The Home Depot Hiring for Project Leader, Business Unit Accounting (Remote) Job at Atlanta, GA Full Time

POSITION PURPOSE


The Home Depot is able to offer virtual employment of this position in the following states: AL, AK, AZ, AR, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

The Project Leader, Business Unit Accounting serves as an advisor to and a liaison between Home Depot and its Business Units. The Project Leader maintains, monitors and reviews upload governance; provides Business Units with support for financial system integration initiatives; and conducts regular updates with their assigned Business Units. This role will support and drive accounting process improvements for their assigned Business Units including but not limited to identifying opportunities for automation, aligning with Home Depot core accounting processes where appropriate, and assisting with future Subsidiary/Business Unit acquisition/integration projects.

MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provides project planning and timeline management for the project.
• Overall responsibility for ensuring that the end result of development activity meets the business need.
• Coordinates the activities of staff and senior analysts including:
• Business process evaluation
• Procedure development
• System process flow and requirements
• QA planning and testing
• Implementation planning
• Documentation
• User training
• Production support for problems/enhancements
• Ensures adequate communication and proper integration across departments, systems and platforms.
• Selects, develops, and motivates assigned staff.

NATURE AND SCOPE

• Typically requires highly developed interpersonal skills for dealing with sensitive or controversial situations
• Typically faces situations that have a variety of interpretations and require careful evaluation.
• Typically considers among many different options or procedures when solving problems.
• Typically progress or results of work is periodically checked. Has some leeway to change work procedures.

ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS
Environment:
Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Travel:

Additional Environmental Job Requirements:
Under regular pressure to meet deadlines, quotas and/or must frequently deal with difficult issues related to people or situations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Additional Minimum Qualifications:

Education Required:
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Years of Relevant Work Experience: 2 years

Physical Requirements:
Frequent periods are spent standing or sitting in the same location with some opportunity to move about; occasionally there may be a need to stoop or lift light objects (typically less than 8 pounds).

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business or Computer Science is preferred.
• Ability to identify, initiate and drive process improvement efforts, build solid working relationships quickly, lead and multi task in fast paced and evolving environments, communicate to all levels of Associates.
• Strong accounting fundamentals, analytical skills and technological intelligence

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies:

• Experience in project management and an understanding of standard systems environment.
• Prior experience with quality assurance, training, documentation or as a business systems liaison is helpful.
• Track record of success at implementing large scale, complex projects.
• Excellent communication skills.