Senior Manager, Financial Systems

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

JobTailor in Germany seeks a Finance Systems Lead to own and optimize core financial systems including ERP, O2C, and P2P. You will govern the data architecture, drive system integrations with Salesforce and other tools, and administer the FP&A planning platform.

You will partner with Accounting, FP&A, Data Engineering, and GTM Systems to deliver scalable, high-quality financial solutions. You will manage a team of financial systems engineers, oversee month-end close automation, and continually

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of experience in financial systems, ERP administration, or finance technology.
• Deep hands-on ERP experience with multi-subsidiary configuration, scripting/workflow automation, saved searches, custom records, and period management.
• Experience administering a cloud FP&A planning platform and understanding its use cases.
• Ability to design scalable financial data structures (cost centers, master data, hierarchies, dimensions).
• Familiarity with API-based integrations and data pipelines to a cloud data warehouse.
• Strong SQL skills to validate data, build reconciliations, and run ad hoc analysis.
• Solid knowledge of financial close, revenue recognition, multi-entity consolidations, and cost management.
• Track record partnering with Accounting, FP&A, Data Engineering, and GTM Systems to deliver scalable tech solutions.
• Experience in building financial systems infrastructure, not just maintenance, with high-quality standards.
• Willingness to apply AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

Aufgaben

• Lead strategy, roadmap, and day-to-day operations for core financial systems (ERP, O2C, P2P, FP&A).
• Define and govern financial data architecture, data ownership, schemas, hierarchies, and master data.
• Drive integrations between ERP and Salesforce, CPQ, Zip, Ramp, Navan, etc.
• Own FP&A planning platform as admin and architect, maintain data model integrity and roadmap.
• Design finance data framework for cost centers, dimensions, and reporting across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Partner with Data team to ensure reliable source systems and accessibility.
• Oversee monthly close processes: reconciliations, intercompany flows, currency consolidations.
• Represent Finance's systems requirements on cross-functional projects with GTM Systems, Data, Accounting, EPD.
• Manage vendor relationships to ensure value realization and low support issues.
• Act as hands-on player-coach, building a small team of financial systems engineers with rigor.

Kenntnisse

ERP Administration

Financial Data Structures

Scripting/Workflow Automation

API-Based Integrations

SQL

Multi-Subsidiary Configuration

Cost Center Hierarchies

Dimension Design

Financial Close Processes

Team Leadership

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Curiosity

AI Applications

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, roadmap, and day-to-day operations for Vanta's core financial systems such as ERP, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay and Financial Planning tools
• Define and govern the financial data architecture: how data enters, moves through, and exits our financial systems, with clear ownership over schemas, hierarchies, and master data
• Drive integrations between our ERP and adjacent systems, including Salesforce, CPQ, Zip, Ramp, Navan, etc
• Own our FP&A planning platform as both an administrator and strategic architect, maintaining data model integrity, defining use cases, and developing a long-term roadmap
• Design and maintain a finance data framework that defines how financial entities (cost centers, dimensions, segments) are structured across systems, enabling consistent reporting across the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
• Partner with the Data team to ensure financial data source systems are well-governed, reliable, and accessible
• Own the systems and automation that support our monthly financial close cycle, including reconciliations, intercompany flows, currency consolidations, and more
• Serve as the Finance systems lead on cross-functional projects with GTM Systems, Data, Accounting, and EPD, representing Finance's systems requirements
• Manage vendor relationships to ensure high value realization and minimal support-related problems
• Operate as a hands-on player-coach: own critical systems work directly while building and developing a small team of financial systems engineers, setting a high bar for technical quality and process rigor

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in financial systems, ERP administration, or finance technology, including time as a senior individual contributor and/or experience leading people, you're equally comfortable building in the system yourself and setting direction for a team
• Deep, hands-on experience with ERPs, including multi-subsidiary configuration, scripting/workflow automation, saved searches, custom records, and period management
• Experience administering a cloud FP&A planning platform, understanding both the technical architecture and the planning use cases it supports
• Demonstrated ability to design financial data structures that scale including: cost center hierarchies, chart of accounts governance, master data management, and dimension design
• Familiarity with API-based integrations, integration/middleware tooling, and data pipelines between financial systems and a cloud data warehouse
• Comfortable writing SQL to validate data, build reconciliations, and pull ad hoc analysis from a data warehouse
• Strong working knowledge of core finance and accounting processes such as financial close, revenue recognition, multi-entity consolidations, and cost management
• Track record of partnering effectively with Accounting, FP&A, Data Engineering, and GTM Systems teams, translating finance requirements into scalable technical solutions
• You've built financial systems infrastructure before, not just maintained it, you know what 'good' looks like and how to get there from a messy starting point
• Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

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Hard Skills

• ERP Administration
• Financial Data Structures
• Scripting/Workflow Automation
• API-Based Integrations
• SQL
• Multi-Subsidiary Configuration
• Master Data Management
• Cost Center Hierarchies
• Dimension Design
• Financial Close Processes

Soft Skills

• Team Leadership
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Curiosity
• Problem-Solving
• Communication