Systems Engineering Manager jobs in Oakland, CA

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. We're looking for an experienced Finance Systems Engineering Manager to build and lead our Finance Systems Engineering team. This role will start as a team of one, where you will build out the function and collaborate with our business stakeholders in Finance, Accounting, Billing, Revenue Operations, and Engineering.

The responsibilities include revising and implementing new Finance processes, building integrations between our existing systems, enhancing our automation capabilities, and implementing controls.

This role requires a highly architectural technical manager who is open to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty if necessary. Prior experience in the finance systems domain is strongly preferred.

This full-time position is based in our Oakland office.

What You'll Do

Grow and manage a team of Finance Systems Engineers

• