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We are currently recruiting for a Business Consultant to join our dynamic team. As a Business Consultant, you will work closely with our clients to identify, design and implement Sales Performance Management ...

We are currently recruiting for a Business Consultant to join our dynamic team. As a Business Consultant, you will work closely with our clients to identify, design and implement Sales Performance Management (SPM) solutions to meet the clients’ business and technical needs.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist with the installation and configuration of the Varicent SPM software application in accordance with the clients’ specifications
• Assist with the implementation of Compensation Plans, Quota Plans and Territory Management logic within a complete software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Discover appropriate business requirements and design a scalable, flexible and maintainable solution using best in class techniques
• Enable both Customers and Partners throughout the implementation lifecycle
• Extract, transform and load data
• Work with our customers to facilitate and compile test scripts, test cases and overall testing plans
• Document and communicate project status regularly to the Project Management team
• Coordinate and communicate with the customer’s project manager and project resources
• Provide expertise to assist in the planning and execution of proposals, proof of concepts and statements of work
• Assist the customer in making decisions to properly and creatively utilize features to meet the customer’s needs
• Present solutions that are consistent with the architecture and the design of Varicent’s SPM solutions
• Demonstrate the ability to learn new application functionality – strive to be a Product expert

Requirements

Education:

• Minimum of an undergraduate degree or recognized technical diploma in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline

Experience:

• Minimum 3-4 years of experience in a consultant role for Enterprise Software projects (configuration/implementation/integration).
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in implementing Sales Performance Management solutions.
• Expertise with full end to end SDLCs which includes gathering technical and business requirements, and leading design and testing sessions with external clients.
• Expertise with configuring applications, executing technical implementations, and technical analysis.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with Waterfall methodology.
• Experience in building relational databases
• Demonstrated ability to write basic logical queries to facilitate calculations & reporting and to create complex formulas in Microsoft Excel
• Strong business communication skills (verbal and written)
• Solid understanding of financial reporting concepts
• Strong understanding of relational databases
• Excellent understanding and  hands-on experience with SQL and Excel

Travel Requirements:

80% travel in North America (some international engagements)

Additional skills:

Minimum 2 years hands-on experience with the following languages and front end technologies:

• JavaScript
• Extract, Transform & Load (ETL) processes

Location: This position is based in Toronto or North America. 

To Apply:

Please forward your resume and covering letter by email to careers@varicent.com, please quote “Business Consultant” in the subject line. 

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest in Varicent but regret that only those under consideration will be contacted.  No telephone calls please. No agencies please.

Varicent is a rapidly growing, innovative and progressive company.  We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package and a friendly working environment.  If you are ready to maximize your potential and work with industry leaders, then we would like to hear from you!

We are currently looking for an Implementation Specialist who is passionate, talented and likes a technical challenge.  Varicent Business Edition is ...

We are currently looking for an Implementation Specialist who is passionate, talented and likes a technical challenge.  Varicent Business Edition is a specific product offering focused on the Small and Medium Business (SMB) Market for Incentive Compensation Management.  The service delivery model takes a Rapid and iterative approach to quickly enable our customers to leverage the robust feature set of Varicent SPM.

 The Implementation Specialist will have 2 primary objectives:

1. Requirements Gathering and Model Configuration for Varicent implementations for our mid-market clients using our Varicent Rapid Deployment Methodology
2. Work with our Mid-Market Solutions Center, PMO and Product management to continually revise and enhance our Rapid Deployment Methodology tools, templates, processes and pre-builts

Our Varicent Rapid Deployment Methodology will differ from our Enterprise Delivery method known as Varicent Perform! Methodology.  The objective of this new methodology is to reduce effort and duration for Varicent implementations.  Through the enforcement of a limited scope and the use of pre-defined templates, process and pre-builts, we will deliver a Varicent end product that meets the client’s core requirements in a 4 – 9 week timeframe.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring the success of Varicent led implementations of Varicent Business Edition
• Work collaboratively with the Project Lead/Manager.  All Implementation Managers are player coaches in that they manage the project but are also doing part of the work with the Implementation Specialists.
• Continual improvement of the Rapid Deployment Methodology by leveraging and enhancing the processes, tools, templates and pre-builts
  

