HRIS Coordinator Job Opening

This is a contract role in Central Austin. If you’re interested please forward resume to talentsleuth @ gmail . com.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

Data Entry (60% of time):

•Workday HR Data entry and related processes:
-New Hire Entry – entering all information into system
-Termination Entry – entering termination information into system
-Employee mass data change processing (dept changes, manager changes, compensation changes, etc)
-Manage “on-board” and “off-board” at time of assignment start/completion
-Manage contractor data entry, on-boarding and off-boarding
-Prioritize transactions in order to meet SLA
•Audits and Data Integrity:
-Coordination of various data audits to maintain data integrity for reporting and interfaces
-Review and audit transactions entered into Workday by HRIS, Employees, Managers and HR Business Partners via self-service using attention to detail while being mindful of critical review processes in order to ensure 100% accurate and appropriate processing of transactions
-Identify the need for new audits as processes change and implement accordingly

Basic Reporting, Payroll Interface Validation and Process Documentation (40% of time):

•Provide basic, region-specific reports to various HR team members and other groups
•Manage daily error reports connected with Payroll Interface and research/correct Workday data as needed
•Liaison with Payroll to ensure all “one-off” issues are resolved with respect to employee pay and data issues
•Review / update process where related to data integrity within Global framework
•Participate in new system implementation testing/training sessions
•Document processes and design training manuals for new HRIS System

Position Requirements:

•3+ yrs of HR experience with at least 2 yrs experience using HRIS applications
•HRIS System Experience: Workday preferred other HR System (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, ABRA, ADP HR module, etc.) acceptable
•Strong auditing skills with regard to data entry in Workday
•Understanding of HR, Payroll, and / or Finance business processes a plus
•Strong Excel skills, including auditing and identifying discrepancies and changes from week to week
•Excellent verbal/written communication skills
•Must enjoy teamwork and be a strong team player
•Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of employee information
•Knowledge of local and federal regulations pertaining to HR, including Sarbanes-Oxley desired
•Strong customer service oriented attitude required
•Detail oriented with demonstrated data analysis skills
•Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure and time constraints

Texas State Hosts Recruiting Fair 10/21

Interested in recruiting College Students?

Check out Texas State’s Mass Communication Job Fair, Thursday, October 21 in San Marcos.

Other companies attending include:

ACS Athletics

Apple, Inc.

Austin Film Festival

Balfour

Border Media

CBS 42 KEYE-TV

CityVoice

CTMC Hospice Care

Concordia University

Emmis Austin Radio

Grande Communications, LLC

KTBC TV/ Fox 7

KUT Radio

Lance Armstrong Foundation

Make A Wish Foundation

PeopleAdmin, Inc.

Public Strategies, Inc.

South By Southwest

T3

Texas Association of Broadcasters

Tracy Locke

 

Attendees expected are Jr and Sr students looking for full time employment post graduation.

 

The schedule for employers will be:

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.     Set-up time/Continental Breakfast for employers

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.     Lunch will be available for employers

12:15 p.m – 12:30 p.m.      Texas State Welcome

12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.       Exchange of information with students

3:30 p.m                                  MassComm Career Fair activities conclude

Contact Allison Birk, abirk (at) txstate (dot) edu or Jenni Kraft jennikraft (at) txstate (dot) edu for more information and to register.

Senior Software Engineer – Technical Team Lead – Hart Intercivic

 

 

SUMMARY

The Senior Software Engineer – Technical Team Lead directs the team of software engineers to document, design, develop, maintain, and unit test software applications in support of Hart InterCivic’s election systems. In addition to leading development efforts, this individual will participate in the planning process as well as provide technical direction to team members. The Technical Team Lead will provide guidance and input in selecting appropriate technologies to be used and the best way to implement these technologies toward a cohesive Hart product suite. This engineer will report directly to the VP of Engineering.

RESPONSIBILITIES

· Writes and/or supports the development of software requirements documents, functional specifications documents and software design documents.
· Reviews numerous documents including test scripts, user manuals, and documents required for software certification.
· Supports the software design process including application architecture definition, technology assessment and selection.
· Supports the software implementation process including software development tasks, software testing (unit, functional, system testing) and documentation tasks.
· Accurately plans and estimates team work and delivers finished solutions in a timely manner.
· Works tightly with QA and Product Management to coordinate efforts and produce positive results.
· Uses documented software development processes, software development standards and applicable regulatory (EAC, ISO) requirements to create work product.
· Develops a thorough understanding of our software development processes including source code management, quality process, requirements-driven development, and the defect tracking and resolution process.
· Develops a thorough understanding of the election industry, specifically focusing on user/voter experiences, election systems, certification standards and competing products.
· Leads various team and company meetings including architecture meetings, design reviews, code reviews, test status meetings and development team meetings.
· Communicates status of development activities to management.
· Able to work as a very productive programmer when schedule and assignments dictate.
· Some domestic travel. (Less than 5% of total work time, usually limited to 2-3 days in duration.)

