MANAGER, IT ASSURANCE & ADVISORY MGMT

The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is part of the AMP (Assurance and Advisory Management Program). This is a 2 year program where you will work in a variey of 4-month rotations (i.e. Operations, Finance, Merchandising/Supply Chain, International/IT). In addition, as part of the program you will be trained in Six Sigma. Upon completion of the program, 75% of the associates will graduate to tother department while 25% will continue to advance within the department. The Manager AMP is responsible for organizing, planning, and leading multiple projects in any function, process, or business unit within the Company. The Manager is responsible for projects in all of the following categories: controllership (strategic risk assessments, business process reviews); growth (M&A due diligence and business integration); and operational excellence (process improvement and six sigma).

Requirements

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• 5+ years work experience or MBA equivalent experience
• Accounting degree/CPA preferred
• Travel may be 20 - 50% or as job requires
• Ability to communicate with executive leadership
• Prior Six Sigma experience a plus
• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
• 5 years of work experience
• People Management Skills: Supervisor to others; provide feedback and performance reviews
• Project Management experience in a corporate context.
• Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
• Skill in developing multiple approaches to solving problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction

Nice To Haves

• Accounting degree/CPA preferred
• Prior Six Sigma experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Identifies scope and objectives of project; Identifies and secures resource needs for project; Develops and executes high level project plan; Manages resources, deliverables and timeline; Communicates status and results.
• Assists in recruiting and hiring staff pool; Takes a leadership role in training, developing, and managing careers of staff pool by identifying strengths/areas of improvement, providing regular performance feedback, and working with HR Manager.
• Leads a team to identify, document, and communicate the underlying core and support processes that support a business strategy using the Business Process Review and Six Sigma methodologies; Uses data/metrics to measure the risk within the process and the impact of controls on the process opportunities; Identifies sustainable solutions to fix the breakdowns.
• Gains understanding of the business; Identifies business strategies and objectives; Performs strategic risk assessment; Identify key business risks; Communicates/reports results.
• Accepts, leads and drives change with team by embracing and communicating the vision, assisting management with implementation of methods to ensure that the change lasts-gain organization's buy-in, prioritizes and integrates the changes into normal business practice, integrate with other organizational initiatives, identifies and removes barriers to success, integrates the changes into normal practice, and identifies the need to put the correct staffing, development training, rewards/measurements, communications, and organizational designs in place.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager