Opportunity

IT Delivery Manager Finance

Are you passionate about solving complex business problems and crafting a future vision for the finance portfolio of applications together with business process owners? Do you enjoy a fast-paced, international, and collaborative environment where you can have a strong impact and help shape how we work? Then this role might be something for you.

My name is Ana Sedej, Head of Business Engagement and Delivery, and I am looking for an IT Delivery Manager to join Svitzer.

As an IT Delivery Manager you are an expert facilitator that helps bring the technical and business side of development together. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of both our business and the applications allowing you to guide the development teams and help remove obstacles and ensure that these are well anchored in our Business Engagement and Delivery team. With your technical expertise, you will be a strong partner to the process owners, and you will together ensure to define a balanced backlog that aligns with the business needs, architecture, design, and delivery towards business goals.

We are currently implementing an ERP system (D365) with focus on rolling it out across the organisation in the coming year. While this implementation is ongoing, your primary role will be to, as a Release Manager, collaborating with the project team. This role is pivotal for the ongoing success of the project. Simultaneously, it offers an opportunity for you to familiarise yourself with the Finance portfolio, gradually transitioning into the role of IT Delivery Manager.

Who we are

Svitzer is a leading Global Towage Operator, providing towage and sustainable marine solutions to make ports and terminals safer, more efficient and more climate friendly. We have customers in 30+ countries across four Regions: Australia, AMEA, Europe and America.

In recent years, we have grown through new contracts and acquisitions, and growing continues to be a focus. While our standard marine services remain critical to us, we are implementing our new Strategy, which prioritises Decarbonization and Technology.

We are located in Nordhavn, Copenhagen, in a fun, dedicated, fast moving environment with a great focus on life outside of work. We operate globally 24/7, which means that things rarely stand still. However, we are good at manoeuvring being busy, as we enjoy working as a team by listening to and helping each other.

We Offer

In Svitzer headquarters, we have a lean and flat structure where you will interact with Senior Stakeholders weekly. We enjoy leading with care and learning from each other. You will have independence to shape your role and contribute to the Team's success, thus helping us advance.

We offer a truly international environment with a professional, engaged, ambitious, yet relaxed atmosphere where we value diversity. We welcome when colleagues proactively seek out opportunities for development by participating in cross-collaboration, a project or other opportunities that may arise.

The Role

As our new IT Delivery Manager, you will be part of a team that drives IT project delivery and change across Svitzer in collaboration with Development Teams and Business Process Owners. In the interim Release Manager role, you will diligently monitor, coordinate, and communicate around release progress to ensure releases are delivered on time and with the right quality.

Key responsibilities – Short Term – ERP implementation Release Manager

• Manage release strategy and gatekeep environments for before each release
• Coordinate upcoming releases across workstreams, ensuring assessment, scoping, testing and sign-off across
• Maintain release calendar and repository, and ensure timely communication with relevant stakeholders
• Ensure consistency between roll-out environments, including Microsoft D365, Basware, and Sertica

Key responsibilities – Long Term – IT Delivery Manager

• Develop application change roadmaps in close collaboration with business counterparts and alignment with the overall strategy
• Plan and manage application changes and releases, articulating and addressing risks, and documenting issues
• Lead with focus on quality, time and budget
• Foster partnerships with our business, vendors, and support teams for successful delivery
• Establish cost control and budget transparency of budget and act as escalation point for major incidents within your portfolio
• Building and maintaining effective governance and communication with all stakeholders

Who we are looking for

We envision a candidate with the following skill set:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in technology related field and demonstrated experience leading development teams, and implementing application changes or projects
• Proficient in creating plans and roadmaps, and passionate about bridging technology and business
• Experience with various software delivery methodologies, especially agile
• Proven experience in Project Management, Scrum Master, Solution Architect, Release Manager or a similar role in software development
• Interest in Finance applications and preferably experience in the domain, such as D365, invoice processing, expense management and consolidation systems
• Collaborative mindset and excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Organized, detail oriented, reliable, adaptable to learning and new challenges
• Good at prioritizing and problem solving in stressful situations
• Can-do attitude focusing on levering technology for business value
• Some business travel must be expected.

Additional information and application deadline:

For more information on the role, please contact Head of Business Delivery & Engagement, Ana Sedej, on [email protected]

To apply, please send your application detailing your relevant experience no later than 15 January 2024.

Building a Diverse Workplace

In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that members from some under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. At Svitzer we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles, and we are excited about hearing from you!

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