Functional application manager Finance
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Description
Operations at WUR are undergoing significant change! We are in the midst of a period of major transformation across business processes, administrative systems and digital platforms. As a functional application manager, your challenge will be to work with the team to ensure the continuity of the current financial platforms and to ensure a smooth transition to a new platform.
In this team, you will use your knowledge of, for example, procurement processes, accounting processes, project administration and customer relationship management processes to support users and ensure the software is optimally configured. Your knowledge of IT infrastructure, data models and data management will enable you to make the right choices and refine processes for smooth operational application management. We need your proactive, collaborative and sociable nature to organise all the operational work and the changes effectively. We need you now – a go-getter who takes the initiative, gets things done and inspires others with your ability to bring about change!
Your main tasks and responsibilities as a functional application manager:
This is where you’ll be working
At WUR, you’ll be working within Digitalisation & Information Services (DIS). This department brings together all the teams collaborating on WUR’s digital agenda. Within DIS, there are plenty of opportunities to specialise further and develop your skills in your field.
Your team is part of the IT Operations department. The management and support of the financial applications are handled by the Finance, Procurement and Projects (FP&I) team. Here, you will work alongside five functional application managers, a product owner, a scrum master and a business analyst. Together, you will be responsible for the security, continuity and quality of the data in the software used for project administration, expense claims, financial administration and procurement.
In this team, you will use your knowledge of, for example, procurement processes, accounting processes, project administration and customer relationship management processes to support users and ensure the software is optimally configured. Your knowledge of IT infrastructure, data models and data management will enable you to make the right choices and refine processes for smooth operational application management. We need your proactive, collaborative and sociable nature to organise all the operational work and the changes effectively. We need you now – a go-getter who takes the initiative, gets things done and inspires others with your ability to bring about change!
Your main tasks and responsibilities as a functional application manager:
- you are fluent in the Dutch language
- functional application management and user support for financial platforms (you’ll focus primarily on Unit4 Business World);
- acting as a liaison between the user organisation, suppliers and the IT organisation;
- refining processes for platform management and user support;
- monitoring security aspects and requirements;
- ensuring that the platform infrastructure aligns with the requirements and processes of the user organisation.
This is where you’ll be working
At WUR, you’ll be working within Digitalisation & Information Services (DIS). This department brings together all the teams collaborating on WUR’s digital agenda. Within DIS, there are plenty of opportunities to specialise further and develop your skills in your field.
Your team is part of the IT Operations department. The management and support of the financial applications are handled by the Finance, Procurement and Projects (FP&I) team. Here, you will work alongside five functional application managers, a product owner, a scrum master and a business analyst. Together, you will be responsible for the security, continuity and quality of the data in the software used for project administration, expense claims, financial administration and procurement.