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Executive Director-Admin Shared Services (Onsite)
2 years ago
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Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
Develops and manages strategies to consolidate standard human resources, finance, and information technology transactional activities in a shared services environment.
Job Duty 1 –
Lead development and implementation of plans, policies, and strategies in support of business objectives for the service center.
Job Duty 2 –
Contribute to strategic planning, direction, and goal setting for the department or function in collaboration with senior management.
Job Duty 3 –
Develop new insights and understanding of business performance based on data and statistical methods. Analyze external market dynamics and other data sources to assess trends and develop actionable insights and recommendations to management, via understanding of the business model and the information available for analysis.
Job Duty 4 –
Collaborate with other members of the executive management team to align departmental strategy or direction with the overall goals of the organization.
Job Duty 5 –
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support initiatives that drive operational and financial performance and growth.
Job Duty 6 –
Oversees recurring or daily functions or processes necessary for business execution and identifies opportunities for improvement or efficiencies.
Job Duty 7 –
Leads the work of teams providing direct services that include financial, research administration, human resources, and information technology and a team that supports the day-to-day operations.
Job Duty 8 –
Create and track key performance metrics within business units. Assesses departmental performance and subsequently develops and implements process improvements or enhancements.
Job Duty 9 –
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Experience
- Minimum ten years of progressive and relevant experience in one or more of the areas of finance, human resources, information technology, research administration, customer service, or related field with minimum of three years of managerial responsibilities included
Preferred Qualifications
Additional Preferred Qualifications
- Professional certification in the functional areas of accounting/finance (e.g., CPA) or human resources (e.g., SHRM-CP); and/or certification in lean process improvement (e.g. Lean Gold Certified, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, etc.)
- Experience with Workday Financials and PeopleSoft HR
Preferred Educational Qualifications
- Master’s degree in business or public administration or related field
Preferred Experience
- Experience in higher education administration.
- Familiarity with administrative processes, procedures and systems at a large research university (preferred), government agency, or corporation.
- Experience in building and managing a shared services organization.
- Proven experience in leading successful, large, complex, and highly visible organizational transformation initiatives.
- Experience in developing and managing large, high performance teams with high employee satisfaction.
- Experience leading through influence and inspiring others to achieve organizational goals.
- Knowledge and experience with enhancing productivity, meeting customer expectations, and driving a culture of continuous improvement.