Senior Financial Systems Manager (Aderant Expert)

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

Job summary

Williams Mullen seeks a Manager of Financial Systems to lead the administration, optimization, and development of the firm’s financial technology platforms, with a focus on Aderant. You will collaborate with Finance and Accounting leadership to translate requirements into robust tech solutions, supporting billing, GL, and reporting workflows.

The role requires strong analytical skills, vendor management, and experience in professional services.

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 understand business requirements and translate them 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, as necessary.
• Evaluate existing financial-system processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, data quality, automation, controls, and the 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 thinking

Communication

Documentation

Vendor management

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field

Tools

Aderant

SQL

Reporting tools

Job description

Williams Mullen seeks a Manager of Financial Systems to lead the administration, optimization, and development of the firm’s financial technology platforms, with a focus on Aderant. You will collaborate with Finance and Accounting leadership to translate requirements into robust tech solutions, supporting billing, GL, and reporting workflows.

The role requires strong analytical skills, vendor management, and experience in professional services.