Oracle Apps DBA

ORACLE APPLICATIONS DBA

S. Reynolds & Associates, Inc. is under contract with a major Financial Services company - who with their affiliated companies, can quickly customize, creatively market and efficiently mange innovative financial protection programs, from credit insurance and payment protection to service contracts and warranties – is seeking an Oracle Apps DBA for their Corporate offices located in Jacksonville, FL.

Requirements

At a minimum you need to have Commercial experience as a Production Oracle DBA (earlier in your professional experience) as well as Current Oracle App DBA experience that included a majority of the following:

Oracle Database
• Implement and maintain the database design
• Create database objects (tables, indexes, etc.)
• Write database procedures, functions and triggers
• Assist developers with database activities
• Tune database queries
• Monitor application related jobs and data replication activities
• Backup and Recovery/High Availability
Oracle Applications
• Application Installation and configuration
• Patching and Upgrades
• Patch Management and Version Control
• Customization Updates
• Cloning requirements. This can be frequent in an Apps environment
• Concurrent Managers
• Forms/Report Servers
• Printer Configuration
• User Access Administration
• Database restrictions for the applications. That is so that the installation is still supportable and conforms to all vendor (Oracle) requirements.
• Backup and Recovery/High Availability
• OBIEE
• Web Servers (Oracle-Apache)

Manage and Maintain Hardware Infrastructure
• Break/fix on server and storage hardware
• Maintain firmware patches and updates
• Capacity planning and performance analysis
• Hardware upgrades

Basic Qualifications:
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent with strong educational background
• 5+ years of experience with data analysis and mapping.
• 5+ years of experience with Oracle database development using PL/SQL
• 3+ years of experience with Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) data management, eBusiness Suite, and Oracle database administration (DBA)
• 3+ years of experience with UNIX and Windows
• Experience with Concurrent Manage, Workflow Manager, and loading data into the Oracle eBusiness Suite, including its Application Program Interface (API) preferred
• Experience with Oracle BPEL process manager and services preferred
• Ability to obtain a security clearance is strongly preferred (not required)

Please submit your resume to: sjoakman@gmail.com

Vice President Retrofit Business

VICE PRESIDENT – RETROFIT BUSINESS

S. Reynolds & Associates, Inc. is conducting a search for a major employer and market leader specializing in the building and contracting services industry across America, located in the Daytona Beach, FL area. I am seeking a Vice President – Retrofit Business. This is a full time position including a competitive compensation and benefits package. Relocation is available.

This is a $1B division with 10,000+ employees and 300 locations providing North America's building industry with a resource for all of its product and installation needs.

Overview
Responsible for identifying, qualifying, constructing and leading installed sales opportunities to increase the Company’s presence in the Retrofit market and grow company revenue. This includes identification of business opportunities within the vertical supply chain (Dealers), negotiations and agreements needed to establish a partnership program with stakeholders, establishing key account management structures, implementing client satisfaction measurements and market penetration analysis,. Ensures all business development activities are conducted and delivered within the Company’s policies, procedures, objectives and financial resources.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Oversee development and execution of both short and long term business development strategy in the Retrofit market
• Leads the development and execution of all Retrofit business development related activities of the company
• Develop retrofit team to lead business growth and performance
• Takes proactive steps to identify and evaluate financially viable business opportunities within the Retrofit Market
• Coordinate with executives and operational leaders to capitalize on existing programs to promote common goals within the Retrofit Market
• Support and grow on going retrofit business in existing divisions
• Explores and designs programs to capitalize on Energy programs funded by State and Federal governments
• Reaches out to potential business partners and negotiates program service offerings and pricing guidelines
• Defines and develops market analysis and market communication tools to support sales efforts to include program architecture and implementation plan
• Develop & retain Regional and/or National dealer accounts through contract negotiations, product penetration and diversification
• Ensures smooth and seamless on boarding of new clients, client processes, and new sales initiative programs
• Transitions new business platforms from Business Development to Operations in an effective and efficient manner
• Manages brand adherence/alignment across all marketing channels as well as internal company functions
• Develop client/customer feedback loop to monitor and measure business retention. This includes customer satisfaction surveys and referral tracking.
• Meet company sales and profit goals
• Any other duty, task or responsibility as assigned

• Supervisory or Management Responsibility – Has the authority to direct managers with functional area responsibilities. Has the direct responsibility to undertake the following employment actions: hiring, termination, corrective action, and performance reviews.

