Common and Baseline Responsibilities:
- Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of financial systems, including accounting software, budgeting tools, and reporting systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver scalable data solutions
- Ensure the integrity of financial data through regular audits and controls.
- Identify opportunities for system improvements and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement changes.
- Prepare and present financial reports to senior management, highlighting key insights and performance indicators.
- Collaborate with department heads to develop annual budgets and forecasts.
- Support project managers in tracking project budgets and financial performance.
- Design, develop, and implement ETL workflows using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to meet business and data processing needs
- Integrate and process data from diverse sources, including databases, APIs, CSV, Excel, TXT, XML, and JSON files
- Develop, optimize, and maintain T-SQL queries, stored procedures, views, and functions to support ETL processes and Power BI datasets
- Build custom ETL components and scripts using C# and Python for advanced data processing
- Design and maintain data models, database schemas, tables, views, and indexes
- Implement data validation and cleansing processes to ensure high data quality
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data integration workflows and SQL Agent jobs
Proficiencies:
- Strong understanding of software development methodologies and best practices
- Demonstrated ability to lead software development projects and work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Understanding of professional services industry workflows (project accounting, billing, time & expense, budgeting, CRM)
Software:
- MS SQL Server, MS SQL Integration Services, Excel
- Proven experience developing and integrating APIs using C# (or) Python and Postman
- Strong experience working with and parsing XML and JSON data formats
- Experience working with Deltek APIs and integration frameworks
- Experience with Deltek Vision or Deltek Vantagepoint preferred
- Minimum of 2 years' experience with Power BI or other BI/reporting tools
Licensure/Certifications/Education
- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field required
Salary Range Information
We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, and competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidate’s qualifications including skill sets, education, experience and training, licensure and certifications credentials if applicable, and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees, including performance considerations for merit increases, job promotions, and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices, conduct pay equity audits, and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement, commensurate with qualifications, the annual pay salary range for this position in Minneapolis or Chicago is between $120,000 and 160,000.
Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
At Perkins&Will we believe that inclusion spurs creativity and that innovation is born from an engaged culture of diverse people + ideas. By moving beyond barriers and stereotypes of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, medical condition, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status; we are committed to building an organization that reflects the diversity of the communities and clients we serve.
"Design has the power to inspire joy, uplift lives, and strengthen the spirit of community."
*Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Perkins&Will has established and adopted an Equal Employment Opportunity Employment policy (“EEO”), which is part of the Company’s Human Resources Policy. The purpose of this EEO policy is to ensure that all employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis, and without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. In some cases, local laws and regulations may provide greater protections than those outlined here and employees will be covered by the laws of their local jurisdiction.
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision
Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- Minimum of 2 years' experience with Power BI or other BI/reporting tools
- Design, develop, and implement ETL workflows using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
- Proficiency with MS SQL Server and T-SQL (queries, stored procedures, views, functions)
- Experience developing and integrating APIs using C# or Python and Postman
- Strong experience working with and parsing XML and JSON data formats
- Experience working with Deltek APIs and integration frameworks
- Experience with Deltek Vision or Deltek Vantagepoint
- Ability to design and maintain data models, database schemas, tables, views, and indexes
- Experience building custom ETL components and scripts using C# and Python
- Experience monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing data integration workflows and SQL Agent jobs
- Understanding of professional services industry workflows (project accounting, billing, time & expense, budgeting, CRM)
- Strong understanding of software development methodologies and ability to lead software development projects
Perkins&Will Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Perkins&Will and has not been reviewed or approved by Perkins&Will.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Inclusive health benefits extend to same-sex spouses and domestic partners and include coverage for gender confirmation surgery, reinforced by repeated external recognition for LGBTQ equality.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans dental, vision, disability, life, and medical insurance, alongside FSA options and related support programs that broaden access to care.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with employer matching and is complemented by performance bonuses that add to total rewards.
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What We Do
Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place. That’s why clients and community members on nearly every continent partner with us to design healthy, happy places in which to live, learn, work, play, and heal. We’re passionate about Living Design, a philosophy that guides our work and emphasizes poetics and beauty; conceptual clarity; research and innovation; technology and tectonics; community and inclusion; resilience and regeneration; and health and well-being. Our team of over 2,500 professionals in 30 studios worldwide provides interdisciplinary services in architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design, landscape architecture, and more. Our partners include Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects; Portland; Nelson\Nygaard; and Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR). We’re also part of the Sidara Collaborative, a global network of leading designers, engineers, planners, and consultants.






