Company

　　Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

　　When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with a dynamic and diverse team of mission-driven professionals to strengthen and protect our economy and our communities.

　　Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more. All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.

　　About the Opportunity

　　The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Support Office (ESO) has an immediate opening for a Configurator - Source-to-Contract, reporting to the Vice President, ERP Support.

　　The role will be a part of an cross district Agile product team that is responsible for supporting the design, development, testing, troubleshooting and resolution of any Workday and/ or Ariba and all connected systems (on-prem, Cloud-based, and third-party providers) application enhancements and defects and will actively engage with other Agile team members to support process improvement efforts. This position will focus heavily on the development and maintenance of Workday/ Ariba’s core buy to pay functionality and modules as well as the exploration of new functionality to address novel business problems as identified by business line partners. This position will also be responsible for adhering to approved design patterns; following relevant architectural, data, and security policies; and collaborating with internal service providers such as National Integration Services and National IT. This role will support the ongoing enhancements, changes, additions, and updates to the Ariba Workday platform. Experience with Financial, Procurement or application configuration is expected.

　　What You Will Do:

　　Use agile engineering practices and various configuration tools or development technologies to rapidly develop and/or configure creative and efficient solutions that enhance the client, customer, and employee experience.

　　Collaborate with other agile team members to craft clear user stories, design tests for prototypes and products, and continuously deliver product enhancements.

　　Create solutions that improve the reliability of systems in production, fixing issues, responding to incidents and, when required, takes on-call responsibilities.

　　Manage incident troubleshooting and resolution.

　　Conduct root cause analysis to identify service improvements.

　　Conduct relevant testing to ensure correct functionality.

　　Work through resolution of technical service issues according to standard processes and procedures and specialized understanding of complex product issues.

　　Participate rigorously in agile events and activities (i.e., daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review, retrospective, refinement, peer reviews);

　　Maintain a strong focus on business outcomes.

　　Communicate with business stakeholders about agile processes to set and manage expectations about delivery methods and timelines.

　　Perform tasks associated with technical release readiness, recurring routine report development and monitoring, proposing technical solutions for enhancement, and training material development.

　　Qualifications:

　　Experience with ERP Ariba platform tool is required.

　　Experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, and managing technology platform and connected systems or processes.

　　High proficiency in procurement, specifically buy to pay, product-related technology and systems operations.

　　In-depth understanding of finance and/or procurement industry market trends and conditions.

　　Experience in working with ticketing tools, configuration, escalation management, developing and maintaining core tools.

　　Ability to translate user-impacting defects into user consumable language.

　　Relevant finance and/or procurement business domain expertise – breadth or depth.

　　Ability to work and coordinate with third parties on data-related inquiries.

　　Well-versed in Agile development methodologies including Scrum best practices.

　　Learning mindset geared toward innovation and creativity for applying technology capabilities in new ways, necessary for both the delivery of effective technology and business solutions.

　　Expertise in relationship management and an exemplary ability to manage stakeholder expectations through clear and transparent communications.

　　Excellent communication skills with ability to express ideas in a clear, concise, and compelling manner, as well as ability to tailor communications for different audiences.

　　Other Requirements and Considerations:

　　Candidates should review the Bank’s Employee Code of Conduct (https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/about_us/careers/pdf/code_of_conduct.pdf?WT.si_n=Search&WT.si_x=3) to ensure compliance with conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.

　　If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please notify [email protected] .

　　Employees who work at and/or visit another Federal Reserve entity or outside business as part of their job duties are required to comply with any onsite safety and health protocols of those organizations (including, but not limited to, requirements to vaccinate or test, mask, social distance, etc.).

　　No Key Point: Sponsorship is not available for this role. Selected candidate is subject to special background check procedures.

　　The hiring range of the position of Analyst – Business – Int is $62,900 - $78,600 annually.

　　The hiring range of the position of Analyst – Business – Sr is $79,400 - $99,200 annually.

　　Salary offered will be based on the job responsibilities and the individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience as defined in the job qualifications.

　　Full Time / Part Time

　　Full time

　　Regular / Temporary

　　Regular

　　Job Exempt (Yes / No)

　　Yes

　　Job Category

　　Analytical

　　Work Shift

　　First (United States of America)

　　The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

　　Privacy Notice (https://www.kansascityfed.org/documents/7797/Workday_Privacy_Notice.pdf)

　　OUR BANK has one of the most recognizable brands around the world. The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States—one of the world's most influential, trusted and prestigious financial organizations. The Federal Reserve is charged with the important mission of promoting a strong economy and a stable financial system and fulfills this responsibility by formulating national monetary policy, supervising and regulating banks and bank holding companies, and providing financial services for banks and the U.S. government.

　　OUR PEOPLE are diverse in background and ideas, which allows for ongoing creativity and innovation. Ultimately, they are the ones who push our high-performance, exchange-driven culture forward.

　　Why Our People Choose Us:

　　Our reputation precedes us

　　There will always be room for personal growth

　　Our people are first

　　You’ll find the right balance

　　Your responsibilities will be meaningful

　　We hope that you will be our future colleague.