Senior Professional Services Operations ManagerWorkato is the only integration and automation platform that is as simple as it is powerful — and because it's built to power the largest enterprises, it is quite powerful.
Simultaneously, it's a low-code/no-code platform. This empowers any user (dev/non-dev) to painlessly automate workflows across any apps and databases.
We're proud to be named a leader by both Forrester and Gartner and trusted by 7,000+ of the world's top brands such as Box, Grab, Slack, and more. But what is most exciting is that this is only the beginning.
Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company.
But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. That's why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives.
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This role requires you to work till US PST noon time (i.e. 7:00pm - 4:00pm Manila Time) Responsibilities We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to join our growing global Professional Services team. A Workato Operations Manager is essential to the growth of our business and plays an integral role in helping our organization scale. As a Workato Operations Manager, you will be a key business partner for building and maintaining critical workstreams to support the professional services organization. You will partner closely with professional services global leadership to understand operational strategy, execute process improvement initiatives, optimize reporting, and ensure thorough resource management.
The primary goal of the Operations Manager is to optimize the efficiency of the professional services department and provide tools for leadership to report on the state of the business. This includes ownership of the Professional Services Automation (PSA) system, reporting/data analysis tools, department resource management, and recurring professional services business activities. Ultimately, it is the goal of the Operations Manager to build, maintain, and provide thought leadership for all critical professional services workflows. In doing so, you will play a critical role in helping guide leadership through critical business decisions.
In this role, you will also be responsible to:
Act as business partner and process improvement leader for the fast-growing, global, complex Professional Services organization by becoming the subject matter expert in systems used by the organization
Serve as the Professional Services Automation (PSA) system administrator, liaising with business technology and vendor support to complete required activities, including:
Day-to-day management of PSA system (Certinia/FinancialForce)
Execute annual system maintenance
Upgrade system according to vendor standards, typically bi-annually
Implement net-new workflows and workflow changes as required by the business
Create and build automations to fuel efficiency across the company, typically built on Workato's platform
Provide thought leadership to business leadership via implementation of dashboards and reporting, proactive proposals to improve existing processes and implementation of process improvements to scale along with our growing business
Ownership of all Professional Services reporting and data analysis tools to ensure effective scale of the team and alignment with business priorities, including development and maintenance of:
Workato's Professional Services VMT dashboard (Sigma)
Forecasting tools (SFDC/BoostUp)
Backlog analysis (NetSuite/Sigma)
Own all resource management activities for the Professional Services team, including:
Partnership with Professional Services leadership and FP&A leadership to build and maintain services capacity model
Lead weekly resource management calls
Assist the team in adhering to strict utilization metrics
Improve estimates vs. actuals accuracy
Own all recurring processes for the Professional Services business, including:
Audits of Salesforce data to ensure operational excellence in our CRM
Assist with professional services forecasting and planning processes
Improve and enforce our rules of engagement for our sales and professional services teams to work effectively together
Assignment of internal resources and identification of need for subcontracted resources
Subcontractor interview coordination, system onboarding/offboarding, process onboarding, PO approval and creation, and invoice reconciliation
Travel & expense estimates for customer travel, including approval and invoicing of expense reports
Monthly billing and revenue recognition reviews, including Proof of Performance documentation when demanded from the client
Requirements Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills Required 5+ years of experience with professional services resource management
3+ years of experience as a system administrator (or similar) for a Professional Services Automation (PSA) system. Candidates with experience in Certinia (previously FinancialForce) and Salesforce will be given preference.
Proven track record of creating reports and dashboards and establishing valid datasets from multiple disparate data sources (Sigma experience is a plus)
Highly collaborative and excels in complex, matrixed environments
Communication skills to effectively communicate with technical and business stakeholders alike
Ability to work in US time-zones
Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high growth and unpredictable environment
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to convey and relate ideas to others and work in a collaborative and cross-functional environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate ideas visually and create and conduct internal presentations
Self-starter and ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team, and willingness to take ownership of situations and problems
Preferred Experience having grown a professional services team
Experience having worked in a start-up environment
High-level understanding of key applications such as Salesforce CRM, Netsuite Zone Billing, and BoostUp
Workato experience, or similar integration and automation tools
Knowledge of the iPaaS industry
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