Director of Financial Systems

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the financial systems landscape for Accounting, which includes NetSuite, Concur, Celigo, Solution 7, and Workday financial components and integrations.

• Oversee accounting system initiatives, managing intake, prioritization, scope, business case development, resource allocation, scheduling, budgeting, reporting, risk management, and post-implementation reviews.

• Act as the accounting lead for the AS400 conversion project.

• Supervise offshore financial systems support vendors, ensuring management of scope, service levels, budgets, deliverables, and escalations.

• Drive financial system implementations, upgrades, and integrations from requirements gathering through to configuration, testing, training, cutover, and hypercare phases.

• Create automation solutions for closing activities, reconciliations, allocations, recurring entries, and management reporting.

• Manage the automated accounts payable process, including exception handling, vendor master governance, and ongoing improvement efforts.

• Lead the accounts payable team, focusing on performance management, development, workload prioritization, and coverage planning.

• Ensure segregation of duties over disbursements, while allowing Treasury to maintain payment-run approval authority.

• Collaborate with Accounting, Information Technology, FP&A, and business teams to enhance processes and drive automation.

• Establish and report on process performance metrics, such as cycle times, manual touchpoints, and error rates, to the Vice President of Accounting.

• Maintain financial data integrity between operational platforms and the general ledger.

• Design and manage financial systems controls, including segregation of duties, change management, and interface controls; assist with SOX readiness.

• Review SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports and monitor the remediation of identified exceptions.

• Conduct periodic user access reviews and ensure audit evidence retention.

• Oversee financial reporting delivery within Solution 7 and NetSuite.

• Collaborate on system risk, data residency, access, and vendor risk requirements.

• Manage the financial systems technology and support budget of approximately $543,000 annually.

• Handle vendor selection, contracts, renewals, expenditures, and the evaluation of new financial applications.

• Document processes, configurations, and controls while maintaining audit-ready evidence.

• Prepare analyses and commentaries for reporting to the Audit and Risk Committee.

• Provide guidance, training, and change management to the accounting organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related area.

• 10–15 years of progressive experience in accounting and financial systems.

• Proven experience in implementing or converting financial systems, including requirements analysis, cutover, and stabilization phases.

• Experience serving as the business owner for at least one ERP implementation or significant system conversion.

• Project management experience overseeing multiple concurrent system initiatives, including scope, scheduling, budgeting, and reporting to executive stakeholders.

• Experience directing offshore or outsourced technical support functions.

• Proven experience managing a comparable software and services budget, including contract negotiation, renewals, and vendor performance oversight.

• Advanced expertise in NetSuite, including saved searches, reporting, and workflow configuration.

• Experience in designing and operating IT general controls, including segregation of duties and conducting user access reviews.

• Familiarity with reviewing SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports and evaluating complementary user entity controls.

• Strong understanding of close processes, reconciliations, revenue recognition, billing, accounts payable, and cash accounting.

• Experience in process improvement initiatives that have led to measurable reductions in manual effort or cycle time.

• Previous experience managing accounts payable operations in a highly automated setting.

• Experience in leading, developing, and managing staff performance effectively.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and data analysis.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for engaging with both executive and technical audiences.

• PMP or an equivalent certification is preferred.

• Experience with Concur, Celigo, Solution 7, and Workday financial modules is preferred.

• Familiarity with AS400 / IBM i or similar legacy platform migrations is preferred.

• Experience with SQL or reporting tools is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time employment.

• Option to work remotely.

• Opportunity to work in a professional office environment.

• General office equipment provided for use.