• Budget Responsibility – Has full responsibility for planning, monitoring and managing budgets.

• Decision-Making Level and Scope – Decisions have significant, broad implications for the management and operations of a major division/department or multiple divisions/departments. Job contributes to decisions on the overall strategy and direction of Company

• Independence of Action – Sets direction and vision for retrofit department. Establishes priorities, develops policies and allocates resources.

Education/Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Experience
• Minimum 7 years in sales management role in construction related in construction industry
• Retrofit, Weatherization or green experience ideal
• This person must be a visionary and have a strong track record of effectively growing an organization to the next level.
• Prior P & L responsibility a plus
• Must be detail oriented, excellent communicator, highly organized

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• Mathematical Skills
o Able to perform complex mathematical calculations (add, subtract, multiply, divide, unit of measure, volume and area).
o Able to perform “what if” calculations
o Ability to interpret financial trends to include variances and business financial metrics.

• Technology Skills
o Proficient in Office Software like word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software.
o Capable of preparing sales estimates and complex quotes.
o Knowledgeable of ERP applications (preferably Oracle)
o Knowledge of related Federal, State, and local laws and regulations relating to weatherization and residential retrofit construction.
o Knowledge of weatherization, construction and home rehabilitation and repair, as well as energy conservation and energy efficiency.

• Additional Skills
o Requires self-management and project management ability
o Ability to work independently, as well as work as part of a team.

Competencies
• Customer Focus – Meets or exceeds the expectations of internal and external customers.
• Ethics and Values – Adheres to a set of core values and beliefs in good and bad times, rewards the right values.
• Integrity and Trust – Widely trusted, seen as a direct and truthful individual.
• Learning on the Fly – Learns quickly when facing new challenges or situations.
• Drive for Results – Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; constantly one of the top performers.
• Deals with Ambiguity – Deals effectively with change, shifts gears easily, makes decisions without having the total picture.
• Business Acumen – Knows the business, understands what affects the business and tactics that work in the marketplace.
• Command Skills – Enjoys leading a team, takes unpopular stands if necessary, faces difficulties head on and energized by challenges.
• Decision Quality – Makes good decisions based on analysis, wisdom, experience and judgment.
• Developing Direct Reports – Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions.
• Hiring and Staffing – Has a nose for talent; hires the best people available from inside and outside the company.
• Priority Setting – Spends time on what’s important; eliminates roadblocks, creates focus.
• Process Management – Good at figuring out the best process to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities.
• Managing Vision and Purpose – Communicates a compelling and inspired vision; talks about possibilities; is optimistic.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF JOB
• Long hours and weekends required
• Ability to travel with some overnight stay as needed
• Up to 50% travel required.

Please submit your resume to: sjoakman@gmail.com

Regional VP Sales

Regional VP Sales

S. Reynolds & Associates, Inc. is under contract with a major Financial Services company - who with their affiliated companies, can quickly customize, creatively market and efficiently mange innovative financial protection programs, from credit insurance and payment protection to service contracts and warranties – is seeking Regional VP Sales in the Extended Service Contract business. This individual will cover the entire country so city of residence is not a criteria. This individual needs to have experience selling extended service contracts to retailers/administrators selling appliances, electronics, computers, mobile devices, furniture and specialty products. Their Corporate offices are located in Jacksonville, FL.

The main focus of the position is in outside sales is support of their Payment Protection Division with Consumer Loans/Finance and Credit Insurance.

OVERVIEW

The position is responsible for driving revenue growth by meeting sales goals, budgets and measurements of sales’ performance. Works directly with other sales executives with a focus on customer and strategic partner team building. Develops and implements strategic sales and marketing objectives focused on developing new business.


PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS

• Utilize market analysis and research capabilities to identify new potential business
• Increase knowledge of competitive landscape, communicating market needs and developing new products
• Requires strong motivational skills
• Deliver and exceed sales targets through the ability to cultivate new relationships at all levels of the client base and internal organization
• High energy and passion for solving the needs of client partners
• Develop and close new business

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Some experience with a concentration in Sales
• Excellent PC skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation and service oriented sales skills
• Commitment to excellence and customer service
• Proven strong communication, relationship-building and organizational skills
• Must be available to travel
• Strong sales and sales-support skills. Disciplined work ethic for this position requires working out of one’s home

• Non-capped earnings potential
• Flexible work schedule
• Training provided by industry leaders and trainers
• Outstanding support and service from Home Office

Employee Benefits offers an exceptional benefits package, including 401(k). This position offers a base salary and incentive compensation structure, paid business expenses, abundant sales incentives, and much more.

