Manager, Financial Systems

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled techno-functional Manager - Financial Systems to help lead the company’s transition from legacy Sage infrastructure to NetSuite. This role will serve as a key bridge between Finance, Accounting, Operations, IT, department leaders, and the external NetSuite implementation partner.

What you'll do

• 1. ERP Modernization & Migration Leadership
  • Partner with executive stakeholders, accounting teams, and third-party system integrators to execute a seamless end-to-end migration from Sage to NetSuite.
  • Lead technical data migration workstreams: define extraction strategies from legacy databases, manage data cleansing protocols, map configurations, and conduct rigorous balance validation processes.
  • Partner with the NetSuite implementation provider and internal business owners to review, validate, and document system design decisions across key NetSuite modules, including GL, AP, AR, inventory, purchasing, fixed assets, reporting, and related workflows. Establish robust Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) governance for the implementation lifecycle, setting strict technical quality gates and managing testing environments (sandboxes) for automated and user acceptance testing (UAT).
  • Coordinate UAT planning, test scripts, defect tracking, user sign-offs, training materials, SOPS, cutover checklists, and post-go-live stabilization activities.
  • Lead and facilitate current-state and future-state process mapping across Finance, Accounting, Operations, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory, Order Management, and Reporting. Work with department leaders and the implementation partner to align business processes with NetSuite leading practices, reduce manual workarounds, and document agreed future-state processes.
  • Support the NetSuite Steering Committee by preparing status updates, milestone tracking, issue/risk logs, decision logs, scope-change requests, open item tracking, and executive-level reporting. Ensure key design decisions and unresolved issues are escalated timely.
• Ongoing Financial Engineering & Integrations
• Own, maintain, and optimize data pipelines and integrations connecting NetSuite to peripheral enterprise software (e.g., billing gateways, CRM platforms, procurement engines, payroll services, and expense management systems).
• Leverage iPaaS middleware platforms (such as Celigo, Workato, or MuleSoft) along with native APIs to eliminate operational silos and realize automated order-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes.
• Oversee the administration and optimization of connected business applications, ensuring downstream data transformations map cleanly to the general ledger.
• Advanced Reporting, BI & Analytics
• Design, develop, and maintain complex NetSuite reporting structures, including customized Saved Searches, Financial Reports, KPIs, and SuiteAnalytics workbooks.
• Collaborate with Finance and FP&A teams to architect data extracts and semantic layers that feed corporate BI dashboards, driving reliable real-time forecasting and month-end close analytics.
• Enforce a unified data dictionary and strict financial data lineage rules to ensure absolute reporting consistency across all management levels.
• System Governance, Security & Compliance
• Enforce rigorous security models, role-based access controls (RBAC), and explicit separation of duties (SoD) permissions matrices within the financial application stack.
• Establish system change-management controls and auditable change logs to guarantee compliance with SOC 2 or general corporate internal controls.
• Manage the technical testing, script review, and rollback contingency planning required for NetSuite’s twice-yearly major application upgrades, preventing disruptions to business continuity.

Qualifications

• 1. Professional Experience
  • Minimum 5–7 years of experience managing corporate financial systems or enterprise resource planning (ERP) environments within an IT or specialized finance organization.
  • Proven Hands-on ERP Migration Experience: Direct history of leading or playing a principal technical role in a complex ERP upgrade or platform migration (direct migration from Sage to NetSuite is highly desired).
  • Deep functional understanding of foundational accounting concepts, including multi-entity structure, multi-currency consolidation, parent-subsidiary relationships, revenue recognition compliance, and corporate month-end close mechanics.
• 1. Technical Skill Set
  • Expert-level technical proficiency in NetSuite ERP system configuration, advanced workflow creation, custom record creation, and SuiteCloud toolsets.
  • Demonstrated mastery of middleware integration platforms (e.g., Celigo, Workato, Boomi) and standard API web services (REST/SOAP).
  • Advanced command of data extraction and manipulation methods, including intermediate-to-advanced SQL query development, schema mapping, and relational database logic.
  • Familiarity with NetSuite automation tools (SuiteScript, JavaScript development concepts) is a distinct advantage for overseeing custom code quality gates.
  • Experience with data warehousing concepts and BI toolsets (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik Sense) or data intelligence platforms (e.g. Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake).
• 1. Education & Certifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, or an equivalent techno-functional field.
  • NetSuite Certified Administrator, NetSuite Certified Financial User, or NetSuite ERP Consultant certifications are highly valued.

Benefits / Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Paid Vacation Time
• Paid Holidays

The pay range for this role is:

• 140,000 - 170,000 USD per year (Glendale)

(077-01) - Information Technology

Glendale, CA