Aderant-Focused Financial Systems Lead

Williams Mullen; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Williams Mullen seeks a Manager of Financial Systems to lead administration, optimization, and development of the firm’s financial technology stack, with a focus on Aderant. You’ll bridge IT and Finance, translating requirements into reliable configurations, reports, and integrations.

You’ll work across time and billing, GL, and financial reporting, troubleshoot complex issues, and guide system upgrades and projects while maintaining thorough documentation and user support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Significant experience supporting financial systems in a professional-services environment.
• Hands-on experience with Aderant financial management applications.
• Strong understanding of accounting and financial business processes, including billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, and financial reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with both technical teams and Finance/Accounting professionals.
• Experience troubleshooting applications, system integrations, data issues, and business-process problems.
• Experience managing system upgrades, enhancements, testing, and technology projects.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary IT partner for the firm’s Finance and Accounting systems, with particular responsibility for Aderant.
• Manage the administration, configuration, maintenance, upgrades, and ongoing optimization of financial applications.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting stakeholders to translate business requirements into system configurations, enhancements, reports, integrations, and process improvements.
• Provide functional and technical support for financial processes such as time and billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, financial reporting, and related workflows.
• Troubleshoot complex application, data, integration, and workflow issues, coordinating with internal IT resources and external vendors.
• Evaluate existing financial-system processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, data quality, automation, controls, and user experience.
• Manage and participate in financial systems projects, including implementations, upgrades, integrations, testing, documentation, deployment, and user adoption.
• Coordinate system testing and validation with Finance and Accounting before significant changes are moved into production.
• Support interfaces and data exchanges between Aderant and other firm systems.
• Develop and maintain documentation for system configurations, business processes, integrations, procedures, and support activities.
• Partner with IT colleagues on application security, access, change management, business continuity, and system performance.
• Manage relationships with Aderant and other financial technology vendors, including issue escalation and coordination of technical resources.
• Stay current on legal-industry financial technology and recommend improvements that align with the firm's operational needs and technology strategy.
• Provide guidance and training to users on financial applications, functionality, and processes.
• Perform other duties and participate in technology and Finance initiatives as assigned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Accounting/Finance/Business

Tools

Aderant

SQL

Reporting BI tools

Job description

Williams Mullen seeks a Manager of Financial Systems to lead administration, optimization, and development of the firm’s financial technology stack, with a focus on Aderant. You’ll bridge IT and Finance, translating requirements into reliable configurations, reports, and integrations.

You’ll work across time and billing, GL, and financial reporting, troubleshoot complex issues, and guide system upgrades and projects while maintaining thorough documentation and user support.