Please submit your resume to: sjoakman@gmail.com

LEAN DIRECTOR - PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

S. Reynolds & Associates, Inc. is conducting a search for a major employer and market leader specializing in the building and contracting services industry across America, located in the Daytona Beach, FL area. I am seeking a Director with solid experience leading lean improvements and who can drive a lean culture, develop their program, implement training and best practices. This is a full time position including a competitive compensation and benefits package. Relocation is available.

This is a $1B division with 10,000+ employees and 300 locations providing North America's building industry with a resource for all of its product and installation needs.

Overview

This position requires an individual with strong process improvement and problem solving abilities, who can effectively manage and execute improvement projects in an office, as well as field environment. The selected candidate will be responsible for identifying improvement opportunities across all areas of the business and then fulfill the lead role in the execution required to convert those opportunities into operationally and financially attractive results. Potential areas for improvement include, but are not limited to, processes in the accounting, finance, information systems, marketing, order entry, customer service, scheduling, manufacturing, procurement, and installation functions. Although this position is based at headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida, this position will require significant interaction with field personnel in branch offices spread across the nation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops, leads, and manages Process Improvement and Lean efforts. The Process Improvement Manager (PI Manager) will be the primary resource for leading continuous improvement within the company through the use of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. This person will ensure the development of a robust strategy and plan to drive waste out of key business processes enterprise-wide. As such, this person will provide oversight and guidance for all process improvement and Lean initiatives within the organization and champion the company’s continuous improvement activities. As part of this role, the PI Manager will need to i) maintain awareness of the evolving strategic direction of the business, ii) continually scan the external environment for new and emerging methodologies and technologies, and iii) facilitate the development, assessment and implementation of key (business) performance measures (KPIs).

• Works with branch and corporate functional leadership to identify, prioritize, and execute process improvements. The PI Manager will partner with corporate, administrative, and operations leadership to plan, facilitate, lead, and implement effective and sustainable improvement to a wide variety of business processes. This includes assisting functional leadership in identifying key metrics and validating savings related to such improvements. The PI Manager will need to study existing operations, challenge existing practices, and think creatively to identify opportunities and then effectively prioritize those opportunities consistent with the KPIs.

• Plans, facilitates, and manages team-based improvement activities, workshops, and projects. This includes such things as Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Six Sigma as well as other types of projects. The PI Manager will effectively evaluate each project and guide the planning of each activity. This includes defining the scope, quantifying the objectives, and selecting the appropriate team members for each project or Kaizen Workshop, as well as coordinating the necessary resources and logistics for each event/project. The PI Manager will also be responsible for follow-up and monitoring of the results for each event/project to ensure the improvements and changes are properly implemented and sustained.

• Provides on-site expertise in all areas of Continuous Improvement, LEAN, Value Stream Mapping, Quality, and other appropriate methodologies. The PI Manager is responsible for developing and delivering practical, relevant training as required to support TPI activities and ensuring that employees are appropriately educated throughout the business.

• Works with the Leadership Team to ensure that the organization is structured and has the talent, resources, and organizational capability (readiness) for a lean transformation. The PI Manager will work under the direction of the EVP to lead, measure, and report progress on an ongoing basis to assure standardization of CI methodologies throughout the organization. This includes periodically providing feedback to leadership and HR on talent needs and organizational capability (people and process) needed to achieve higher and higher levels of continuous improvement.

• Helps develop branch or division level Continuous Improvement Leaders. This includes evaluation of branch and division level personnel and identification of opportunities for continued improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of these groups. The PI Manager should act as a mentor and provide individuals with professional and personal growth opportunities. This may require partnering with the business leadership for the selection, hiring, staffing, and retention of talent within the company’s Continuous Improvement organization.

• Exhibits model behavior and positively influences all levels of management. The PI Manager is a role model for a positive, high energy process improvement attitude that is consistent with the creation of a culture of continuous improvement.

• May act as the primary contact for the third party consulting relationships. Should outside consultants be required on a limited or extensive basis relative to a CI Project(s), this person may be called upon to act as the lead contact and internal project manager for said engagements.

• May act as the lead project manager for large scale projects or system implementations. Should the business improvement priorities require new information technology or systems deployment, this person may be tasked to fulfill the lead or project manager role for these efforts.