Requirements:

Experience:

• Cultivate and maintains relationships collaboratively with internal departments (i.e. R&D, Customer Support, Training, etc.) and external clients to properly leverage resources to address customer needs
• Confidence to guide clients on best solutions that are consistent with both the client’s and our organizational objectives
• A history of adapting methodology and improving on product and practices based on previous experiences.
• A willingness and the patience to learn from and/or mentor other internal and external resources on the technical and functional aspects of Varicent
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced environment; ability to work independently to drive account objectives
• An entrepreneurial, self-starting personality able to take initiative and drive project to completion, delighting clients with high-quality deliverables

Education:

• Minimum Bachelors Degree or relevant work experience

Travel Requirements:

• Between 10-25% travel

To Apply:

Please forward your resume and covering letter by email to careers@varicent.com, please quote “Implementation Specialist” in the subject line. 

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest in Varicent but regret that only those under consideration will be contacted.  No telephone calls please. No agencies please.

Varicent is a rapidly growing, innovative and progressive company.  We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package and a friendly working environment.  If you are ready to maximize your potential and work with industry leaders, then we would like to hear from you!

We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager to join our dynamic team. As a Project Manager, you will work closely with our clients to identify, design and implement Sales Performance Management (SPM) s ...

We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager to join our dynamic team. As a Project Manager, you will work closely with our clients to identify, design and implement Sales Performance Management (SPM) solutions to meet the clients’ business and technical needs.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and management of project resources including Varicent, client and partner resources
• Acts as the front-line contact with client representatives on all project-related issues
• Builds and maintains external customer relationships with the customer's management and project teams
• Manages the overall software implementation lifecycle of a project ensuring compliance with existing and future implementation standards
• Prepares project scope and develops project plans, defines resource loading, skill requirements, milestones, and metrics per Varicent’s standard methods and practices
• Become a product expert, able to implement the Varicent Solution with the larger project team
• Monitors and documents project status; anticipates problems and resolves them or escalates them to appropriate level of management for resolution
• Assists with managing the project budget including managing of forecasts against actuals, travel and expenses and collection of receivables
• Provides direction for deployment and change management activities
• Responsible for preparing and submitting monthly project billing report for finance
• Cultivates and maintains relationships collaboratively with internal departments (i.e. R&D, Customer Support, Training, etc.) and external clients to properly leverage resources to address customer needs
• Provides leadership in developing skills and breadth of knowledge of project team members
• Acts as a mentor to team members and provides constructive feedback on their performance during the performance evaluation periods
• Leverages project resources (internal and external) to take ownership of specific accountabilities
• Demonstrate the ability to learn new application functionality – strive to be a Product expert

Requirements

Experience

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Project Management leadership roles for Enterprise Software projects (deployment/installation/implementation/integration)
• Minimum 6 years of experience with Waterfall methodology
• Minimum 6 years of experience with MS Project
• Excellent project planning, budgeting, resources (internal and external), and client management skills
• Expertise with full software development lifecycle (SDLC) which includes gathering technical and business requirements, and leading design sessions with external clients
• Excellent presentation and communication skills (MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word)
• Effective time management, documentation and organizational skills
• Expertise with facilitating and presenting change control processes for external clients
• Excellent comprehension of databases, web applications and networking environments
• Proven knowledge of and/or hands on experience with relational Databases
• Practical hands-on experience with the following languages and technologies:
  • SQL
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • JavaScript
  • J2EE
  • .NET

Education

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or in other technical field

Travel Requirements

• 80% travel in North America (some international engagements)

Additional skills

• Experience with project managing software implementations in Sales Performance Management software, workforce management, CRM, or ERP software
• Member of PMI and/or PMP certified
• Business relationship management, and creating business process improvements for clients

Varicent is a rapidly growing, innovative and progressive company. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package and a friendly working environment. If you are ready to maximize your potential and work with industry leaders, then we would like to hear from you!