QUALIFICATIONS

B.S. degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or other technical degree and a minimum of ten (10) years related software experience with eight (8) years of Full Life Cycle OO application development experience. Minimum of 2 years as Team Lead.
Capable with multiple development platforms: Borland C++ Builder, Visual Studio 2005 and later, Powerbuilder, embedded Visual C++.
Experience in User Interface design.
Experience with RDBM (Sybase, SQL Server) and stored procedure writing.
Experience with XML.
Experience with automated testing.
Algorithm design and implementation is expected.
Strong analytical and leadership skills are essential.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to work effectively individually as well as in team environment. Ability to form plans and deliver results per a set schedule.
Effective communicator to both staff and upper management.
.Net framework and C# experience.

The following skills would be a plus

Experience with Agile Development Methodology.
Silverlight and the embedded environment.
Secure coding practices and encryption methodologies.
Crystal Reports.
Document image processing and/or familiarity with Pixel Translations or other imaging libraries
Desktop publishing, WYSIWYG, document formatting and layout.
Experience with template usage and use of markup languages.
Experience with language localization.

Interested? Qualified? Contact David Darrow at david_darrow (at) hotmail (dot) com.

Account Manager Sought By Bulldog Solutions

Understand the corporate environment but looking for something a little different? Check out Bulldog Solutions—a globally recognized, Austin-based online marketing agency that changes the way BtoB companies define demand generation strategy, engage prospects and convert leads to customers. We power demand generation and demand management programs for many of the best business brands in the world.

Bulldog Solutions is currently seeking an Account Manager to join our Client Services Team. The Account Manager is responsible for planning and implementing client initiatives for lead marketing campaigns.

Responsibilities:

Strategy and Planning Cultivate strong client relationships for a portfolio of clients across various industries. Work with Bulldog Account team and clients to develop strategic lead marketing proposals, plans and budgets that represent clients’ objectives Work with internal Project Managers to create and manage project timelines that address specific deadlines, resources, milestones and outcomes. Work with Account team to provide ongoing campaign optimization, and deliver timely and thoughtful wrap-up reports of campaign outcomes

Direction and Implementation Oversee the creative development, messaging, and functionality of client campaigns. Manage clients’ budgets as well as the appropriate Bulldog or third-party resources Lead all project communication – client and internal meetings, workflow communications, etc Represent the client’s objectives throughout the campaign. Work effectively with Creative, Marketing Communications, and IT to ensure a smooth and productive flow of work. Support ongoing business development. Escalate any major risks or opportunities to the Account team and work collaboratively to initiate quick responses Promote a positive work environment with understanding of workload and expectations.

Qualifications and Skills: Minimum 5 years experience in B2B account management within an Ad, Marketing, Media or PR agency or related professional service Project management and strategic experience leading interactive and/or marketing initiatives including dynamic web site development, live webinars, Email campaigns, creative/design process, messaging, promotional planning, reporting and analytics, etc. Results-driven with proven track record of obtaining results Top-notch organizational skills – ability to manage multiple competing priorities Analytical thinker with ability to recognize and seize opportunities Ability to successfully lead cross-functional teams without direct report authority Assertive and thoughtful communicator comfortable interacting with and presenting to all levels of management. Required proficiency skills: strong MS Office and general computer expertise, troubleshooting and research acumen, presentation skills

Other desirable skills preferred, but not required: MS Project, QA/QC, some experience with Marketing Automation tools (Eloqua, Marketo, etc), HTML, content editing, Salesforce.com or other CRM

Desired Attributes: Self-motivated, hard working contributor who works well as an individual and within a team Enthusiastic and energized by a fast-paced environment Charismatic and thoughtful Desire to be part of a team who can grow the business by consistently delivering high quality client services within prescribed timeframes and project scope

Educational Requirements: Bachelors in Business, Advertising, Marketing or similar field is REQUIRED Solid understanding of PMI principles a plus Formal PM training is a plus

Description of reporting relationships

This position has no direct reports. However, the role of the Account Manager is to build effective relationships with inter-departmental team members to develop a “joint” vision to ensure the client’s business needs have been met. Strong candidates will be able to work in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate ability to juggle and prioritize multiple, competing tasks and demands, and to seek supervisory assistance as appropriate.

