Director Financial Systems & Integrations

What You'll Do

• Financial Systems Strategy: Own the long-term roadmap for our global ERP and financial tech stack, ensuring systems are optimized to support Yext’s growth, international expansion, and complex compliance requirements.
• Lead Enterprise Implementations: Direct large-scale implementation and optimization projects for core financial modules, including GL, AP, Procurement, Asset Management, and Cash Management/Treasury.
• Integration Excellence: Act as the primary architect for our financial integration strategy, utilizing iPaaS (specifically Tray.ai) to connect disparate systems and automate cross-functional data flows.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, and IT to gather requirements and design technical solutions that solve complex business challenges and support other teams' integration needs.
• People Leadership: Manage and mentor a high-performing team of systems analysts and integration engineers, fostering a culture of technical rigor, accountability, and continuous professional growth.
• Vendor & Ecosystem Management: Oversee the administration and optimization of our broader finance stack, including Coupa, Floqast, and Kyriba, ensuring high availability and peak performance.
• Governance & Security: Collaborate with Internal Audit and Security teams to maintain robust SOX-compliant controls, manage system permissions, and ensure data integrity across all financial platforms.
• Operational Transformation: Continuously evaluate manual processes for automation opportunities, transforming how the Finance organization interacts with technology to drive efficiency and speed-to-close.

What You Have

• 12+ years of experience in financial systems leadership, with a proven track record of managing high-growth teams in a public SaaS environment.
• ERP Mastery: Deep expertise in Oracle ecosystems, with a strong preference for NetSuite administration and implementation.
• Integration Expert: Significant hands-on experience with iPaaS software (Tray.ai preferred); you must be able to design and oversee complex system-to-system integrations.
• Technical Depth: Extensive experience implementing and managing specialized tools such as Coupa (Procurement), Floqast/Blackline (Close), and Kyriba (Treasury).
• Full-Cycle Implementation Lead: Proven success leading at least two global ERP implementations or major upgrades from inception through post-go-live support.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Exceptional ability to work across stakeholders (IT, HR, Sales Ops) to understand their data needs and deliver integrated solutions that serve the whole business.
• Process Visionary: A deep understanding of financial workflows, including Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, and Treasury operations.
• Communication: Ability to distill complex technical architecture into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership.
• Leadership experience with a proven ability to partner cross-functionally and on an international, cross-cultural basis.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field.