• Works with corporate functional management to establish the budgetary requirements for the Continuous Improvement function. Provides input to the budgeting process, performs analysis, and recommends how to maximize return on investments.

• Communicates the status of PI efforts to the Leadership Team. Provides documentation of results and benefits achieved. Works with the appropriate functional parties to ensure that process changes and improvement results are effectively communicated to the relevant and effected portions of the enterprise.

• Other duties may be assigned as required to support the business needs.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Initially, this position does not require the direct supervision of any employees. The PI Manager is expected to lead employees on projects and teams, as appropriate, and must be able to effectively influence those over whom there is no direct authority, in order to create buy-in and deliver results. As this position is developed, the scope may be expanded to include the supervision of a limited number of employees.

Desired Personal & Professional Attributes:

• Determination and persistence in the face of organizational or individual resistance, resource limitations, competing priorities, or other constraints.

• The ability to accomplish business objectives in a culture that values high-performance teams as critical to the achievement of business results. Demonstrated excellence without arrogance.

• Proactive, courageous, and a willingness to seize the initiative and encourage the taking of reasonable risks while effectively facilitating in a team environment.

• The ability to execute with decisiveness, determination, speed, and confidence while requiring little to no follow up or supervision.

• The ability to lead by example and effectively coach and mentor while demanding, and receiving, exceptional commitment and outstanding results.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• 5-to-10 years of relevant work experience with at least three (3) years spent in roles driving continuous improvement.

• Must have experience designing, deploying, and managing a transformational program including managing policy deployment across a large, matrixed organization.

• The successful candidate will be able to guide and teach others in the CI toolset including: Value Stream Mapping, Process Mapping, Global Production System, Just-In-Time, One-Piece-Flow, 5S, Visual Management, TPM, Kaizen, Six Sigma basics, and Structured Problem Solving.

• The successful candidate will have strong financial acumen and possess a good understanding of financial measurements typically used to measure the success of Lean initiatives as well as general business performance.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The ability to easily work up, down, and across the organization, to communicate effectively with all levels of colleagues, and to solicit and accept constructive input from others.

• Excellent organizational/project management skills.

• The ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

• Undergraduate degree in business, technology, or engineering.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in a business or technical field preferred.
• Some demonstrated experience in accounting or financial processes.


Please submit your resume to: sjoakman@gmail.com

Data Warehouse Analyst/ETL Developer

Data Warehouse Analyst/ETL Developer

S. Reynolds & Associates, Inc. is under contract with a major Financial Services company - who with their affiliated companies, can quickly customize, creatively market and efficiently mange innovative financial protection programs, from credit insurance and payment protection to service contracts and warranties – a Data Warehouse Analyst/ETL Developer for their Corporate offices located in Jacksonville, FL.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

•Work with multiple departments to design, develop, and maintain reporting environment using ETL and Oracle BI tools
•Interact with the user community to gather and document business requirements, conduct process analysis, and draft conceptual design
•Design and maintain the infrastructure including ETL processing, metadata maintenance, and data validation
•Work with users and other executive members on a routine basis to troubleshoot reported problems pertaining to the reports and the reporting database environment
•Identify the cause, design or develop an approach for resolution
•Upon approval, implement the correction to meet user specific needs
•Assist with training users on tools, and in the use of the tools
•Design, code, test and install complex reports/queries based on technical specifications
•Provide user assistance and direction for ad hoc data reporting. Plan, design (data mapping), and create reports and cubes for business users

Education/Experience Requirements:

•Bachelor's degree
•3+ years of systems design, analysis, and programming experience in a combination of: 2+ years experience with relational databases AND 2+ years experience with BI tools (Oracle OBIEE) and OLAP development
•Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate

Specialized Knowledge/Beneficial Skills and Experience:

•Experience with Oracle EPM product
•Rodan ETL experience
•Working Knowledge of Star, Snowflake, and ERD modeling
•Erwin, Java, iSeries DB2 all a plus

Please submit your resume to: sjoakman@gmail.com

Senior Accountant - External Reporting

Senior Accountant – External Reporting

S. Reynolds & Associates, Inc. is under contract with a major Financial Services company - who with their affiliated companies, can quickly customize, creatively market and efficiently mange innovative financial protection programs, from credit insurance and payment protection to service contracts and warranties – seeking a Sr. Accountant for their Corporate offices located in Jacksonville, FL.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
•Document management of the SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K) during the quarterly drafting phase. This includes processing of management, auditor and legal comments, maintaining blackline versions and distribution to reviewers as well as the coordination of the Edgarization process.

