Senior Applications Specialist

Job Summary:

The Senior Applications Specialist is a key individual contributor responsible for the successful implementation, configuration, and maintenance of business applications and workflows. This role involves working closely with business stakeholders to develop and build best-practice solutions, enhance operational efficiency, and support continuous improvement efforts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and develop best-practice solutions.
• Build and configure solutions for business process owners using in-house software such as MS365 suite, Smartsheet, PowerBI, and Google Workspace.
• Lead and mentor a junior developers and analysts in delivering scalable solutions.
• Architect and design enterprise-level applications and integrations.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and documentation protocols.
• Evaluate existing applications to reconfigure, update, and add new features, contributing to a "continuous improvement" ideology based on business process owner intake.
• Maintain ongoing project status and documentation to ensure standard operating procedures are met and lessons learned are captured.
• Develop technical documents and handbooks to accurately represent application design and configuration.
• Contribute to maintaining and prioritizing the backlog of tasks and projects.
• Adhere to project plans, timelines, and deliverables, utilizing Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Ensure adherence to best practices and established standards for application configuration and maintenance.
• Stay informed of industry trends and emerging technologies to keep knowledge and skills current.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving application issues and support requests.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements (Education, Work Experience, Skills, etc.):

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., computer science, information systems) or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in application development and system integration.
• Proven leadership experience in leading technical teams and projects.
• Advanced expertise in business system architecture and enterprise application design.
• Understanding of business system applications, configuration, and maintenance.
• Ability to solve complex problems using critical thinking, at times independently, and often to seek out help from team members to collaborate on innovative solutions.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and tools.
• Expert knowledge with VBA for Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Smartsheet, and Google Workspace
• Expert knowledge with no-code/low-code development platforms.
• Strong data analysis, design, and application testing skills.
• Familiarity with sales and accounting data reporting, ERP platforms
• Experience with developing AI prompts for Gemini and Copilot
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

ACCO Competencies:

• Proactivity/Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one's level/position and with minimal supervision.
• Perseverance: Shows wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• Motivation/Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals. Initiates action with collective goals, takes responsibility, and shows personal humility.
• Technical Curiosity/Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feedback; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
• People Skills: Is approachable and gains the mutual trust and respect of others. Understands people's strengths & weaknesses and actively seeks to understand other perspectives.
• Communication: Fosters open, honest, candid and respectful communication. Effectively assesses, defines and communicates issues in a timely manner, both written and verbal.
• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to the organizations' short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems in support of personnel, group, department, or organizational objectives.
• Execution: Effectively takes a vision and translates into action by including the right people. Identify and remove barriers, when possible, to achieve results. Demonstrates appropriate compromise, effective time management, prioritization practices and holds team members (including themselves) accountable for their performance/conduct.
• Professionalism: Respectfully observes and challenges the status quo with intent for improvement. Can take direction, accept feedback, and take full responsibility for his/her actions. Lead by example through positive influence and ethical leadership with consideration of the entire organization.

Job Responsibility Level:

No direct reports

Hours:

This is a non-exempt position from Monday through Friday. Work hours begin and end between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm with a one-hour break for lunch and two rest breaks. Eight hours per day is required and other occasional overtime may be necessary for business needs.

Physical Demands:

• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

• Prolonged sitting.

• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.

• Occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch.

Competitive Wages:

$106,000 to $143,000 Annual Salary. Applicants please note that actual compensation is determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location, among others. The offered wage or salary is only one aspect of an employee's total compensation.

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