About Eleven Recruiting

We are a specialized technology staffing agency supporting professional and financial services companies. Why do we stand out in technology staffing? We listen and act as advisors for our candidates on how they can best add value, find interesting projects, and pave a path for career advancement. We advocate for best pay, diversity in tech, and best job-fit for every candidate we place.

And we are looking for a Director, Corporate Applications and Analytics!

Our client, a real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender and developer, is seeking a Director, Corporate Applications and Analytics. This position has a significant role in the analysis, development, and implementation of major systems. This Director role will align closely with Corporate Accounting, FP&A, and IT management to identify business application requirements, design, implement, test and support financial systems.

Primary responsibilities will entail stewardship of the client’s corporate labor allocations solution, Adaptive Planning suite oversight, and FP&A, corporate accounting solution engineering efforts. Additionally, the role is expected to augment reporting and analytics capabilities via competence in business intelligence platforms and integration technologies. A successful candidate for this role will have relevant business analyst or product ownership experience with investment management firms and experience in a client-facing role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acts as a liaison between the Business and Technology to identify and implement application systems supporting various departments.

• Works closely with business stakeholders to identify business process issues in combination with technology optimization. Defines technology solutions that maximize efficiency and align with corporate data governance standards and technology and business roadmaps.

• Documents specific business application requirements for complex and changing business needs.

• Develops a deep understanding of Real Estate finance and associated business drivers. Performs business analysis through compiling and analyzing data in alignment with project goals.

• Performs project management responsibilities on cross-functional projects, including project management reporting, risk and issue log maintenance, in addition to business analyst duties of framing requirements and design specifications.

• Works with the Application Development team and takes ownership over solution delivery. Test systems, creates reports, and handles upgrades for existing software or migrations to new platforms.

• Ensures smooth everyday running of assigned technology platforms, monitoring that SLAs are met and that quality targets are reached and maintained.

• Takes a proactive approach in trying to assess system utilization from user perspective and generate solutions even before the issues are raised by the end-users.

• Management responsibilities expected to grow over time as corporate systems IT team expands. Responsibilities to help set professional milestones, perform performance reviews, and mentor staff towards achievement of departmental goals.

• Matrixed management input of shared services resources expected as aligned to project delivery in collaboration with other IT managers.

• Responsible for vendor management including, but not limited to, evaluation, selection, oversight of work deliverables, budget and expense management.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree and related work experience required.

• 4+ years’ experience with enterprise class software implementation delivery in a project management, product owner, or business analyst role.

• 2+ years’ experience with business planning software platforms (i.e. Workday Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, Oracle Hyperion Planning, Oracle EPM).

• Dynamic and adaptive in understanding complex financial and technical concepts. Knowledge of accounting and business process in real estate or alternative asset / investment management.

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact professionally with a diverse group: executives, managers, subject matter experts, and software developers.

• Excellent in interpreting needs, absorbing statistics from 360-view, devising short/long-term goals and roadmaps, and driving results.

• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management Methodology (PMM) fundamentals and business process analysis.

• Demonstrated working knowledge in Microsoft SQL Server/ T-SQL, data modeling, and BI/Analytics tools (PowerBI, Tableau). Able to construct queries in a timely manner for analysis, integrations, and report building.

• Strong understanding of technical integration mediums (SFTP/flat file, APIs (REST, SOAP).

• Strong grasp of DAX and data models in PowerBI, extending source system data via custom calculated columns. Experience designing and publishing data models for widespread use.

• Experience with OLAP cubes and multi-dimensional models a plus.

• Proficient and comfortable with advanced Excel models and array-based formulae such as XLOOKUP, INDEX(MATCH), and condition-based aggregations (SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, SUMPRODUCT).

• Experience with agile project management tools (Jira/Confluence, Azure DevOps, Asana, etc) using DevOps principles.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree with Finance or Technology concentration.

• 2+ years of experience in a consulting environment with responsibilities to develop and present final client deliverables.

• Project Management Institute (PMI) certification (PMP, PMI-PBA).

• Experience with Accounting ERPs and associated payable-related workflows.

• Experience with real estate ERPs (Yardi, MRI) preferred.

• Understanding of fund and partnership accounting and performance reporting dynamics such as allocation, IRRs, and waterfalls.

• General understanding of systems requirements in satisfying regulatory compliance (SOX, SOC1, SOC2) and IT general controls.

• Experience with NCREIF reporting standards, Yardi Investment Management suite including Investment Accounting, Investor Plus, and Performance modules a plus.

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Seniority Level: Mid-Senior
Salary: $175,000 + $0 bonus
Job Function: Information Technology
Industry: Financial Services
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Los Angeles, CA