Senior Manager, Financial Systems
About the role
Vanta is a company dedicated to helping businesses earn and prove trust in their online security. The Senior Manager, Financial Systems role is central to this mission, focusing on the architecture, scalability, and reliability of Vanta's core financial systems infrastructure.
Responsibilities
Lead the strategy, roadmap, and day-to-day operations for Vanta's core financial systems such as ERP, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay and Financial Planning tools
Define and govern the financial data architecture, ensuring data flows are accurate, auditable, and built to support a business operating at scale
Administer and architect the FP&A planning platform, maintaining data model integrity, defining use cases, and developing a long-term roadmap
Design and maintain a finance data framework that defines how financial entities are structured across systems, enabling consistent reporting
Partner with the Data team to ensure financial data source systems are well-governed, reliable, and accessible
Own the systems and automation that support the monthly financial close cycle, including reconciliations, intercompany flows, currency consolidations, and more
Manage vendor relationships to ensure high value realization and minimal support-related problems
Operate as a hands-on player-coach, owning critical systems work directly while building and developing a small team of financial systems engineers
Requirements
7+ years of experience in financial systems, ERP administration, or finance technology, including time as a senior individual contributor and/or experience leading people
Deep, hands-on experience with ERPs, including multi-subsidiary configuration, scripting/workflow automation, saved searches, custom records, and period management
Experience administering a cloud FP&A planning platform, understanding both the technical architecture and the planning use cases it supports
Familiarity with API-based integrations, integration/middleware tooling, and data pipelines between financial systems and a cloud data warehouse
Strong working knowledge of core finance and accounting processes such as financial close, revenue recognition, multi-entity consolidations, and cost management
Track record of partnering effectively with Accounting, FP&A, Data Engineering, and GTM Systems teams, translating finance requirements into scalable technical solutions
Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work, demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact
Qualifications
Comfortable writing SQL to validate data, build reconciliations, and pull ad hoc analysis from a data warehouse
Deep systems expertise combined with financial process fluency to eliminate friction, improve data quality, and ensure Vanta's finance team is always operating from a single, trustworthy source of truth
Skills
Systems thinking and a focus on scalability
Ability to build and lead a team of financial systems engineers
Strong communication and partnership skills with cross-functional teams
Benefits
Industry-competitive salary and equity
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans
16 weeks paid Parental Leave for all new parents
Health & wellness stipend
Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office
Family planning benefits
Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting
Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time
11 company-paid holidays
Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney
Pay
Industry-competitive salary and equity
Schedule
Full-time