Redwood Finance Automation Solution Designer, Ireland

Overview

This contract role supports an established organization automating its finance operations using Redwood Finance Automation. Work focuses on the record-to-report cycle, including the period-end close, account reconciliation, journal processing, and subsequent reporting, all integrated with the organization’s ERP.

• Contract duration: Duration being confirmed
• Start date: 15 November 2026
• Location: Remote (for consultants based in Ireland)
• Day rate: EUR 450 a day
• Language: English

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end solution design for automated record-to-report processes.
• Partner with finance process owners to understand how the close runs today.
• Determine what to automate and the order for automation.
• Produce a design that an engineering team can build, and stay engaged through build, testing, and go-live.
• Make design judgments based on what was designed versus what is observed in real execution.
• Lead current-state and target-state documentation covering:
  • close activities
  • reconciliation
  • journal processing
  • intercompany
• Decide where standard Redwood capability is sufficient versus where an extension is justified.
• Design integrations with SAP S/4HANA or ECC and other source systems.
• Design balance sheet auto-certification rules, including:
  • controls
  • approvals
  • audit trail, ensuring the automated close can stand up to audit.
• Guide engineers during build and review deliverables against the approved design.
• Define and align test strategy and acceptance criteria with finance users.
• Create a roadmap for subsequent automation waves once initial processes are live.

Requirements

• Solution design ownership on at least one live Redwood Finance Automation implementation, including running design workshops and writing the design.
• 8+ years experience in finance transformation, finance systems, or record-to-report process design.
• Working understanding of SAP FI/CO (or the Oracle equivalent), including how close and reconciliation data flows between the ERP and the automation layer.
• Experience running workshops with finance users and translating workshop outputs into buildable, testable designs.
• Ability to engage senior finance stakeholders and maintain the design position when challenged.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on build experience on Redwood (to understand what the design requires from engineers).
• Experience with BlackLine, Trintech, or SAP Advanced Financial Closing.
• Finance qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or similar).
• Experience in financial services or another regulated industry, including work under SOX or similar audit controls.

Compensation & Benefits

• EUR 450 a day (day rate)

Location

• Remote
• Consultants must be based in Ireland.