Compensation

We offer a competitive salary based on experience. Our benefits package includes health care plans including medical, dental, and vision, corporate fitness discounts as well as various other employee benefits in an energetic and cutting-edge work environment.
Additionally, Account Managers have the opportunity to participate in a quarterly bonus plan based on company, portfolio, and individual performance.

Disclaimer

To be considered an applicant, you must apply for this specific position and meet its minimum qualifications as determined by Bulldog Solutions. This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive statement of every duty and responsibility of the jobholder. Certain features of this job are described in the above headings, but are not necessarily limited to the above written statements. They may be subject to review. All positions within Bulldog Solutions may include other duties as assigned.

This is a regular full-time position in our offices in Austin, Texas. As this is an immediate need, local candidates will be given more serious consideration. We are not offering relocation packages.

NO SPONSORSHIP IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION. U.S. CITIZENS OR GREEN CARD HOLDERS ONLY PLEASE.

Please forward your resume to mjolly(at) bulldogsolutions (dot) com

Marketing Manager

To Apply: send your resume as a Word of PDF to our recruiting team: 51628@americanworkforce.jobs No phone calls, please. Candidates local to Austin, TX are greatly preferred and will be considered first.

Do you go to SXSW Interactive? Do you Twitter to reach customers? Do you want to work in a hot Austin startup company?

Our client is seeking an experienced B2B marketing manager to drive programs and projects for the digital content market. This position will require close alignment with the sales, product development, business development and product management to implement compelling go to market strategies and to support ongoing sales efforts.

If you apply, you MUST

• Have business to business marketing experience. Consumer marketing is not the right fit for this role.
• Have experience creating and managing campaigns for directors and executives.
• Have a passion for digital content.

The Marketing Manager Will Focus On
• Sales tools and field sales enablement
• New product launches
• Competitive positioning
• Customer and analyst briefings

The Ideal Candidate Will Have
• a passion for digital content and a great appetite for reading
• a history of teamwork and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
• an ability to interpret data and make business recommendations
• superior verbal and written communications skills
• a high attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously

Duties and Responsibilities include
• Manage acquisition marketing initiatives from ideation stage through launch to drive marketing process
• Conceive, create and execute innovative marketing programs across multiple acquisition channels leveraging campaign data and customer segmentation
• Use data including salesforce.com, conversion, clicks, customer and sales data to measure performance of programs and drive innovation
• Develop, supervise, report, and continually improve upon success metrics utilizing various methods including multivariate testing applications
• Collaborate with internal and external to develop and leverage marketing programs and identify new opportunities that align to team and cross-company goals;
• Develop and manage product launch and marketing campaigns in conjunction with product development, provide content and positioning for collateral (brochures/fact sheets/web site/white papers)
• Provide collateral for field sales, marketing partners and website that accelerates sales process
• Deliver enablement to the field organizations – sales, sales consultants, professional services, and partners
• Conduct research on market trends
• Develop compelling product demonstrations and presentations to customers and prospects
• Work with product management on competitive analysis and create competitive positioning for the field

Education and Experience:
BA/BS in marketing, communication or technology. MBA a plus. Requires 5+ years’ experience in enterprise software and 3+ years’ experience in software product marketing.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
Understanding of digital content or SaaS space, issues related to ebooks and critical applications in complex environments. Experience/background in software development and/or software consulting. Superior written and verbal communication skills.

Strong plus – experience/background in: Business process management/workflow. Project, portfolio, and program management. Marketing, accounting or financial management.

To Apply: send your resume as a Word of PDF to our recruiting team: 51628@americanworkforce.jobs No phone calls, please. Candidates local to Austin, TX are greatly preferred and will be considered first.

Kershner Trading Seeks CFO

For more information and to apply please visit: Kershner Trading Open Positions

Kershner Trading Group, LLC (KTG) is a proprietary trading company based in Austin, Texas. KTG provides unique opportunities to talented, energetic people, rooted in the philosophy that everyone can do more than they realize if they try. KTG empowers independent thinkers who have the discipline to set long-term goals, the adaptability to shift gears but still stay on course, and are open to being both a student and teacher in a learning organization.

KTG is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to move our technology organization forward and achieve our plans for growth. This is a challenging opportunity for a strong leader to:

• Capitalize on a strategic mindset and bring opportunities to consider to our management team.
• Lead and raise the level of our finance department to that of a billion dollar company.
• Serve as a business partner to the Senior Leadership Team on the organization’s financial, budgeting, and administrative processes—including HR, payroll, and benefits functions—with an eye to continuously developing and improving systems.

