Financial Systems Engineer

📋 Description

• • Own and administer core financial systems including NetSuite, with FloQast and Ramp being integrated in the near future, focusing on configuration, business logic, and system health.
• • Identify manual, recurring, or error-prone finance operations—such as month-end close, reconciliations, reporting, and procure-to-pay—and eliminate them through automation using the simplest effective approach, partnering with engineering for complex builds.
• • Serve as the primary business-logic and data expert for the finance domain, defining and maintaining canonical data rules and system configurations that underpin financial operations.
• • Build and maintain cross-system integrations using a central, version-controlled, observable integration platform, avoiding one-off scripts and ensuring system interoperability.
• • Act as the dedicated systems partner to Finance and Accounting teams, translating their operational needs into technical requirements and owning vendor onboarding, configuration, and ongoing administration.
• • Leverage modern AI tooling to draft automations and accelerate routine system tasks, enhancing productivity without adding manual overhead.
• • Configure and customize NetSuite modules including General Ledger, Advanced Revenue Management, Accounts Receivable/Payable, and multi-subsidiary structures.
• • Design and implement custom records, fields, workflows, and SuiteFlow automations to align system behavior with evolving business processes.
• • Manage NetSuite’s integration ecosystem, ensuring seamless data flow between financial systems and other enterprise platforms.
• • Maintain user access, roles, and permissions within financial systems to ensure compliance and operational security.
• • Collaborate with engineering teams to define system boundaries, data ownership, and integration standards, ensuring clarity on which system is the source of truth for each data point.
• • Stay current with financial best practices and system capabilities to continuously improve automation, accuracy, and efficiency in finance operations.
• • Communicate effectively across finance and engineering teams, translating technical constraints into business terms and vice versa to drive alignment and execution.
• • Use scripting, SQL, or API-based automation tools to extend system functionality and troubleshoot integration issues, even when implementations are owned by engineering.
• • Proactively seek opportunities to reduce manual work by automating repetitive tasks, demonstrating a consistent track record of eliminating redundancy in prior roles.
• • Support the scaling of financial systems as the company grows, ensuring infrastructure remains robust, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.