Job Summary Management of outsourcing engagement supporting PeopleSoft Financial and related applications. Manages and coordinates the staff and activities of an IT area which provides research, systems analysis, solutions, design and application development or maintaining existing apps for CNA systems. This position will focus on the management of designing or developing business applications and/or designing or developing alternative solutions. Essential Duties & Responsibilities 1. Participates in the planning and scheduling of application programming projects and allocating resources to those projects. Includes coordinating the activities with other IT managers and client department's management team. 2. Manages the integration of vendor applications and/or consulting resources into existing applications and/or resources. 3. Manages area to defined operational metrics. Reports activity and progress to management regarding actual versus planned metrics, team utilization, delivery and quality commitments, and budget activities of the applications programming area. 4. Acts as liaison between clients and applications area regarding system requirements and capabilities. 5. Identifies issues and risks and resolves and/or escalates them to senior management for resolution. 6. Participates in the identification and selection of information technologies which assist the functional business units in meeting their strategic objectives. May perform additional duties as assigned. Reporting Relationship Typically Director or above Skills, Knowledge & Abilities 3+ years of experience managing production support for PeopleSoft Finance implementation Experience managing outsourced engagements or staff augmentation preferred PeopleSoft development or related technical experience a plus CPA and/or PeopleSoft certifications a plus 1. Solid knowledge of the system development life cycle, system and application program development and integration of technological alternatives. 2. Solid knowledge of client area's functions and systems. 3. Solid management and project management skills and ability to organize and plan effectively to meet both short and long range goals and objectives. 4. Requires strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with internal and external business partners throughout all levels. 5. Ability to effectively lead and motivate others in accomplishing goals. 6. Ability to exercise professional judgment and assume responsibility for decisions which have an impact on people, quality of service, and costs. 7. Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office suite and other business related software systems and languages. Must be able to manage teams that use Mainframe, DB2, UNIX, Oracle, Websphere J2EE Java, Peoplesoft, Business Objects, and ETL, etc. Other technologies will apply dependent on business area supported. 8. Ability to manage offshore and remote consulting resources. Education & Experience 1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience. 2. Typically a minimum of seven years experience in application program development with previous supervisory and/or project management experience. 3. Applicable certifications preferred. Overall responsibility is to provide the appropriate balance of governance and enablement to ensure success for CNA and our outsourcing partner. Specific responsibilities will include: relationship management; performance metrics development and tracking; status reporting; project leadership; solutions oversight; issues management; quality assurance; contract compliance; process management; budget management; and SOX/internal audit compliance management. Experience: 3+ years of experience managing production support for PeopleSoft Finance implementation Experience managing outsourced engagements or staff augmentation preferred PeopleSoft development or related technical experience a plus CPA and/or PeopleSoft certifications a plus To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here