Manager, Business Applications Support

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The Manager, Business Applications Support leads the support, service delivery, and continuous improvement of business applications used by Farm Credit associations and the Funding Bank. This role oversees a team of business applications analysts and serves as a key partner to business, Product, IT, and vendor teams to ensure applications are reliable, well-supported, and aligned with client needs.

• Lead the delivery of high-quality functional application support, ensuring timely resolution of configuration, data, and processing issues.
• Oversee critical production processes, including batch processing, credit bureau reporting, customer correspondence, and tax form generation.
• Own product management for customer correspondence and year-end tax reporting, partnering with clients, Product, and vendors to meet business and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and monitor service levels, performance metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive root cause analysis, process optimization, documentation standards, and audit readiness, including ICFR controls.

• Lead, develop, and coach a team of business applications analysts and contractors.
• Establish clear ownership and cross-training to ensure application support coverage and continuity.
• Set performance expectations and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.
• Manage staffing, resource planning, and team development to support business objectives.

• Serve as the primary escalation point for application support and ensure a positive client experience.
• Partner with business leaders, Customer Success, and Account Management teams to align support services with client needs.
• Communicate application performance, trends, risks, and improvement opportunities to stakeholders.

• Collaborate with Service Desk, Product, IT, Security, and development teams to resolve issues and support application performance.
• Manage key vendor relationships, including print and mail and tax reporting providers, ensuring service quality and accountability.
• Lead support readiness for application enhancements, upgrades, conversions, and platform transitions.
• Translate client feedback and support trends into recommendations that improve products, processes, and service delivery.

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business administration, finance, or related field
• 5 years of related experience in application support, financial accounting, data analytics or loan accounting
• Leadership experience preferred
• Experience with service desk tools and IT service management (ITIL) practices, including incident, problem, and change management, such as Jira Service Management (JSM)
• General ledger and reporting applications experience
• Experience with core banking or loan servicing systems, such as Fiserv DNA, preferred
• Experience…