Strong communication, consensus-building, and executive presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts
- to non-technical clients
- Ability to effectively manage project stakeholders across multiple levels across the
- enterprise
- Ability to make difficult decisions balancing business requirements, project
- timelines and budgets, and product and technology roadmaps and architectural
- designs
- Embraces innovation by constantly seeking new and industry leading ideas. Thinks
- big and broad, without being constrained by existing norms or business models.
- Demonstrates stamina, resilience, and perseverance under trying circumstances
- Comfort with ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability
QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
- ERP Experience
- Experience on large Finance / Tax projects