Financial Systems Tech Lead

DESCRIPTION:

This job serves as the lead technical resource responsible for maintaining the overall health of the enterprise financial systems. This includes overseeing and maintaining all applications as well as the technical architecture supporting the financial systems for the enterprise. It serves as the technical representative on cross product development teams that require integration with the financial system. The job also serves as the technical interface to IT operational teams for application security, technical architecture maintenance and DevOps Change Management.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related program, or a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration or related program
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in application life cycle management including data analysis, application design, structured programming, DevOps, and integration management including APIs and Web services.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the support of all aspects of Enterprise financial systems.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• 7+ years of experience leading support efforts of Microsoft Dynamics NAV (release 16 and above) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (release 18 and above), including recent experience as a team lead managing the work of other team members (internal and external).
• 5+ years of experience developing/modifying and publishing extensions with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Prem, including the use of, Visual Code, AL Language Development, Jason and PowerShell. Experience with developing/publishing in cloud environment is a plus.
• Expertise providing data analytics and data maintenance using Microsoft Dynamics RapidStart/Configuration Packages and SQL against the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central database. Deep understanding of Excel advanced functions (VLOOKUP). Knowledge of SSIS and SSRS is a plus.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Sales Module and the integration with Lanham Software, specifically Supply Change management including, e-Ship, EDI Processing, warehouse management and invoicing.
• Experience supporting e-commerce/credit card processing solutions such as VersaPay (Chargelogic), PayPal and Stripe.
• Expertise enforcing development standards and in performing QA code/configuration reviews of changes made prior to moving to a QA environment for UAT.
• Experience troubleshooting and providing support, combining an understanding of the application as implemented (configurations and customizations) with the requests/requirements from the business users to identify the proper solution (training, configuration, code modification) to meet the needs of the business.
• Expertise in developing/supporting integrations using technologies including SFTP, APIs, Web Services, and XML.
• Significant experience with DevOps processes, including the use of Bit Bucket (or similar code repository), release management, version control and environment management between the Development, QA and Production environments.
• Experience working in an Agile environment and actively participating as a member of an Agile team. Knowledge of Atlassian Jira and Confluence is a plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work as a member of the Financial Systems development team using the Agile framework to provide support to existing applications and integrations and to add new features and functionality in a continuous release schedule according to the priorities set forth by the business.

• Participate in support by triaging incoming issues and conducing data analysis, configuration analysis and code review to identify the proper solution that will maintain the health of the application and meet the needs of the business.
• Participate as the primary technical contact to the ITS Operations teams to ensure the security of the financial data and the stability of the financial applications. Understand, document and communicate the underlying architecture of the financial systems to help monitor performance of the applications and minimize the impact to the applications from issues that may occur in the base technical layer.
• Perform EDI system administrative activity, including system configuration, set up of EDI customers, monitoring the flow of data and EDI Documents across all integrations and work with the end users when issues arise.

• Serve as the technical lead to document, communicate and manage the DevOps change management process for the financial applications. This includes managing version control via a code repository, overseeing release management and scheduling and overseeing environment refreshes.
• Serve as the technical advisor to agile teams supporting products with a financial component that will ultimately result in an integration to the financial systems.
• Serve as the lead technical resource on the development team and identify, monitor and provide quality assurance validation for the work performed by outsourced developer resources.

Other Duties as Assigned:

• Provide advice and counsel to the user community with opportunities for operational efficiencies through improved utilization of the systems.
• Research and promote new and innovative technologies that will help improve financial business efficiency or reduce technical debt.

Application Instructions:

Qualified candidates must apply online through APA's applicant system and attach a resume and cover letter specifying your salary expectations. Applications that are submitted without both documents are considered incomplete and will not be reviewed for consideration. Candidates that are invited for an interview will be asked to submit a work sample of a marketing or social media campaign. Once your application is submitted, you will receive a confirmation email. Please make sure to check your Spam folder if you do not receive an email from us.

The American Psychological Association is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected categories covered under local law.

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