Staff Engineer, Clarity PPM Application at Wabtec

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.   Who are we?   Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!   Overview: Clarity PPM is a mission-critical project management, resource management, and timesheet technology platform used by ~2,500 resources across Digital Intelligence (DI). Clarity PPM timesheets interface into Oracle Project Accounting and are the primary driver of cost incurrence in the DI business.  This position is an important technical leadership position that has functional and technical ownership of the Clarity PPM application and related interfaces, ensuring seamless operation, data integrity, and process compliance and ongoing improvement. Primary Responsibilities: Financial Operation Support • Oversee the weekly Clarity-to-Oracle timesheet interface, including generating and migrating content, resolving import errors, reconciling before-and-after results, and reporting corrections made to a designated reviewer. • Support internal initiatives that impact the timesheet interface architecture and/or Oracle Project Accounting, providing functional and technical guidance and ensuring that suggested improvements do not have negative repercussions. • Provide end-user support on technical and process-related topics on an ad hoc basis. • Monitor data commonality between Clarity PPM, Oracle Project Accounting, and Workday and develop and deploy corrections when the systems do not share common master data (e.g., resource costing rates, manager relationships, etc.).Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance • Support all internal and external compliance audits. • Gather objective evidence and generate responses to auditor questions/surveys. • Perform real-time demonstrations of processes and technologies for auditors that prove compliance and repeatability. • When necessary, determine root cause for audit findings and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence of same.Process and Technology Improvement • Evaluate opportunities to enhance Clarity functionality through its native ‘expansion’ capabilities. • Function as internal Project Manager, working with the technical development expert on the Operations Team, to develop and deploy approved requests. • Communicate deployed opportunities to the DI organization, as appropriate. • Provide post-deployment train-the-trainer training and application support, as needed.Reporting • Evaluate new reporting requests from multiple sources throughout the DI business, including suggesting new reporting options not coming from the user community. • Seek out continuous improvement opportunities in the existing reporting suite. • Function as internal Project Manager, working with the reporting expert on the Operations Team, to develop and deploy approved requests. • Communicate deployed reporting enhancements to the DI organization, as appropriate. • Provide post-deployment train-the-trainer training and support, as needed.Liaison with Application Provider • Primary point-of-contact with the outside services provider that hosts the Clarity PPM application. • Support license renewal efforts. • Generate support tickets for topics that are outside the authority of the internal Clarity PPM support group and follow through on same to closure. • Evaluate, approve, and schedule application version upgrades. • Evaluate, approve, and lead deployment of Clarity PPM add-ons that are made available by the hosting company.Position Requirements (Mandatory): • Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting or information technology fields at minimum with 10+ years of professional experience. • 5+ years’ experience actively using Oracle Project Accounting or other similar project accounting systems (e.g., SAP, Deltek Costpoint, Certinia, Sage). • Demonstrated knowledge of relational database systems (e.g., data structures and administration) • Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel. • Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Power BI report development.Position Requirements (Desired): • Master’s degree in finance/accounting or information technology fields. • Experience in managing Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance • Microsoft Excel professional certification. • 2+ years’ experience in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications programming, particularly in Excel automation. • 2+ years’ experience in Structured Query Language (SQL) programming.  Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:   Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.      To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.   We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.