Requirements:

• Five to eight years of professional experience as CFO or VP of Finance including managing the finance and administration of a high-growth / high-revenue company with multi-national operations. Preference will be given to financial industry experience, ideally a broker / dealer operation.
• Demonstrated experience in financial management and accounting. Experience should include administrative oversight, specifically Human Resources.
• Experienced in implementing and standardizing financial control and metrics. Experienced in financial modeling and the use of data to make informed business decisions. Plans, organizes, schedules, and budgets in an efficient, productive manner.
• Demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities, proposing new ways of creating efficiencies and guiding investments in people and systems.
• Experienced in recruiting, hiring and retaining a top notch team. Seasoned manager capable of identifying A players. Proven effectiveness leading professionals in finance and accounting.
• Proactive and flexible; able to multi-task while also being a visionary with good leadership and tactical skills.
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a commitment to KTG’s mission.
• Strategic thinker with a track record of communicating the big picture in an inspiring way. Able to determine threats and opportunities. Plan and manage strategic initiatives
• Excellent communicator and relationship builder. Experienced in developing collaborative relationships above and at peer level. Proactive and self motivated.
• MBA in Business, Management, or Finance.

The KTG Environment

KTG offers the chance to join a high-performance team comprised of:
• New and experienced traders who are trading more every day and adapting to new market opportunities
• Talented technology professionals developing leading edge trading and market analytics systems
• Quantitative/ business analysts providing tools and insights to fuel business growth
• A top-notch support staff

All of these elements combine to keep the firm humming and add to an environment where every day brings new challenges in a casual atmosphere.

Compensation

Compensation will be structured to reward innovation and results and based on experience. This position will be eligible to participate in benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision and 401(k) plan as well as other discounted employee perks.

For more information and to apply please visit: Kershner Trading Open Positions

Inside Sales Manager

To Apply
Please send your resume to: 51620@americanworkforce.jobs Qualified applicants will be responded to as quickly as possible. No phone calls please. Local candidates in the Austin area are highly preferred.

A fast-growing technology company is seeking an Inside Sales Manager to staff and direct a sales team and provide leadership towards the achievement of maximum profitability and growth in line with company vision and values. You will establish plans and strategies to expand the customer base, and you will contribute to the development of training and educational programs for clients and Account Executives. You will personally manage 3-5 of our most significant accounts. This position is based in our Austin, TX offices.

Responsibilities

• Develop a business plan and sales strategy for the market that ensures attainment of company sales goals and profitability.
• Manage 3-5 of our most significant accounts.
• Responsible for the performance and development of the Account Executives.
• Prepare action plans by individuals as well as by team for effective search of sales leads and prospects.
• Conduct one-on-one review with all Account Executives to build more effective communications, to understand training and development needs, and to provide insight for the improvement of Account Executive’s sales and activity performance.
• Provide timely feedback to senior management regarding performance.
• Provide timely, accurate, competitive pricing on all completed prospect applications submitted for pricing and approval, while striving to maintain maximum profit margin.
• Maintain accurate records of all pricings, sales, and activity reports submitted by Account Executives.
• Create and conduct proposal presentations and RFP responses.
• Controls expenses to meet budget guidelines.
• Recruits, tests, and hires Account Executives based on criteria agreed upon by senior management.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in sales management, with proven sales team leadership and success in driving sales teams to exceed goals.
• Experience with enterprise software solutions and large, complex organizations.
• Extensive experience in all aspects of Supplier Relationship Management.
• Strong understanding of customer and market dynamics and requirements.
• Willingness to travel and work in a global team of professionals.
• Proven ability to ensure Account Executives meet or exceed all activity standards for prospecting calls, appointments, presentations, proposals and closes.
• Sets examples for Account Executives in areas of personal character, commitment, organizational and selling skills, and work habits.

To Apply

Please send your resume to: 51620@americanworkforce.jobs Qualified applicants will be responded to as quickly as possible. No phone calls please. Local candidates in the Austin area are highly preferred.

Partner Sales Manager

A privately held developer of technology that enables publishers to capture readers of books and publications through digital formats is seeking a Partner Sales Manager to manage all business development aspects of our partnerships, with a primary focus on sales revenue and lead generation. The role will balance sales support, partner management, and sales training with the focus of growing the sales funnel.

