Who We Are
Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities' built and natural infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.
As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek's culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders' interest to help clients achieve project goals.
We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.
At Dudek, we abide by shared values:
Trust: We trust each other to use good judgment.
Respect: We act professionally and treat each other fairly.
Teamwork: We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.
Fun: We take our work seriously...not ourselves.
Well-Being: We care about each other's health, safety, and total wellness.
Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work. We empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work! Our cultural programs include:
- DuGreen: Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our environmental footprint
- DuGood: Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the communities in which we live and work through fundraising challenges, office-based giving and opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year.
- eDUcate: Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster interest in our work and careers in the environmental and engineering field by participating in educational events in our communities.
- DuWell: Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care.
At Dudek, we recognize that different perspectives, inclusivity, trust and belonging build a stronger culture and add value to our firm. Dudek's Employee Resource (ERGs) operate as diversity champions within Dudek and create a safe space for underrepresented employees and their allies to support, collaborate, network, and brainstorm ways to make Dudek's work community more inclusive. We proudly support our 4 Employee Resource Groups (ERGs):
- Women at Dudek
- Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
- Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)
Learn more about our culture.
About The Job
As a Business Systems Manager you will lead and coach a team of Business Systems Analysts while guiding the team to implement technical solutions to keep internal systems efficient and support Practices and Firmwide Services.
The mission of the Business Systems team is to deliver scalable, integrated solutions that empower the Practices and Firmwide Services teams to achieve their goals, maximize revenue, and enhance operational efficiency. By streamlining processes and enhancing data accuracy, the team supports informed decision-making and operational excellence.
As the Business Systems Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring the successful management of important department projects by providing strong leadership, coaching the team to success, and creating an environment where your team members can thrive and perform at their best.
Learn more about the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.
Who You Are
To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability, collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and independent thinker. We look for curious, solution-focused people who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.
Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below):
- Team leadership and development: Lead, coach, and develop a team of Business Systems Analysts, ensuring each team member has clear goals and the resources they need to be successful. Provide ongoing feedback and career development, and coach the team in best practices for proper systems architecture.
- Lead the Business Systems portfolio and related business operations. Provide business system support where needed. Partner closely with IT System Lead(s) to maintain, evolve, and introduce new business-related technologies.
- Collaborate with IT in preparation and ongoing updates of multi-year technology roadmap for business-related systems.
- Manage department projects: Oversee operational and directional aspects of key departmental processes, ensuring projects are completed effectively and align with team goals. Ensure projects are running smoothly, including new tool implementations.
- Assist with technical solutions: Provide support and guidance in solving technical issues, leveraging your experience to assist the team in developing scalable, quality solutions. Current systems include, but are not limited to, VantagePoint, Dayforce, Airtable, Elevia, Spreasheet Server etc. and prospective systems will include Replicon, Concur and other software/tools.
- Establish and improve procedures: Create and implement procedures that improve departmental efficiency and impact. Ensure these procedures align with Dudek's broader objectives and support the business operations.
- Build test cases and organize User Acceptance Testing with various business partners
- Drive prioritization and productivity: Work closely with the Business Systems Analysts, Project Managers, Practice Directors and Firmwide Services Leaders to balance work between team members, and prioritize initiatives to ensure goals are met within time and quality standards.
- Internal case queue management: Work with the Business Systems Analysts to ensure that the internal Business Systems case queue is set up to provide the best support and effectively track resolutions.
- Foster collaboration and effective communication: Work closely with stakeholders, promoting collaboration and ensuring that technical solutions and improvements meet operational needs.
- Effectively communicate goals and changes, ensuring alignment across the organization.
- Other special projects and assignments as required.
Minimum Requirements
- Management experience: 3+ years of experience in managing a team, ideally in Business Systems or Finance. Lead a team of individuals of various experience levels responsible for important department projects.
- Technical knowledge: 2+ years of experience as a Deltek VantagePoint, with a deep understanding of VantagePoint architecture and best practices.
- Experience implementing, designing, maintaining and enhancing ERP and related financial systems & tool
- Team development: Proven ability to coach, mentor, and develop a team. Able to handle difficult management issues while maintaining a positive and productive team environment.
- Strategic focus: Understanding of Dudek's longer-term vision, with the ability to align the team's work to strategic objectives. Establishes procedures that affect their department and ensures alignment with broader objectives.
- Collaboration and communication: Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders, influence outcomes, and ensure alignment across teams. Engages with and influences stakeholders on complex projects to achieve better outcomes.
- Experience in fast-paced environment, highly driven with the ability to conduct multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Outstanding organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and organize projects, especially long-term.
- Must possess a valid driver's license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment
* As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment: pre - employment drug test and background check.
Physical Requirements
Working Conditions:
- This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
- This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.
Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
- This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
- This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing and listening are required.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Proposed Salary Range: $121,000-$171,000 annually*
*Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual's related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.
Perks of Being a Dudekian
At Dudek we will provide you with a competitive salary in an environment that promotes growth, career development, and a flexible work-life balance. Dudek offers an array of benefits, from medical, dental, and vision coverage, to the discretionary bonuses, based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance.
We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership program, and dog friendly offices! To honor our key value of well-being, Dudek provides generous Paid Time Off (PTO) packages for both salaried and hourly employees. If you're tired of an overly bureaucratic decision-making process and want to be part of a work culture that puts its employees first, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a Dudekian.
Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S. and require U.S. work authorization.
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