Director, Financial Systems

Overview

This role is for a Director – Financial Systems, reporting to the Head of Operational Finance. The position leads the financial systems team and drives process improvements and strategy across ERP, HRIS, reporting/BI, close/controls, and integration platforms.

East Coast preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and prioritize the financial systems team across:
  • ERP
  • HRIS
  • Reporting/BI
  • Close/controls
  • Integration platforms
• Own production operations, including:
  • Month-end and quarter-end close support
  • ITSM ticket resolution
  • Vendor escalation when needed
  • Coverage for critical processing windows
• Own access governance for ERP and HRIS, including:
  • Roles and permissions
  • Segregation of duties
  • Delegation of Authority
  • User access reviews
  • Designate an independent SOX/UAR approver where required
• Lead internal and external audit support, including:
  • Control walkthroughs
  • Evidence collection
  • UARs
  • Change reviews
• Administer the financial systems portfolio and integrations between:
  • ERP
  • iPaaS
  • HRIS
  • GRC/audit platforms
  • Drive platform consolidation where it reduces risk or cost
• Own the financial systems roadmap, including:
  • Projects and integrations
  • Risks
  • Decisions
  • Milestones
  • Status reporting to leadership
• Improve system performance through:
  • Configuration
  • Workflow design
  • Automation
  • Resolution of stuck approvals (e.g., purchase orders and requisitions)
• Maintain runbooks, change management, and user training covering:
  • Access
  • Incident response
  • Monitoring
  • Recovery
• Identify and deliver automation and AI use cases in close, reporting, reconciliation, and controls—using security, SOX, and auditability guardrails
• Occasional travel is required (about 10%)

People Management

• Manage direct report(s) related to:
  • Maintenance of financial systems
  • Data governance
  • Business processes
  • Data analysis
  • System optimization
• Balance strategy, day-to-day execution, and team resources
• Use project management experience to lead a variety of financial systems initiatives

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, accounting, finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years designing, implementing, and operating ERP and related finance systems in a production, controls-driven environment
• Hands-on NetSuite experience, including:
  • Configuration
  • Workflows
  • Roles and permissions
  • Reporting
  • Integrations
  • Troubleshooting
  • Production support
• 5+ years leading financial systems administrators, analysts, developers, or similar roles, including:
  • Coaching
  • Performance management
  • Work allocation
• Experience supporting financial systems in a SOX-controlled public-company environment, including:
  • Change management
  • Access governance
  • User access reviews
  • Audit support
  • Segregation of duties
• Experience overseeing or reviewing integrations between ERP and adjacent platforms (HRIS, expense, reporting/disclosure, iPaaS), with enough technical depth to troubleshoot failures and challenge solution design
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP processes, including the financial close, P2P, payroll, and reporting
• Experience delivering automation or system-optimization work with measurable improvement to close, controls, or user experience preferred
• Familiarity with AI-enabled finance tools (automation, anomaly detection, or reporting assistants) and governing those tools under SOX and security requirements preferred

Compensation & Benefits

Pay Transparency, Budgeted Range: $198,500—$220,000 USD

Competitive compensation and benefits that reflect local market practices and legal requirements in each country where the organization operates.

Location

East Coast preferred.