•Coordination of support documentation for SEC filings. This includes maintenance of the support matrix, advance communication of requirements to source individuals, and ensuring support is received timely and is accurate. Also included is the responsibility to provide final support to the auditors and to reference the document to the underlying support through the revision process.

•Ensure the controls surrounding the process which have been identified for SOX purposes are followed and documented for each cycle

•Research SEC regulatory guidance such as Regs S-X, S-K, G, FD and the 1933 and 1934 Securities Acts as new disclosures are required

•GAAP research related to financial statement disclosures

•Maintenance of SOX procedures throughout the year

•Setup and maintenance of white paper library

Education/Experience Requirements:
•Bachelor's degree required (Accounting or Finance Preferred) • CPA or CPA Candidate with 5+ years of experience with SEC exposure

•Industry experience performing SEC reporting is a plus

•Apply knowledge of financial statements and generally accepted accounting principles to prepare, reconcile, and analyze financial statements (e.g., earnings statements, balance sheets, statements of cash flows, supporting footnotes, etc.)

•Ability to provide guidance regarding the information contained in financial statements and supporting accounting ledgers and journals

•Apply knowledge of applicable regulatory rules (e.g., Security and Exchange Commission, Financial Accounting Standards Board, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Bureau of Census, etc.) for external reporting

•Maintains company book of accounts by preparing, collecting, and analyzing accounting data to communicate financial information to company organizations and external customers

•Ensure compliance with government laws and regulations, policies, and professional standards

•Identify and resolve complex financial issues

Please submit your resume to: sjoakman@gmail.com

Associate General Counsel

S. Reynolds & Associates, Inc. is under contract with a major Financial Services company - who with their affiliated companies, can quickly customize, creatively market and efficiently mange innovative financial protection programs, from credit insurance and payment protection to service contracts and warranties – an Associate General Counsel for their Corporate offices located in Jacksonville, FL.

The associate general counsel provides a wide range of legal services and advice to the Company and Senior Officers. The incumbent works closely with general counsel, senior management, outside legal counsel and employees at all levels. Candidates should possess strong leadership, analytical, verbal and written communication skills. A juris doctorate (JD) four to seven years of experience is required. The incumbent should possess demonstrated experience with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations, SEC reporting and corporate governance. In addition to a securities law background, the incumbent should also possess experience in transactions, intellectual property and contracts. Experience within the financial services or insurance industries is desired.

Incumbent assists in protecting an organization’s legal interest and maintaining its operations within the scope established by law. Responsible for identifying and analyzing legal issues, drafting key documents, presenting clear recommendations, and assuring legal compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Reviewing and preparing SEC reporting and advising on requirements.

· Overseeing corporate governance issues.

· Prepare, review and negotiate contracts.

· Keep informed of industry-specific regulations and ensure that appropriate risk

· management and regulatory compliance controls are in place for business operations. Provide legal support to business units and corporate departments, such as Finance, IT and HR.

· Advocate and protect the company’s legal interest and maintain its operations within the scope established by law and regulatory requirements.

· Respond to legal issues and counsel management on the legal aspects of business development activities, and on operational legal issues.

· Serve as a legal resource for all levels within the Company or assigned business segments, including working with customer service department on client concerns regarding legal issues for the Company.

· Support General Counsel with acquisition and strategic alliance related activities with an emphasis on due diligence, reviewing and preparing transaction document and assisting and participating in negotiations.

· Support General Counsel with Legal/Administrative oversight of intellectual property, and in areas of employment law and commercial litigation as needed.

Education/Experience Requirements

· Juris Doctorate (JD) required.

· 4-7 years legal experience in a law firm or an in-house corporate environment.

Specialized Knowledge/Beneficial Skills and Experience:

· Knowledge of legal principles and practices, including SEC reporting and compliance, contract, employment, regulatory and business law and procedures; methods, procedures and practices used in the conduct of civil litigation.

· Excellent contract drafting and negotiating skills, and issue identification and problem-solving skills.

· Excellent judgment and initiative in selecting the most effective solutions.

· Business-oriented approach to problem-solving, tempered by an appreciation for legal complexity and risk.

· Must be detail-oriented and resourceful with excellent follow-through skills.

· Ability to work under pressure and prioritize and manage workload, managing simultaneous tasks, and meet deadlines within a changing fast-paced environment.

Please submit your resume to: sjoakman@gmail.com