Accounting Systems and Automation Lead (Manager)

Docusign; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 112,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Docusign seeks an Accounting Systems and Automation Lead (Manager) who will be instrumental in identifying automation opportunities and enhancing accounting operations through technology. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Finance or Accounting, with over eight years of experience in finance automation. This role allows for considerable autonomy while engaging in significant digital transformation initiatives across global accounting practices.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Full Health Benefits

Retirement Plans

Learning and Development Options

Compassionate Care Leave

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in finance and accounting process automation.
• Experience in data analysis focused on finance.
• Experience in business transformational projects globally.

Responsibilities

• Identify automation opportunities and manage business cases.
• Drive process excellence across accounting operations.
• Develop a Center of Excellence for Alteryx.

Skills

Automation

Process Improvement

Collaboration

Analytical Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting or related field

Tools

Alteryx

UiPath

Microsoft Maker

Job description

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Company Overview

Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign’s Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

Company Overview

Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign’s Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

What you'll do

This position involves identifying automation opportunities, developing business cases, managing prioritization and intake, and delivering digital transformation initiatives.

As the strategic lead for large-scale automation, you'll build strong partnerships with key business stakeholders, DTS, and the CAO leadership team to deliver automation solutions. Success in this role hinges on critical thinking, effective planning, and execution, as well as cross-functional collaboration across different teams and locations.

This role is crucial for leading and implementing automation within accounting operations. You'll drive process excellence across the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) organization, encompassing Quote-to-Cash, Record to Report, Procure to Pay, and Hire to Retire processes, as well as ERP, AI/Automation technologies, UIPath, Alteryx, and Tableau applications.

This position is not a people manager role reporting to the Senior Director, Accounting Operations.

Responsibility

• Serve as a finance automation team lead to represent the CAO in the overall company automation strategy
• Interface with cross-functional teams within the CAO organization to evaluate and advise on the “art of the possible,” automation to drive process simplification and improvements
• Partner with the DTS Automation team to develop the intake process, establish prioritization governance, and build ROI metrics to showcase the business value of using automation
• Partner across the accounting operations teams to drive automation delivery and ensure alignment on priorities
• Work with different technologies and drive the best practices to adopt the right technology for process automation.
• Develop a Center of Excellence (COE) for Alteryx to manage standards, share knowledge, and establish best practices
• Encourage the sharing of best practices and insights among all team members
• Inspire change and collaboration among diverse and distributed team
  
  

Job Designation

Remote: Employee is not required to be in or near an office frequently and works from a designated remote work location for the majority of the time.

Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

What you bring

Basic

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting or related field
• 8+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting process automation
• Experience in functional/business process and data analysis focused on the Finance domain
• Experience in business transformational projects/programs globally
• Experience of automation technology, including Alteryx development, UiPath, and Microsoft maker
  
  

Preferred

• Experience in a Hi-Tech / SaaS-based company
• Excellent communication skills
  
  

Wage Transparency

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

California: $112,800.00 - $175,000.00 base salary

Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts and Minnesota: $106,900.00 - $147,025.00 base salary

Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and New York (including NYC metro area): $106,900.00 - $155,100.00 base salary

Washington DC: $112,800.00 - $155,100.00 base salary

Ohio: $94,500.00 - $129,900.00 base salary

This Role Is Also Eligible For The Following

• Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
• Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
  
  

Benefits

Global benefits provide options for the following:

• Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
• Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
• Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
• Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
• Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
• Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events
  
  

Life at Docusign

Working here

Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what’s right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.

We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you’ll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.

Accommodation

Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at [e-mail].

If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at [e-mail] for assistance.

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States Not Eligible for Employment

This position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It's important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skill, aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected category.

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