HarbourVest Partners · 2 days ago
IT Manager
Boston
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$94K/yr - $150K/yr
5+ years expHarbourVest Partners is a global firm with a commitment to delivering impactful solutions to clients and investing partners. The IT Manager will oversee the IT Finance Automation Platform Team, focusing on improving the performance and execution of technical solutions in Accounting and Treasury.
Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Liaise between senior leadership and technical teams for Finance Platform’s Accounting and Treasury systems, such as, Adaptive Planning, qashqade & FIS Integrity
Partner with Product Management teams, including Platform Owners and Business Product Owners to prioritize backlogs, refine roadmaps, and maintain dependencies across applications and critical initiatives
Plan and complete technology projects, adhering to standard methodologies
Drive continuous improvement in automation, data integrity, and system performance across finance platforms
Lead a support team consisting of Scrum Master, Business Analysts, Developers and QA Testers
Manage third party software vendors to provide application support; Collaborate with support partners to mature Application Managed Services model
Act as an intermediary between the business and the technical community working with project teams and business partners to collect, clarify, and translate business requests into documentation and conceptual design (using appropriate tools and models) from which applications and solutions are developed
Handle the prioritized work for both build and run
Qualification
Required
Confident self-starter capable of setting plans, driving projects to completion
A team leader with experience leading Agile development and support teams
Excellent facilitation and interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal, including experience translating technical concepts and decisions to non-technical staff. Must be able to interact with all areas of business
Experienced with financial services industry, Accounting and Treasury, ideally within Private Equity
Software Engineering experience, or management of engineers
Experience in handling vendor relationships and leading near-shore and off-shore teams
Solid attention to detail, focus on execution of tasks, and adaptability to meet changing timelines and priorities
Collaborate with product owners and business analysts to align system improvements with organizational goals
Ability to be hands on with solving and executing problems
Experience with agile frameworks including Scrum and Kanban
Previous experience as a people leader required
A data driven mentality and ability to apply data to drive process improvement
Experience with financial applications, such as, Adaptive Planning, qashqade, Integrity, Great Plains and efront; including experience handling critical transactional and reporting applications
Experience with vendor management
Good interpersonal, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Visio)
Bachelor's Degree
5-8 Years of experience within the financial services industry, with at least three years in a leadership position preferred
Preferred
Experience within Microsoft Power Suite (Apps, BI, Automate), MS SQL Studio, Azure DevOps, Synapse and Snowflake is a plus
Benefits
Discretionary annual bonus
Long-term reward programs
Comprehensive total rewards package
Retirement
Health
Insurance
Paid time off
Wellness programs
Company
HarbourVest Partners
HarbourVest Partners is a private markets firm providing solutions to help clients invest in primary funds, real assets, and private credit.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Tricia Mackechnie
Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer
Aliza Firestone-Goren
Senior Vice President
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