Service Delivery Manager

Vaco

$100.00 - $150.00 / hr

United States, Ohio, Columbus

Dec 21, 2024

Role: Finance Systems Service Delivery Manager
Westerville, OH (Hybrid Model)
10-month contract with a chance of extension or conversion
Pay rate: $100-$150/hr
Conversion Salary Range: $150,000 - $200,000 + bonus potential

Purpose of Role
Reporting to the Enterprise Platform and Application AMS Director, the role is accountable for the delivery of a world class IT Service Management and Backlog Management services, enabling our Finance solutions to be implemented in our business, taking responsibility for managing our outsourced agreements and collaboration of IT service providers delivering end to end service.

Is fully committed to the value of Finance processes and systems, driving how we support the business in day-to-day operations and the fundamental, value of cost-effective service excellence. Is able to assimilate the Business strategy and align with this both at a strategic and operational level.

Supporting the Enterprise Platform and Application AMS Director, the role will deliver leadership in the development of a strategy to provide outstanding service capabilities and the cascading of this strategy to all teams involved in the end-to-end delivery of these services.

Supporting the Head of the Strategic Portfolio Function, the role will deliver leadership in managing the delivery of the Finance backlog call-off contracts.

The role will own and drive the service outcomes, reporting to senior and executive management. Accountable for:

AMS Service

Ensure Service Quality: Drive the delivery of day-to-day operations of our AMS services and the attainment of agreed service level agreements
Service Management: Day to day operational management, oversight, reporting and escalation of core service management capabilities, Incident, Problem, Request, Change and Release Management
Communication: Keep customers and stakeholders informed of the performance of the service, including outages and changes.
Governance: Management of budget, cost and right sizing the support model based on stability of the service
Collaboration: Build relationships with key cross functional teams in the delivery of end to end service
3^rd Party Management: Day to day management of 3^rd party activities, in line with the outcomes of the contract

Backlog Service

Backlog and Major Change: Own the management, coordination, development, and release of identified and prioritized change
Business expectation: Ensure priorities are understood and critical path is delivered, communicating where critical path changes and the implications
Governance: Ensuring the best use of available resources in the delivery of change, management of the budget and cost, driving the benefits of the planned change
Collaboration: Build relationships with key cross functional teams to enable the delivery of changes
Reporting and tracking: Develop and communicate reporting enabling visibility on third-party performance

Focusing on the stability of both above services, owning service improvements which will deliver efficiencies and ultimately cost reduction of the services.

As a senior manager effectively communicate with senior and executive members of the Business community, the IT organization, and Suppliers.

Senior Management role

Responsibilities

Accountable for the end-to-end IT Service Operations and Backlog delivery for ourFinance Platforms
Ensures the day-to-day operational activities, priorities and escalations are delivered through indirect influence and leadership
Identify and action against stability and service improvement opportunities
Delivers leadership in the development of a strategy to provide outstanding service capabilities and the cascading of this strategy to all teams involved in the end-to-end delivery of these services
Drive cross-functional team to service outcomes, where capacity is available, ensuring it is utilized against both AMS and Backlog services
Engage broader teams in the delivery of our services to ensure end-to-end delivery is not impacting our services
Chair the governance forums to challenge and manage the budget, cost, priorities, and ultimately cost efficiencies and reduction
Deliver services to agreed KPIs that support our world-class objectives ensuring that this is visible to senior and executive members of the Business community, the IT organization, and Suppliers
Deliver transparent and effective reporting, driving decisions and points of communication with stakeholders
Develop, grow and maintain key relationships across IT, Partners and into the business
Holds suppliers accountable at a senior level and ensures that the relationship enables effective delivery by suppliers
Senior manager responsible for the quality and outcomes of service reviews in line with schedules
Lead other governance meetings in accordance with schedules
Act as senior escalation as required by the operation of these in-scope services
Act as a key approver in new or changing of services through delivered through the Backlog service into operations
Ensure Service Levels are being focused on, deli,vered and where not, communicated with ongoing improvement plans to return to green
Respond to Audits and ensure that all Audit points are effectively remediated in line with our processes

Skills & Experiences Required

Experience: 10 years of IT Service / Application Management Services and Development experience with recent experience in a large international organization
Strategic: Demonstrable experience in delivering Global IT Service Strategies and management of a third-party contract
Financial: Excellent financial management skills with experience of managing budgets of 5m+
Experience in Financial systems, ideally Oracle Fusion
Experience in IT Transformation particularly being in an interim state moving toward end-state design
Experience of corporate IT Application systems including cloud and SaaS services that underpin these
Familiarity with development and operational frameworks
High level of experience in delivery of IT Service Strategy
Leadership experience of managing cross functional teams and suppliers in a fast paced, virtual, international and demanding work environment.
A track record in directing and managing change and continuous improvement.
Excellent analytical skills including an ability to anticipate and highlight potential issues and opportunities.
Ability to engage, build relationships with and influence senior leadership and key business stakeholders.
Possesses exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage different audiences at all levels.
Must be able to manage multiple/conflicting priorities, appropriately prioritizing and allocating resource, with a strong track record of delivery.
Excellent level of understanding around performance management concepts, benchmarking and metrics.
Clear understanding of IT General Controls and how these apply across the IT landscape and the processes in use to support the back office applications

Expert

IT Technical transformation
IT Service Management and Service Improvement
IT Outsourcing
IT Risks and Compliance
Development Lifecycle Delivery
Financial and Benefits Management
Change Management (IT processes and Organizational)
Cross-functional team and supplier management
Communication skills - both written and verbal covering a wide range of stakeholder groups from the management level to the operational level
Highly Resilient
Strong self-motivation, ability to work independently with little supervision
Bias for action

Advanced

Strategic and Analytical thinking
Facilitation skills
Networking (across multiple functions, business units, external stakeholders)
Ability to work with ambiguity and uncertainty
Ability to positively resolve conflicts
Able to manage 3rd parties
Relevant industry and Financial understanding/experience
Understanding of IT methodologies

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

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