Location Address: WFH (Toronto once restrictions are lifted)
Contract Duration: 7 months
Story Behind the Need:
• Project: Converting an old CRM (Oracle on Demand) legacy system to Salesforce for the Dynamic Funds Business Line used to sell mutual funds.
Candidate Value Proposition:
• Exposure to the financial industry through a project that touches on the asset management section of finance. Exposure to a cutting edge Salesforce system FSC (Financial Service Cloud).
Typical Day in Role:
• Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies
• Gathers requirements from business units and translates those to programmers and developers
• Prepares cost-benefit and return-on-investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation
• Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities
• Supports one or more highly complex business processes
• Works on multiple projects as a project team member
• Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
• 5-10 years of experience required with Salesforce
• 2+ years of experience with data integrations into Salesforce
• Working knowledge of Data Loader processes
• Ability to create business solutions that increase competitive advantage
• Ability to exercise good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
• Project management skills in order to handle diverse projects, often times simultaneously, and meet aggressive deadlines
• Ability to solve technical problems/ processes and understand complex details
• Ability to increase operating efficiency with produce high quality technical solutions
• Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions
• Highly fluent in English language
Soft Skills:
• A high level of interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills necessary to relate to other people at their systems knowledge level
• Ability to work under pressure and meet project deadlines
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude
• Some leadership qualities used to relay innovative ideas and present solutions to the project team
Best vs Average:
• Strong and effective verbal and written communication skills
Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field preferred
• Minimum 2 Salesforce certifications