For more information about Varicent, please visit our website at www.varicent.com.

To Apply:

Please forward your resume and covering letter by email to careers@varicent.com, please quote “Project Manager” in the subject line.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest in Varicent but regret that only those under consideration will be contacted. No telephone calls please. No agencies please.

We are currently seeking a Quality Assurance Analyst to work within our QA Team.  We are conveniently located at Yonge & York Mills.  ...

We are currently seeking a Quality Assurance Analyst to work within our QA Team.  We are conveniently located at Yonge & York Mills.       

At Varicent, our product testing involves a mix of manual and automated testing, with a current team focus on expanding the scope of both. A strong business background coupled with technical expertise will enable the successful candidate to assess and manage rapidly evolving functionality and complex business rules to assure the quality and usability of mission critical software.

Responsibilities: 

• Participating in and supporting a range of quality engineering and reliability testing activities related to ongoing product improvement and new product development
• Creation and execution of test cases
• Analysis of results
• Documenting and communicating test results to product teams
• Tracking problems through to resolution

Education and Experience:

• University Degree or College Diploma in a related discipline
• Working knowledge of databases and application server
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Self-motivated, independent worker and strong team member
• Excellent people and process skills
• Ability to work in a highly dynamic and fast-paced environment

Beneficial

• Prior experience in security and performance testing
• Completion of or working towards a technical certification related to quality assurance
• Thorough understanding of product lifecycle and QA methodology

To Apply:

No agencies please.

Please forward your resume and covering letter by email to careers@varicent.com, please quote “QA Analyst” in the subject line. 

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest in Varicent but regret that only those under consideration will be contacted.  No telephone calls please.

For more information about Varicent, please visit our website at www.varicent.com.

We are currently recruiting for talented Software Developers who can take initiative and lead challenging projects. If you are looking to join a fun, but performance-driven culture with a shared sense of mission and acc ...

We are currently recruiting for talented Software Developers who can take initiative and lead challenging projects. If you are looking to join a fun, but performance-driven culture with a shared sense of mission and accomplishment, then this is the ideal place for you.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Enhancing the functionality, performance, and scalability of our core product, Varicent SPM.
• Participation in planning, analysis, design, and development
• Researching new technology and tools to improve our product and processes
• Assisting with the on-boarding of new developers
• Refine business requirements into development projects
• Taking projects from concept to completion

Requirements:

Experience and skills:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or closely related field
• Strong command of Object Oriented Design
• Minimum 2- 5 years of software development experience using C# , .NET, Java, or C++
• Minimum 2 - 5 years experience working on a large scale development projects
• Experience with the software development life cycle
• An understanding of database theory
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Beneficial Skills:

• knowledge of Java, with exposure to J2EE and the Spring framework
• Experience developing on SQL Server or Oracle
• Web application development experience

Location: This position is based in Toronto. 

To Apply:

Please forward your resume and covering letter by email to careers@varicent.com, please quote “Software Developer” in the subject line. 

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest in Varicent but regret that only those under consideration will be contacted.  No telephone calls please. No agencies please.

Varicent is a rapidly growing, innovative and progressive company.  We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package and a friendly working environment.  If you are ready to maximize your potential and work with industry leaders, then we would like to hear from you!

We are currently recruiting for Solutions Engineers to join our dynamic Solutions Architecture team. The Solutions Engineers are business consultants who are trained to become authorities in the application of our software.& ...

