Enterprise Architect - Finance and Billing (GRAC112)
Job ID: GRAC112
Term: Permanent Full-time
Global Relay is the leading provider of cloud-based electronic message archiving, supervision, and eDiscovery solutions for the global financial sector, delivering services to 18,000 customers in 90 countries. Global Relay Archive securely captures and preserves email, instant messaging, mobile messaging, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and more — with Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Android, Outlook and Web access.
Global Relay is headquartered in Vancouver's Gastown, with offices in New York, Chicago, London, and Singapore. We strive to be a top employer and were recognized by numerous awards including Top 10 Best Companies to Work for in BC (2012 and 2011), Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures (2013), and Deloitte's list of 50 fastest-growing companies in Canada (2013).
With over 325 employees, Global Relay is growing rapidly and looking for new talent. Global Relay provides fantastic opportunities to individuals with passion in business and technology. For those with international business aspirations, Global Relay offers invaluable exposure to doing business with some of the most influential companies in the world. Global Relay is also ideal for people who want to create cool technologies using massively scalable "big data" architecture and a strong focus on mobile.
Apply today – we have five floors of great open space offices with a fast-paced vibe, lots of amenities, a roof top deck & BBQ, and an in-house chef, all located in the heart of Gastown near Waterfront Station. To learn more about our culture and community involvement, please visit (www.globalrelay.com).
The Role:
The Enterprise Architect, Finance & Billing, is responsible for the business and solution architecture for Global Relay’s new finance and billing system and its integration into source data systems within the company. In addition to core accounting functionality, the project encompasses the entire revenue cycle from “quote to cash” and requires the Enterprise Architect to understand the current billing process and work with key stakeholders in Sales, Provisioning, Finance and Development to design a multi-phase approach to implement the new system. During implementation, the Enterprise Architect will coordinate the execution of the project to ensure supporting development and configuration work is aligned with goals.
Role Responsibilities:
• Ownership of the multi-phase project, reporting into the Director of Finance
• Document and analyze the current “quote to cash” process to provide all stakeholders with foundational knowledge of what exists today
• Identify and evaluate processes required to design an integrated billing solution
• Lead requirements definition for the new billing system working with assigned stakeholders in Sales, Provisioning, Finance, Development and other departments as required
• Coordinate core accounting requirements with stakeholders in Accounting and Finance to embed in implementation plan
• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture related to the project and manage requirements specific to implementation
• Define a strategy for implementing change across multiple project phases and across organizational functions such that operational goals can be achieved with a manageable level of business disruption
• Work with the BA, Product Management, and Development teams to create requirements and implementation plans for internal development related to the billing project
• Educate and mentor business and technical stakeholders in the objectives and goals related to their areas of involvement and execution
• Generate and maintain all enterprise architecture artifacts related to this project
Qualifications:
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in project management and delivery
• Broad technical background preferably in a high tech software environment
• Practical knowledge of TOGAF
• Experience with finance and billing systems in an enterprise environment
• Hands-on experience with change management in an enterprise environment
• Exceptional ability to communicate, deal with political situations, and to take on large organizational challenges
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Ability to build repeatable and reuseable processes
• Ability to handle multiple aspects of a project at one time
• An ability to see the big picture and to develop holistic solutions from diverse stakeholder requirements
• An ability to clearly align enterprise architecture with explicit business objectives
• Familiarity with SalesForce or other CRM is an asset
To Apply:
If you are interested in this position, please send your cover letter and resume in one PDF document to: careers@globalrelay.net. Save your PDF using the following format "FirstName LastName (Application Date)". Reference "Enterprise Architect_GRAC112” in email subject line.
No phone calls please; applicants must be eligible to work in Canada.
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