IT Business Partner

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Works in partnership with the Functional Leader, Business Unit Leader, or Business Process Owner to deliver business features using suitable technology. Possesses a strong desire to bring real world solutions to business needs, using some of the latest industry technologies that our end users and customers will love. Demonstrates a strong understanding of how to be a liaison between the business processes needs and technology, leveraging a Shared Service Model within IT to best support the business. Works directly with business leaders to vet, prioritize and deliver departmental and Enterprise-level features. Helps implement process improvement ideas stemming from business requests.

STEP INTO THE ROLE

• Own the relationship between Finance and IT. Partner directly with the Finance Leadership and Business Process Owners to turn accounting and finance priorities into work IT can actually deliver.
• Ensures IT Shared Services are engaged to meet the needs of the Business Process Teams.
• Prioritizes work during program planning in collaboration with the Business Process Owner or Leader.
• Own the technology roadmap that delivers Finance's. Translate Finance leadership's multi-year priorities into a sequenced IT delivery roadmap across general ledger, job cost, billing, and payroll, and keep IT Shared Services, vendors, and business leaders pulling in the same direction.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, Information Technology Management, or related field, or a combination of related education and work experience. Construction or renewable energy experience preferred.
• 7 or more years as an IT Business Partner, Process/Product Manager, Delivery Lead, or Finance Systems Manager, working on enterprise processes with IT components.
• 5 or more years with the financial modules of a major ERP. JD Edwards strongly preferred. Oracle, SAP, Workday, Dynamics 365, or Viewpoint Vista also considered.

WHAT SETS YOU APART

• Construction or renewable energy industry experience, with an understanding of how job cost, progress billing, and field labor flow into the financials.
• Working knowledge of the month-end and year-end close cycle, and how a system change on Tuesday shows up in the numbers at close.
• Five or more years of experience in JIRA, Azure DevOps, or comparable storyboard technologies.

WHO ARE WE? 

With more than 115 years of construction experience, Blattner has played a vital role in building America’s critical infrastructure, ranging from railroads and highways to dams and mines. Since 1997, the company has focused on renewable energy solutions and is responsible for some of the most significant solar, wind and storage projects in the U.S. Today, Blattner has installed over 20% of America’s utility-scale wind, solar and energy storage capacity. Blattner Company is the parent company of Blattner Energy and D.H. Blattner & Sons, of which all are members of the Quanta Services family of companies. Company headquarters are in Avon, Minnesota.

Blattner is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Blattner will not tolerate discrimination against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental disability, military or veteran status, national origin, physical disability, race, receipt of public assistance, sex, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. This commitment governs all aspects of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, compensation, discipline, and access to benefits and training. Additionally, Blattner is committed, in accordance with applicable law, to making reasonable accommodations for job applicants and employees based on a qualifying disability, a sincerely held religious belief or practice, and for pregnancy, childbirth or related health conditions. Applicants and employees who feel they have experienced or witnessed discrimination or who wishes to request a reasonable accommodation should contact the Human Resources Department. Blattner prohibits retaliation against any individual for making a complaint under this policy, for opposing discrimination, for participating in an investigation pursuant to this policy, or for requesting a reasonable accommodation.