International Functional Consultant in Microsoft Dynamics AX Solution - Business Modelling and Software Implementation

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Background

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is committed to long-term, sustainable support to democratic governance, including support to key democratic institutions and processes. In line with its Governance Portfolio and Sustainable Development Goal 16 – Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, UNDP supports the National Elections Commission (NEC) in the implementation of its constitutional mandate to plan, manage and organize elections in compliance with the national legal framework, international standards, and best practices.

The NEC is an autonomous public commission that is responsible to conduct elections for all elective public offices, referenda and to administer and enforce all elections laws throughout the Republic of Liberia. Historically, NEC has its origin from the Constitution of Liberia. At its inception, NEC was called Elections Commission (ECOM), deriving its constitutional strength from Chapter X, Article 89. By statute, ECOM was then comprised of five members called commissioners. However, in 2003, an Act of the National Legislature was passed increasing the number of commissioners to seven. This increment was upheld by the August 18, 2003 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on Liberia signed in Accra, Ghana. Also, Article XIX of the CPA gave rise to the current National Elections commission in February 2004.

NEC Vision & Mission: The NEC strives to be a credible electoral authority managing public elections for the Liberian People in line with the laws of Liberia and international best practices. As an independent Electoral Management Body created by the Constitution, the NEC is committed to strengthen democracy and sustainable peace by managing free, fair and transparent elections for the Liberian People. Independence, professionalism, integrity, and consistency are core values of the NEC.

In order to maintain the Accounts of NEC as per the policies and procedures prescribed and to facilitate transparent accounting and efficient reporting in a real-time environment, the NEC has implemented Microsoft Dynamics AX Solution, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP system) application for use at its national headquarters. The current Dynamics AX 2012 R3 infrastructure supports about 200 NEC staff and includes modules for Finance, Procurement and Sourcing, Human Resource Management, Travel and Expense, Payroll, Warehousing, Assets Management & Barcoding.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the UNDP Chief Technical Adviser (CTA), and in close collaboration with the NEC Executive Director and Deputy Director for Administration, the duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Fix all issues relating to the full utilization of Dynamic AX within the NEC;
• Provide in-depth training to all USERS of the ERP System (tentatively 28 users);
• Identify the reporting format needs of the Finance section to comply with GOL standards of reporting;
• Support daily business operations related to the implemented business processes;
• Facilitate the ERP change management process;
• Customization and Deploying of Payroll and Procurement Modules;
• Assist in system audits as required;
• Provide user training;
• Handling escalation from the team in NEC;
• Support future complex customization and changes where necessary;
• Removal of defects on ERP;
• System Maintenance;
• Any other tasks as required by CTA or NEC Executive Director.

Competencies

• Professionalism and Integrity;
• Teamwork;
• Excellent Communication Skills;
• Ability to deliver on time and to the highest standard.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree in ICT, Computer Science, Engineering or related areas.

Experience:

• AX 2012 Functional consultant and developer with a business knowledge in finance, HR and Payroll with minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Should have the knowledge of the following modules:

• Finance
• Procurement
• Assets
• HR and Payroll
• Travel and Expense
• Warehousing
• Asset Management & Barcoding

5 years consulting experience in business applications with focus on business modelling and software implementation.

Proven experience in at least one end-to-end implementations in similar industry.

Demonstrated ability to

• Analyze and understand business problems.
• Model data and processes.
• Participating in Business Process Reengineering
• Conduct workshops and training sessions.
• Plan and carry out system and user acceptance testing.
• Familiar and experienced in:
• Core application functionality
• Implementation Methodology
• Application technology stack
• Industry Knowledge

5 years development experience with Microsoft AX development tools.

Demonstrated ability to:

• Apply Microsoft development techniques effectively following development best practices
• Plan and carry out unit testing
• Familiar and experienced in:
• Core Microsoft Dynamics AX Applications
• Implementation Methodology
• Microsoft .NET technology, Microsoft Visual Studio development system, and Microsoft Dynamics specific development environments
• Network and operating systems

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English, including excellent writing and analytical skills.