Financial Systems Engineer

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier international law firm with market-leading practices, a global perspective and strong New York roots. Our clients engage our lawyers for the high degree of quality, strategic focus and creativity we bring to our legal advice. Our talented administrative and legal support staff share the same commitment, ensuring the firm delivers the highest level of service and a distinctive client experience.

About the role

The Financial Systems Engineer reports to the Financial Systems Manager and is based in the firm’s New York offices in Hudson Yards. This is a hybrid position.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary engineer supporting all aspects of the Aderant financial system for the firm’s Finance Department.
• Provide expert-level support across Aderant modules, proactively taking ownership of vaguely defined issues and driving them to resolution (e.g., prebill generation issues, timeout issues, import errors, matter guidelines issues, issues splitting time, resolving failed jobs).
• Demonstrate expert-level understanding of the following Aderant components: Expert Billing, Expert General Ledger, Expert AP, AppShell, Generic Importer, Deployment Manager, Expert Rates, Expert Image.
• Leverage expert-level SQL and Aderant database structure knowledge to debug issues.
• Understand accounting workflows as they relate to data movement across Aderant modules, debugging, and general application support.
• Create and maintain Generic Importer files.
• Experience with DocuDraft, Design Studio, Aderant APIs, or transition to Sierra is a plus.
• Install, maintain, and provide technical expertise for other financial systems (separate from Aderant).
• Perform application integration, configuration, and packaging requirements.
• Conduct QA testing of new application installs and upgrades.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application issues and enhancement requests.
• Ensure adherence to all team, departmental, and firm policies and procedures, including technical change management and service continuity.
• Provide regular status reports and keep multiple stakeholders informed of issues and initiatives.
• Collaborate with various IT teams (Development, DBAs, Servers, Storage, Networking, InfoSec) as needed to resolve issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Financial Systems Manager.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience supporting a complex ecosystem of systems.
• Proficiency with T-SQL.
• Excellent verbal, written, and documentation skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and quickly troubleshoot production issues.
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft stack: Active Directory, Server operating systems, Group Policy, file and network security, etc.
• Strong sense of focus and excellent attention to detail in a fast-paced, energetic environment.
• Availability to provide weekend and after-hours support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience working with Aderant Expert.
• Basic scripting in PowerShell or another language.
• Basic knowledge of IIS or another web server technology.
• Basic knowledge of proxy servers, firewalls, and TCP/IP stack.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and/or Accounting/Finance fields.
• 2+ years of experience working in a law firm environment.
• Experience working and delivering under Agile or SCRUM methodologies.