Tech Platform Manager, Financial Systems

Duquesne Light Company, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is a leader in providing electric energy and has been in the forefront of the electric energy market, with a history rooted in technological innovation and superior customer service. Today, the company continues its role as a leader in the transmission and distribution of electric energy, providing a secure supply of reliable power to more than half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Job Title:Manager Tech Platform, Financial Systems

position Overview:

Duquesne Light Company is seeking an IT Platform Manager, Oracle Financials Cloudwith experience in financial systems. The Manager will lead IT and Business stakeholders to define, deploy and support complex business solutions, develop Application strategies, develop and lead platform improvements, support existing footprint and maintain proactive business relationships.

Responsibilities:

This position will be a working manager, responsible for leading a team and working with them to accomplish the following objectives:

• Work with Accounting and Finance Leaders (Functional Product Owners) to improve Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Intelligent Document Recognition, Procurement (Procure-to-Pay) and Enterprise Planning functions.
• Work with IT development and product teams in designing, hardening and optimizing Azure Integrations.
• Lead internal IT, internal Accounting/Finance Subject Matter Experts and DLC Technical Partners to re-implement and deploy improved processes while ensuring continuance of day-to-day support via DLC Managed Service Provider.
• Administer Oracle Financial Cloud subscriptions and costs.
• Make configuration changes in test and development environments and ensure QA testing and readiness for release into production.
• Work as an internal consultant to Accounting and IT Leadership in collaboration with external and internal experts and partners to optimize the value of the Oracle Financial Cloud investment.
• Work with MFP Center of Excellence to optimize Maximo and Power Plan to Oracle Business Process Automation.
• Maintain 5-year roadmaps on Oracle Financial Systems and Power Plan (PAAM)including decommissioning legacy applications and archiving required historical system data.
• Maintain and prioritize platform/product backlogs and implement new product features according to business requirements.

education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science or other applicable discipline required.
• In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Seven (7+) or more years related experience required.
• Oracle enterprise resource planning (ERP), Financial implementation, and upgrade experience is required, and critical to success in this role.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Experience Utilizes in this Role Include:

• Experience with anOracle Cloud Financials implementation as a Functional Lead or Project Lead with Oracle Fusion Accounting HUB required.
• Detailed understanding of Oracle Cloud ERP System concepts and general module functionality required.
• Agile certification and experience working as an Agile Product, Platform Manager preferred.
• Experience with Oracle Planning and Budgeting (EBPCS) and Power Plan preferred.
• Strong verbal and analytical skills with the ability to write intake, design and roadmap documents.

Hybrid Work

Position follows our hybrid work model, with a minimum of two days working in the office and the remaining days working remotely. Reporting location and frequency may be subject to change based on job role and department needs.

Storm Roles

All Non-Union Employees will serve in storm roles as appropriate to their role and skillset. Please be sure to discuss storm roles with the hiring manager for this position, as duties can vary across the Company.Examples of storm roles could include but aren’t limited to duties such as: working with operations for service center support or with the communications, customer service or government affairs teams to respond to public and customer requests for information, etc.

Data Governance

Utilize data to make business decisions as appropriate for the position, support data stewardship activities and partner with IT on underlying data needs.

Scope

Primary focus is on day-to-day management of operational execution, also develops and exercises business plans, policies, and procedures. Contributes to proactive planning exercises of management team as requested. Trains and develops staff. Plans the workflow. Looks for areas of process improvement and directs available resources to accomplish this. Leads changes and implementations for direct team as pushed down through the organization.

Decision Impact

Resolves problems of a greater complexity than that which is typical of a front-line supervisor. Improves existing processes & systems using conceptualizing, reasoning, & interpretation skills. Solutions require through understanding of business strategies and issues. Defines broad based solutions that would require consideration of wider implications on organization results & resources.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Duquesne Light Holdings is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of the employment relationship, without discrimination because of race, age, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity or status as a Vietnam era or special disabled veteran or any other unlawful basis, as defined by applicable law, and fostering a workplace free of unlawful discrimination and retaliation. This policy affects decisions including, but not limited to, hiring, compensation, benefits, terms and conditions of employment, opportunities for promotion, transfer, layoffs, return from a layoff, training and development, and other privileges of employment. An integral part of Duquesne Light Holdings’ commitment is to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws concerning equal employment and affirmative action.

Duquesne Light Holdings is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.

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