This position can be based out of Austin or NYC (with a commitment to work out of Austin on a scheduled basis). Your success will be based on quota attainment, pipeline quarter over quarter growth, and training/support of partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex, enterprise solution sales with our partners, including the RFP process
• Aggressively drive partners to maximize sales and total partnership potential through sales best practices, training and support
• Communicate masterfully with partners on new products and service offerings
• Manage sales pipeline of 4M to 8M, including sales order management and providing status to partners
• Create systems and procedures to streamline partner management
• Establish expectations and train our partners to know how to sell our services
• Prepare written presentations, reports and price quotations
• Participate in sales meetings, product seminars and trade shows
• Hold partners accountable to their commitments
• Identify new partners on a continuous basis
• Work with marketing to drive programs and events to extend the relationships to new prospects

Requirements

• 5+ years partner sales experience, preferably in the digital publishing market
• Successful achievement of 1M+ quotas, consultative enterprise/solution or technical sales
• Proven success prospecting, building a pipeline, moving opportunities through the sales cycle; proposing, presenting and discussing solutions with C-level and other decision-makers
• Ability to manage a pipeline with multiple accounts and partners
• Availability to travel 50% of the time
• Bachelor’s degree required

To Apply

Please send your resume to: 51622@americanworkforce.jobs Qualified applicants will be responded to as quickly as possible. No phone calls please. Candidates in Austin or NYC area are highly preferred.

Today I Was Given Some Bad News

That’s generally how your start your conversation with family or friends the day that you are hit with being let go or laid off. It’s never a fun message to deliver, but as soon as you can there are some really necessary steps you need to take to get back into the job market.

Here are a few more specifically for those in the Austin, Texas area.

• LinkedIn.com – Update wherever you can to include that you are currently looking for a new opportunity. I’d even suggest changing your Professional Headline, the part just under your name, to read something like excited about finding my next opportunity. How many contacts do you have? I bet you there are many more. Find and connect with as many past coworkers and supervisors that you can and be sure to ask them to recommend you or talk about your past work product. That will only strengthen your information there. You have the time to do it so really beef your profile. Finally, browse through contacts of your contacts and ask that they connect you with anyone you deem appropriate.

• Door64.com – A fabulous website if you’re from a technical field. If you aren’t already a part of this community, let me highly encourage you to become a part and get involved in whatever way that you can. List your resume there.

• Find niche job sites for your experience and job title. Add your resume on these.

• Take a gander and set up searches if you can at AccessUT.com.

• Set up key word searches on Indeed.com.

• Join the Out of Work Austin group on LinkedIn.com. Post that you’re looking for a new opportunity in the discussions area.

• Start reading and visiting HelpIWasLaidOff.com.

Take each day at a time, but start each day with a list of tasks that you want to accomplish in your job search. This is your job right now, so be diligent and work at it just like you would any job.

User Experience Designer

To Apply: Send your resume and portfolio to our recruiting team: 51617@americanworkforce.jobs Local candidates to Austin are preferred and will be considered first.

A leading technology firm in Austin is seeking an experienced User Experience Designer to help us continue to transform user workflows into site flows diagrams and wire-frames, with a clean and extensible graphic design that communicates our brand. You have a strong visual aesthetic and your portfolio demonstrates it. You are experienced in working with teams to influence the direction of application at a functional level and a technical level, with a mastery of design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator. This position will drive strategic UX thinking for the web applications. This position will work closely with the entire product team, business partners and be a key player in overall company direction and strategy. It is critical that this person be a self-starter who is comfortable jumping right in and contributing.

Responsibilities
• Create UI designs, interaction diagrams, wireframes, and prototypes
• Influence product strategy and direction by collaborating with Marketing, Customers & Development
• Strong RIA design capabilities and experience
• Evaluate competitive landscape and new UI technology
• Present UI solutions to internal and executive teams
• Work closely with Usability team to ensure design exceeds consumers expectations
• Create innovative UI solutions to solve complex interaction issues
• Work with User Experience team to establish user experience vision and guiding principles
• Independently able to manage design process, project, and schedule
• Prioritize and manage multiple programs
• Define best practices and standardizing guidelines and processes

Requirements
• Formal Education in Interaction Design, Computer Science, HCI, or similar
• 5+ years of experience in consumer online design
• Prototyping skills using tools such as Flash, WPF, Dreamweaver, or similar
• Visual design skills using tools such as Photoshop or Illustrator
• Critical eye for visual design and attention to detail
• High degree of creativity and problem solving ability
• Experience and passion for user-centered design
• Proven track record and a strong portfolio
• Ability to communicate ideas through design
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Excellent presentation skills and executive presence

To Apply: Send your resume and portfolio to our recruiting team: 51617@americanworkforce.jobs Local candidates to Austin are preferred and will be considered first.