Director, Financial Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and prioritize the financial systems team across ERP, HRIS, reporting/BI, close/controls, and integration platforms.

• Manage production operations, which includes month-end and quarter-end close support, ITSM ticket resolution, vendor escalation, and ensuring coverage for critical processing windows.

• Oversee ERP and HRIS access governance, encompassing roles, permissions, segregation of duties, Delegation of Authority, and user access reviews.

• Direct internal and external audit support activities, including control walkthroughs, evidence collection, User Acceptance Reviews (UARs), and change assessments.

• Administer the financial systems portfolio and integrations among ERP, iPaaS, HRIS, and GRC/audit platforms; drive efforts for platform consolidation.

• Own the financial systems roadmap and report on projects, risks, decisions, and milestones to leadership.

• Enhance system performance through configuration, workflow design, automation, and resolving delayed approvals.

• Maintain runbooks, change management, and user training for access, incident response, monitoring, and recovery processes.

• Identify and implement automation and AI use cases in areas such as close, reporting, reconciliation, and controls while adhering to security, SOX, and auditability standards.

• Manage direct reports while balancing strategy, team execution, and resource allocation.

• Spearhead financial systems initiatives utilizing project management expertise.

• Occasional travel is expected (approximately 10%).

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, accounting, finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 10 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing ERP and related finance systems in a production, controls-driven environment.

• Practical experience with NetSuite, including configuration, workflows, roles and permissions, reporting, integrations, troubleshooting, and production support.

• At least 5 years of experience leading financial systems administrators, analysts, developers, or similar roles, including coaching, performance management, and work distribution.

• Experience supporting financial systems in a SOX-controlled public company environment, including change management, access governance, user access reviews, audit support, and segregation of duties.

• Experience overseeing or evaluating integrations between ERP and related platforms, including HRIS, expense management, reporting/disclosure, and iPaaS.

• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP processes, including financial close, procure-to-pay (P2P), payroll, and reporting.

• Preferred experience in delivering automation or system optimization projects that result in measurable improvements to the close process, controls, or user experience.

• Familiarity with AI-enabled finance tools and the governance of these tools in compliance with SOX and security requirements is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits that align with local market practices and legal requirements.

• Opportunities for occasional travel (approximately 10%).