Lead - Workday Financial System

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Our client provides fundraising software, fund accounting, and complete fundraising management solutions to help nonprofits increase leads and retain donors.

JOB SUMMARY: 

The IT Software Development team builds and manages software and services critical to Blackbaud’s operation.  We are trusted business partners, first-class software engineers, and digital transformation leaders supporting Blackbaud’s growth.  As a Software Engineering Team Lead over IT Financial Systems, you will execute the technical design and build of their Workday Financial Management implementation and develop the go-forward strategy of our existing Financial business software and data integrations.  In this entry-level management position, you will spend about half of your time performing hands-on engineering activities and the other half, leading software engineers and honing your skills through our leadership development program. If you have worked as a lead engineer over IT Financial systems (Workday Financial Management, in particular) and are interested in growing your leadership skills, this might be the opportunity for you!


RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Oversee Workday Financials implementation and build sustainment plan for the entire Financial software ecosystem.
  • Work with Software Engineering Leads to define the Workday application architecture and map out the future Financial software strategy.
  • Measure and monitor application effectiveness relative to business needs and recommend improvements.
  • Define Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes used to manage change within our Production and lower environments.
  • Provide input to managers on the performance of team members for use in their reviews and participates in the interview process of new candidates.
  • Spend as much as 50% of your time performing hands-on configuration, scripting, integration, and documentation activities as a member of the Financial systems scrum team.

Supervisory responsibilities include but not limited to:

  • Work with the scrum team to develop processes that help to improve and maintain high quality standards.
  • Guide development effort to ensure that issues are closed, tests are written, and feature work is on-track.
  • Manage performance, mentor, and coach your team members.
  • Set goals and conduct regular check-ins with your team.
  • Oversee offshore team (2-5 engineers).


QUALIFICATIONS

Required

  • Bachelors and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related field.
  • 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
  • Experience with team leadership and mentoring.
  • Experience leading development activities on large-scale projects from inception to successful release.
  • Experience working in distributed IT ecosystem and connecting applications via data integrations built against REST/SOAP APIs.
  • Able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
  • Very strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to achieve results through influence.
  • Passionate about the success of the entire team.

Preferred

  • Experience with Workday, specifically Financial Management, or other ERP technology.
  • Experience with C#, Java, or similar programming language.
  • Experience with Middleware tools.
  • Experience with MS SQL Server.
  • Knowledge of agile (scrum) methodology.

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