We are currently recruiting for Solutions Engineers to join our dynamic Solutions Architecture team. The Solutions Engineers are business consultants who are trained to become authorities in the application of our software. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure that projects are positioned for success.
• Establish Architectural Solutions in connection with client requirements
• Lead architectural scoping sessions with new clients focusing on data models and data impacts.
• Present solutions which are consistent with the architecture and the design of Varicent’s application.
• Review and assist with technical solutions including but not limited to JavaScript and SQL enhancements.
• Conduct technical assessment and discovery workshops, perform discovery technical reviews.
• Complete end to end architectural assessments including data integration and reporting solutions.
• Audit quality of system design in terms of; adherence to existing functionality, integration of system components, usability, scalability, and overall value to customer’s ROI. 
• Identify potential product and internal process enhancements.
• Work with the product management and development groups to review upcoming architectural changes or third party integration.
• Work with the Global Services Management team by providing ideas and strategies for improving tools and standards.
• Provide leadership in developing skills and knowledge of project team members.  Provide constructive feedback to the Global Services Management team on team performance during the evaluation periods.
• Develop and maintain the skill sets of specific Varicent Partners so they may become further versed in the configuration and support of the Varicent application
• Assist with building relational databases, and writing and testing calculations
• Monitor and provide constructive feedback on partner activities to ensure visible and measurable contributions are being made during the implementation and to improve the overall quality of deliverables.
• Coordinate and communicate with customer and partner project managers and project resources
• Provide expertise to assist in the planning and execution of proposals and statements of work
• Define an action plan to develop consulting and product expertise with Jr and 3rd party consultants
• Contribute to the PS Discussion group and conduct formal  knowledge transfer sessions with PS resources on a quarterly basis

Requirements:

• under graduate degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• Minimum 8 years project related experience with exposure to all phases of software development including: Analysis and Design, Implementation, Testing and Deployment specific to Incentive Compensation or Sales Performance Management solutions
• Experience implementing and integrating with anyone or more of the following: PeopleSoft, SAP, Baan, and Oracle.
• Preferred technical certification (RDBMs certification – Oracle, SQLServer, etc.).
• Preferred Microsoft certification NT/other.
• Required technical skills; working knowledge of Unix and Varicent’s supported database platforms ( Oracle, DB2, SQLServer)
• Tools: SQL, Microsoft Project; OS and environments: Windows (2000, 98, 95, NT…), Unix, MS-Dos., Web servers (tuxedo, iis, apache).
• Languages: JAVA, JavaScript, SQL, PL/SQL, XML
• Degree/diploma in Computer Science and/or related field.
• Experience architecting technical enterprise solutions.
• Understands Data Modeling concepts, methodologies and processes
• Skilled in analyzing and documenting business requirements and corresponding solution specifications.
• Able to work with minimal direction.
• Understanding of, and experience with, application architecture (client/server, web, database).
• Experience writing database queries in SQL.
• Experience with database development of stored procedures, triggers, and view functions.
• Prior experience in building relational databases
• Able to complete calculations & reporting and to create complex formulas, macros and sophisticated formatting in Microsoft Excel
• Strong business communication skills (verbal and written)
• Solid understanding of financial reporting concepts
• Proven knowledge of and hands on experience with:
  • SQL Server
  • Data Warehousing
  • Microsoft Analysis Services (MSAS/SSAS)
  • Extract, Transform & Load (ETL)
  • Data Transformation Services (DTS)
  • Business Intelligence (BI)

• Practical hands-on experience with the following languages and front end technologies:
  • SQL
  • Excel
  • XML
  • HTML
  • Applix TM1
  • Reporting Services
  • VBA/VBScript /JavaScript

Location:   This position is based in Toronto or any city in North America

Travel Requirements:

80% travel in North America (and some international engagements)

To Apply:

Please forward your resume and covering letter by email to careers@varicent.com, please quote “Solutions Engineer” in the subject line.  Please state your salary requirements within your cover letter.  

No agencies or telephone calls please.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for a telephone interview will be contacted.

For more information about Varicent, please visit our website at www.varicent.com