Director, Enterprise Applications (ERP & Finance Systems)

Role Summary

Director, Enterprise Applications (ERP & Finance Systems) serves as the IT system owner for ERP and related financial and procurement systems. You will collaborate with finance stakeholders to design the future state ecosystem, implement new systems, enhance and integrate current systems (including NetSuite), and manage operations in alignment with SOX compliance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted strategic partner to finance, accounting and procurement teams to identify, advise, recommend and implement technology solutions to enable new business capabilities.
• Lead and implement new system capabilities to scale and automate finance, accounting and procurement functions.
• Lead and manage the IT roadmap for finance, accounting and procurement functions and manage and monitor IT budgets for these business functions.
• Identify, assess and onboard new vendors for specialized projects or support needs.
• Develop, manage and enhance system management processes and controls to ensure efficient operations and compliance with SOX and other applicable regulations.
• Work cross-functionally with functions including legal, compliance and HR to ensure all business stakeholders are aligned with any new systems capabilities and considerations from their perspective.
• Act as a NetSuite system administrator to manage role-based user access, provide system support and design and implement new capabilities utilizing NetSuite native functionalities, custom workflows and partner systems.
• Review current business processes and bring best practices, guiding finance stakeholders on leveraging NetSuite functionalities to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency.
• Manage external consultants and managed services vendors for specific projects or ongoing support.
• Provide responsive system support to end users and coordinate with vendors for timely issue resolution.
• Provide training and support to end users across departments and ensure strong organizational change management for all new projects and capabilities.
• Create and maintain clear documentation of system configurations, processes and customizations.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, data privacy standards and industry regulations.
• As a people leader, hire, train and mentor new team members to support finance, accounting and procurement systems.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business, Finance or related field with 15+ years of relevant experience architecting and implementing ERP and other finance, procurement and related systems.
• Required: Strong working knowledge of System Development Life Cycle and Agile methodologies.
• Required: Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communications skills with the ability to effectively interact with business stakeholders and associates at all levels of management and to effectively communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders and build strong relationships with cross functional business stakeholders.
• Required: Strong understanding of finance, accounting and procurement business processes and systems and interlinkages to other areas.
• Required: Experience in application integration methodologies for seamless end to end integration and automation.
• Required: Ability to lead and deliver projects and programs across people, process and technology aspects.
• Required: Strong understanding of ERP concepts and business processes, with specific expertise in NetSuite modules such as Financials, Procurement, Inventory Management, and manufacturing.
• Required: Hands-on experience with NetSuite ERP administration in a SOX regulated organization, good experience working with internal and external auditors on SOX audits and IT General controls related to NetSuite.
• Required: A user and service focused mindset to be able to serve the needs of stakeholders and end users with urgency and excellence.
• Required: Excellent vendor management skills. Proven experience with managing external global third-party Managed Services Providers and software vendors.
• Preferred: Experience in Financial Planning solutions such as Adaptive.
• Required: Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
• Required: People management experience to hire, lead and manage a team of IT business systems analysts and managers.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Finance or related field.

Additional Requirements

• Location: Irvine, CA (Hybrid work environment). Remote may be considered for exceptional candidates, but some travel to the corporate office may be required.