Job Description for Application Landscape Manager with Schneider Electric India

Schneider Electric (SE) is the global specialist in energy management and automation. SE develops connected technologies and solutions to manage energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. SE provides an integrated approach, designed for the reality of digital economy (Plant-to-Plug).  The versatile product portfolio addresses all energy needs of industries as well as residential.

About the group (SD)\:  All IT needs for SE are managed by a group called Schneider Digital (SD); spread across 303 locations in 60 countries with over 2300 staff; along with various engagements with all major Global IT Service Providers.

Org Structure –Where is this position placed in the organization\: Schneider Digital is segregated into various verticals and one of the verticals is ‘Enterprise Systems’, this vertical is further classified into Domains. This individual contributor role is part of the ‘Finance Domain’.

CEO->CDO -> CIO-> Digital Leader for Finance & GSC -> Head of Digital Finance -> Capability Owner for Finance, Tax and Accounting -> Application Landscape Manager

About the role\:  Manage the application landscape for the Finance, Tax and Accounting scope (usage, costs, obsolescence, target) and contribute to (propose and/or perform) rationalization activities in order to reduce legacy applications. Accountable for the data quality of applications in their scope. Develop strong knowledge, their functionalities and related technologies. Maintain close contact with other teams in order to align strategy and execution of projects at all levels (global / local)

Qualifications & Certifications

Engineering Graduate or Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Required Skills (Must have) along with necessary industry experience

General

Total experience of 14-18 years, with excellent communication and coordination skills.Self-motivated, positive attitude and ability to inject optimismAbility to challenge status quo and lead discussions in the right directionExperience of working in a highly matrixed organizationAbility to collaborate with various teams locally and globally Ability to influence without authorityAbility to articulate thoughts and ideas clearlyExcellent interpersonal skills, ability to negotiate the best things for the organizationExperience in managing partners, consultants and suppliersCrisis, conflict, issues management skillsEye for detail as well as understanding of the big pictureAbility to work with ambiguous informationForesight and ability to plan with little or no information

Functional

Good knowledge of Finance, Tax and Accounting DomainAbreast with the latest technology trend in the industryProvide Digital Solution to address Business Requirements Ability to validate Business Requirements

Technical

In-depth knowledge on technologies/products/platforms for Tax and Accounting (more focused on Tax)Go-to-person for all technical informationExcellent knowledge of Enterprise ArchitectureGood problem-solving skillsDigital Solutioning SkillsManaged application landscape for Finance, Tax and AccountingExperience in automating processes as well as deployment of Artificial Intelligence use casesGood knowledge of SDLC and various Software development frameworksHands on experience on Business Process Management (BPM)Good knowledge of Business Analysis 

Essential Day-to-Day Responsibilities\:

Ensure Delivery teams are taking every measure for the upkeep of applicationsAll IT security aspects of the application are addressed and maintainedWell defined Disaster Recovery Plan is in place, tested regularlyAll applications are adhering to the IT Security framework and requirementsManage all technology related escalations, ensuring nothing goes to the next levelEnsure application are future proof w.r.t infrastructure, performance and overall capacity Plan to addressing the growing needs of BusinessProvide all the required Digital/Technology support to Business to Digitize and automate their processes

Desired Skills (Nice to have in addition to the Required Skills)

Knowledge Supply Chain processes which would help in analyzing requests from a end-to-end perspective at a organization level

 Shift Timings

This is a Global Project spanning several countries in various time zones. Depending on the need the requirement would be to work in different time zones including US time zones.