Sr. Manager, ERP Systems & Transformation

Overview

This role involves serving as a primary architect for financial systems, bridging sophisticated technical design with global business strategy to build a leading-edge digital ecosystem. The position focuses on designing the next phase of automation, analytics, and AI in business processes, leading the evolution of the finance technology stack to empower organizational operations.

Responsibilities

• Shape, evolve, and champion the core finance systems strategy to improve accounting and finance workflows and promote automation.
• Develop and own a strategic 3-year finance system transformation roadmap, prioritizing initiatives based on business impact, feasibility, and resource constraints.
• Drive end-to-end digital transformation of workflows in collaboration with business analysis, project management, IT services teams, and subject matter experts.
• Lead cross-functional system transformation initiatives as both strategist and hands-on project leader.
• Serve as the overall finance systems product owner, driving continuous improvement, identifying inefficiencies, reducing manual work, and enhancing data accuracy and audit readiness.
• Manage risks related to ERP architecture and data integrity to ensure system changes do not disrupt critical financial activities or audit objectives.
• Collaborate with senior leaders across IT, HR, Fundraising, and Security to execute system-related policies and internal controls, ensuring compliance across global finance operations.
• Influence senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to adopt new technologies and process changes during complex organizational shifts.
• Define and own adoption and success metrics for financial systems.
• Manage the budget and drive cost efficiency of ERP systems.
• Lead finance automation and AI initiatives for financial workflows, identifying automation opportunities, improving analytics, and designing agentic workflows.
• Lead a small ERP systems team of 2 direct reports, managing multiple work streams and functional areas, ensuring goal achievement and professional development.

Requirements

Leadership and Collaboration

• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, ERP implementation, and systems improvement.
• Strong understanding of accounting and finance concepts, including US GAAP principles and financial cycles such as record-to-report and procure-to-pay.
• Ability to work effectively in integrated teams, partnering with subject matter experts to design overlapping solutions.
• Experience leading workshops to gather and document business needs and recommend processes.
• Proven experience delivering major transformation initiatives in both waterfall and agile environments.
• Track record managing cross-functional systems teams.
• Experience defining roadmaps, prioritizing backlogs, and delivering complex multi-system changes.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional audiences.
• Skilled at working in global, distributed, remote-friendly environments.

Technical and Architectural

• Direct experience designing and governing multi-tenant cloud enterprise architectures, managing asynchronous data flows, API rates, and schema evolution between SaaS systems and data warehousing.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing data pipelines consolidating disparate data in end-to-end financial workflows.
• Deep understanding of finance processes and ERP systems such as Sage Intacct, Coupa, Navan, or similar.
• Knowledge of integration strategies using JSON/XML, REST/SOAP, webhooks, identity, and security controls.
• Familiarity with audit and compliance frameworks and ability to map these to system configurations.
• Experience with cloud data lake or data warehouse solutions in multi-tenant environments is a plus.
• Understanding of non-profit data environments is advantageous.

Preferred Qualities

• Collaborative mindset valuing knowledge sharing.
• Strong problem-solving skills with an understanding of micro-decisions and macro systems.
• Data-driven approach to measuring performance and storytelling.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and adapting to rapidly changing environments.
• Results-oriented with a preference for collaborative decision-making.
• Flexible and creative, capable of managing multiple priorities and projects in diverse environments.

Compensation & Benefits

• The anticipated annual salary range for applicants based in the United States is $136,760 to $210,769, with the final offer based on skills, experience, and location.
• For applicants outside the US, compensation will be adjusted according to the country of hire.
• Salaries are competitive, equitable, and consistent with organizational values.
• The organization does not consider salary history in the hiring process.

Location

• This is a remote-first position with staff located in over 40 countries.
• Hiring is currently open in the following US states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
• International hiring is open in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya (citizens/permanent residents only), Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore (citizens/permanent residents only), South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
• Non-US employees are hired through a local third-party Employer of Record and must have current work authorization in their location.

Equal Opportunity

The organization values diversity and strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. There is no discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Accessibility

Applicants requiring assistance or accommodation during the application process due to a disability may request support through the recruitment team.