POSITION PURPOSE:

The Finance Innovation and Transformation (FIT) team is part of the Corporate Controller’s group (CCG) maintain integrated competency centers that help drive value realization. FIT helps finance leaders transform the finance function by moving away from traditional, highly manual transactional processes in a backward-looking function to a predictive and proactive mindset powered by intelligent insights and automation. FIT includes the following competency centers: Project Management Office, Product Management, Business Process Outsourcing, Process Optimization, Data Analytics, and Automation COE. FIT serves the Controller’s group as the digital hub and works cross-functionally with business partners in Finance and through-out Home Depot to support the company’s strategic objectives.

This position will reside within the FIT Product Owner Team. We are seeking a Project Lead for Workday, SAP and legacy products with focus on Hire-to-Retire business process workstream.  The candidate should have a deep understanding/experience within this domain and hands-on experience as functional architect or configurator in maintaining / supporting Workday and  various SAP products in a complex ecosystem inclusive of S4, legacy SAP and non-SAP systems.

The Project Lead is responsible for assessing market needs and inspiring cross-functional product teams to find the fastest way to achieve value around those needs. The role focuses on delivering business value to improve efficiency and improve customer satisfaction through quality products.  The Project Lead will work closely with teams of developers, designers, and business partners. They support in-depth business reviews, communicate and present across all levels of the organization and support cross-functional product teams.

              Responsibilities include -

• Partners with cross-functional internal teams and third-party System Integrators in designing processes and application functionalities.
• Identifying, developing and documenting current state / to-be state processes
• Identifying and documenting process gaps, vulnerabilities, risks and improvement opportunities in current state
• Identifying and documenting business needs; translating needs to requirements; Liaising with IT and Systems Integrator in designing application functionalities that satisfy the business requirements.
• Developing functional and technical specifications
• Identifying and analyzing potentially viable solutions
• Liaising with Finance Integration and IT stakeholders on testing strategies and solution deployment

  MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Provides project planning and timeline management for the project.
  • Overall responsibility for ensuring that the end result of development activity meets the business need.
  • Coordinates the activities of staff and senior analysts including:
  • Business process evaluation
  • Procedure development
  • System process flow and requirements
  • QA planning and testing
  • Implementation planning
  • Documentation
  • User training
  • Production support for problems/enhancements
  • Ensures adequate communication and proper integration across departments, systems and platforms.
  • Selects, develops, and motivates assigned staff.

    NATURE AND SCOPE

    • This position typically reports to the Manager of Product Owner

      ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

      Environment:

      • Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

        Additional Environmental Job Requirements:

        • Under regular pressure to meet deadlines, quotas and/or must frequently deal with difficult issues related to people or situations.