ERP Financials Business Team Lead

The State of Connecticut, Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), is an agency whose mission is to provide accounting and financial services, to administer employee and retiree benefits, to develop accounting policy and exercise accounting oversight, and to prepare financial reports for the state, federal and municipal governments and the public.

We are recruiting for a full-time ERP Financials Business Team Lead to work within the Core-CT Division. This position:

• Is responsible for the General Ledger and Commitment Control and integration of transactions from other modules;
• Is responsible for customer support to users;
• Troubleshoots and resolves medium to complex issues and business processes;
• Assist with testing and validating solutions;
• Requirements gathering and documentation based upon user interaction;
• Document and understand business processes;
• Interpret, understand and learn system processes;
• Assist in implementation and validation of system upgrades and/or bugs and fixes;
• Review impacts to processes and procedures based upon system upgrades;
• Recommend to upper management new processes, procedures and streamlining of current processes and procedures;
• Develop and troubleshoot reports, analytics, queries, spreadsheets, and documents;
• Analyze requirements and business processes and be able to turn these into technical documentation; develop documents, presentations and execution of training; and, participate in system activities as needed.

As Team Lead this position requires knowledge of GAAP, and State/Governmental Accounting principles and policies as laid out by state statute, and accounting policies of OSC to ensure that the system is in compliance.

This position is a first-shift, 40 hour per week position located at the newly renovated State Office Building at 165 Capitol Avenue in Hartford, CT. This state-of-the-art building offers free garage parking, ergonomic workspaces, and telework opportunities. The OSC offers an excellent salary and benefits package.

Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position. State employees currently holding the above title or those who have previously attained permanent status in the class may apply for a lateral transfer. Candidates who have been selected for employment with the Office of the State Comptroller are subject to a detailed background investigation, including a fingerprint supported state and federal criminal history record check along with reference checks. Selection for employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of the background investigation.

In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. Please ensure that your application is complete prior to submitting. NOTE: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, supervisory references, attendance records, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency. Questions about these required documents should be directed to the hiring agency's human resources office: bonnie.schlechtweg@ct.gov.

This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQ’s) which will be sent to you via email after the closing date. Please regularly check your email for notifications, including your SPAM/JUNK folders. You must reply by the deadline indicated on the notification or you will be automatically disqualified from consideration.

Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements and preferred qualifications of the position.

All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

In the Department of Administrative Services or Office of the State Comptroller this class is accountable for supervising staff assigned to statewide Core-CT Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) fiscal functions including integrated financials, supply chain management or enterprise services automation modules.

Oversees assigned Core-CT ERP module; schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff; provides staff training and assistance; conducts performance evaluations; plans workflow; establishes and maintains unit procedures; determines priorities and allocation of resources; establishes guidelines and best practices for assigned module areas; determines and understands business and project requirements; develops solutions for agency issues within parameters of systems; identifies gaps and risks within various project elements; develops contingency plans to address gaps and major risks; maps processes to meet business needs, evaluating and redefining processes; communicates requirements to information technology staff for design and implementation of business solutions; tests, performs troubleshooting analysis and resolves complex problems; communicates difficult or complex issues and resolutions clearly and effectively to staff and agency users; acts as liaison across modules, with operating units, information technology staff and agencies; oversees development of training programs that are applicable to assigned module; determines and addresses training gaps; develops communication strategy that educates, informs and keeps users up to date with best practices; maintains ongoing list of requests and modifications under consideration; develops comprehensive reports; participates in module and cross-module team meetings; develops procedures and documentation relating to assigned modules including creation and revisions to job aids; makes presentations; may participate in module project audit tasks; performs related duties as required.

Considerable knowledge of Peoplesoft or ERP (system) integrated module knowledge; considerable knowledge of principles and practices of public administration, governmental budget management and accounting including project costing; considerable knowledge of the integration of modules; considerable knowledge of grants and contract preparation and administration; considerable knowledge of purchasing principles and procedures; considerable knowledge of asset management; considerable knowledge of and ability to map business processes; considerable knowledge of and ability to utilize programming logic, validation testing, script writing, SQL and other troubleshooting software; knowledge of project management principles and techniques; knowledge of business re-engineering process; considerable interpersonal skills; considerable oral and written communication skills; considerable ability to prepare and analyze financial documents and reports;; considerable ability to understand how the application does or does not support the State’s business process; considerable ability to identify, analyze and resolve highly complex business problems; considerable ability to utilize Enterprise Resource Planning systems for financial management; considerable ability to conduct task analysis; considerable ability to gather technical information and effectively communicate to the appropriate source; ability to train and make presentations; supervisory ability.

Nine (9) years of professional experience as a business analyst operating within financial systems.
Business analyst is defined as serving as a liaison between business units, technology and support teams interpreting the business needs of an organization and translating into application and operational requirements.

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been in a professional capacity independently performing a complex tasks in support of an integrated financials Enterprise Resource Planning system at the level of ERP Financials Business Specialist.

1. College training in business administration, accounting, finance, public administration or a closely related field may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equaling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
2. Master's degree in public administration, business administration or accounting may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
3. For State Employees two (2) years of experience as an ERP Financials Business Specialist may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.

Employees in this class may be required to travel.