Director, ERP Transformation

Company Overview

Pattern Energy is a leading renewable energy company that develops, constructs, owns, and operates high-quality wind and solar generation, transmission, and energy storage facilities. Our mission is to transition the world to renewable energy through the sustainable development and responsible operation of facilities with respect for the environment, communities, and cultures where we have a presence. 

Our approach begins and ends with establishing trust, accountability, and transparency. Our company values of creative spirit, pride of ownership, follow-through, and a team-first attitude drive us to pursue our mission every day. Our culture supports our values by fostering innovative and critical thinking and a deep belief in living up to our promises. 

Headquartered in the United States, Pattern has a global portfolio of more than 35 power facilities and transmission assets, serving various customers that provide low-cost clean energy to millions of consumers.   

Job Description

This role will be a combination of strategic leader and head solution architect in support of the company’s process and digital transformation with focus on delivering the ERP-led Finance transformation aligned to Oracle Cloud solutions. This is an exciting role that requires hands-on implementation, leadership, and problem-solving experience with Oracle Cloud ERP, EPM and SCM applications, including Financials, Supply Chain & Order Management with high competency in Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Record-to-Report (R2R) and other relative business processes. Experience with Oracle CX applications (Field Services) is also highly desirable. The role will develop and lead business functional and technical project teams and guide them through solution design, implementation, integration, testing, cutover and deployment of the Oracle Cloud applications to drive the company’s large scale transformation objectives with on-time/on-budget delivery. As a part of this process, the role will perform rationalization of current processes and applications in favor of standard Oracle Cloud technology and deliver a rigorous project management process and governance structure. The role will serve as the “face” of the transformation to the company, maintaining close key stakeholder relationships and ensuring optimal change management & organizational buy-in. The position will also ensure the essential deployment of a robust post-go-live operating model for the Oracle Cloud applications & infrastructure.

Key Accountabilities

Role accountabilities include:

• Lead team through full ERP implementation cycle from technology-led design to deployment, recommending standardized solutions and ensuring appropriate stakeholder buy-in and signoff. Ensure high quality and value-added documentation of functional and technical solution design.
• Lead the hands-on configuration in Oracle Cloud Financials (AP, AR, GL, CM, FA), Supply Chain, CX, and other modules as necessary working with client stakeholders to ensure configurations are in alignment with business requirements.
• Lead the hands-on development of custom solutions across reports, integrations, conversions, and extensions. Rationalize custom requirements and existing & new third-party applications.
• Assist with overall project strategy including design of team structure and tracks, implementation partner selection and management, schedule, etc.
• Directly and indirectly manage onshore/offshore consultants and extended internal project team members during implementation and post go-live.
• Provide regular status updates to the organization, risk identification & mitigation, and assist in developing change management & user training programs.
• Plan and implement post go-live operational support structure for Oracle cloud environment to provide day-to-day user support, recurring update & enhancement management, master data management, reporting & analytics support, integration management, system health KPI tracking, etc.

Experience/Qualifications/Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting, information systems, or related field required (master’s degree preferred or equivalent years of experience).
• 5-10 Years experience implementing at least 1-5 large scale ERP-led enterprise transformational initiatives (Oracle Cloud ERP implementation must be at least 1 of these), while maintaining full budget responsibility and enabling change & delivery accountability.
• Oracle University cloud application certifications desirable.
• Demonstrated experience transitioning complex ERP platforms across technologies with complex data conversion requirements.
• At least 8-10 years management and project management experience, managing large size teams with mixture of direct report and consultants. Familiarity with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies, processes, and tools required.
• At least 10 years of cross-departmental working business experience, with demonstrated ability to successfully engage, empathize and connect with a wide variety of business owners and stakeholders to effectively drive business/technology alignment and progress of initiatives.
• At least 10 years of experience working in a medium to large corporate environment, preferably with a public company.
• 8+ years in software systems or architecture development and delivery with demonstrable experience in innovation and emerging technologies.
• In depth experience with and understanding of corporate and financial processes, ideally with strong understanding of implementation of industry standards to simplify and standardize processes.
• 5-10 years of experience managing medium to large size teams of direct reports and combination of onshore/offshore consulting resources.
• Ability to build and lead highly effective, motivated, and productive teams.
• Demonstrated problem solving and communication abilities, including:
  • Translating requirements and facilitating communications between business partners, technical and non-technical team members, both verbally and visually.
  • Good judgement, ability to quickly get to the underlying root cause of problems or issues.
  • Communicating project status and complex subject matter to directors, vice presidents, C-level executives, and board members as needed to provide insight into the current state of the business or project, and as required, inspire the envisioned end state.
  • Experience in leading change initiatives through process- and metrics-based leadership.
  • Managing and engaging on multiple, complex projects with competing needs and resource requirements.
  • Ability to rationalize and recommend optimal combination(s) of technology applications and architecture based on enterprise business needs, efficiency and long-range cost effectiveness.
  • Exceptional communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical ideas in business-friendly language.
• Multi-cultural and multi-regional experience is highly preferred.
• Renewable energy industry experience is desirable.
• Ability to travel within the U.S. up to 10-20% of time.

The expected starting pay range for this role is $137,000 to $186,000 USD. This range is an estimate and base pay may be above or below the ranges based on several factors including but not limited to location, work experience, certifications, and education. In addition to base pay, Pattern’s compensation program includes a bonus structure for full-time employees of all levels. We also provide a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, voluntary benefits, family care benefits, employee assistance program, paid time off and bonding leave, paid holidays, 401(k)/RRSP retirement savings plan with employer contribution, and employee referral bonuses.  

Pattern Energy Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  

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