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Job Description:

The Candidate will be part of CPA's Fiscal Management Division, performing highly advanced (senior-level) consultative services and technical assistance work related to supporting CPA's ERP initiatives. The Candidate will report to CPAs Associate Deputy Comptroller of Fiscal Matters and/or the Director of Fiscal Management.

The CPA Work includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Coordinating and/or assisting with quality assurance activities in support of CPA's ERP initiatives;
• Reviewing and providing observations regarding all aspects of CPAs ERP program to include, but not limited to, project management, project oversight, CAPPS governance, staffing, roles and responsibilities, processes, project plans, software and infrastructure, budget, and CPAs CAPPS managed services provider;
• Identifying risks or issues, and recommending innovative solutions;
• Identifying opportunities for improvement, and recommending innovative solutions;
• Preparing and presenting materials as needed for reoccurring status briefings with CPA management staff;
• Participating as a technical advisor during the procurement cycle for certain CPA-issued procurements for products or services associated with CPAs ERP initiatives. Activities may include, but are not limited to, the following: research of products and services, planning activities, drafting and reviewing documents for use in solicitations, providing technical input for purposes of developing guidelines for evaluating the developed technical specifications, and serving as a technical advisor providing input to CPAs teams during the evaluation and negotiation phases.
• Assisting with the review of vendor and/or CPA deliverables for quality and completeness as needed.
• Assisting with special project support as may be needed; and
• Performing other related work as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Texas public sector experience, directly working for or supporting a Texas government state agency.
• Experience preparing materials for and conducting executive level presentations.
• Experience developing, evaluating and negotiating large scale IT procurements.
• Management or project management experience leveraging expertise and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently perform a variety of complicated tasks, with a wide degree of creativity and latitude.
• Experience directly managing or providing oversight of large scale complex outsourced IT contracts.
• Experience directly supporting the oversight of CPAs ERP initiatives.
• Experience and knowledgeable with technical management and oversight of CPAs statewide systems (i.e., CAPPS, etc.).
• Experience coordinating and/or assisting with ERP quality assurance activities.
• Experience in reviewing vendor deliverables.

Desired Skills:

• Proficient with the Microsoft Office products.
• Experience performing in a lead role related to PeopleSoft implementation projects.