Do you have a passion for business systems and data? Do you want to work in an environment where systems are highly valued and invested in? Are you looking for an opportunity to partner with best in class companies to help take them to the next level?
Vista Consulting Group helps drive value creation through operational excellence, and the tip of the VCG spear is the Business Applications team (BOSS). The BOSS team gets involved in every new portfolio company early in the investment in order to help the company transition to best practice processes by implementing a best practice systems footprint. BOSS is widely recognized as one of the most important steps in the entire value creation process.
We are hiring a Director of Business Applications, responsible for overseeing the implementation of business applications projects in the portfolio. The Director acts as an interface to both senior management and business partners, developing and maintaining strong relationships with vendor teams and vendor management.
The Director is responsible for the coordination and development of the Program Managers assigned to their oversight, including the detailed work of project planning, regular reporting, meetings and communication, following-up on tasks, identifying risks and keeping staff and efforts focused on the priorities. The Director must be equally comfortable digging into business requirements as well as drilling into architecture and technology with operations teams. Ideal candidates will be equally comfortable having an executive level conversation about Best Practice business processes as well as sitting down with a consultant to review and optimize detailed technical requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities
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Serve as a strategic thought partner for portfolio company management in the area of business applications and processes
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Manage and develop the Program Managers and Consultants assigned to the cases that the Director is directly responsible for overseeing
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Guide the project to implement Vista Best Practices in a manner that matches the business requirements of each portfolio company
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Maintain partnership programs with implementation partners which can leveraged by portfolio companies
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Assist with development of RFPs/SOWs and vendor selection
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Assist portfolio companies with their add-on acquisition integrations
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Assist deal team review with technology due diligence and create TSAs for carve-outs as needed
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Contribute to overall leadership of the Business Applications function including recruitment, development, assignment, retention, project management, performance benchmarking, and department budgeting
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Provide performance evaluation feedback and development to project team members
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Manage the development and implementation of Business Applications policies, standards, guidelines and procedures to ensure ongoing maintenance of infrastructure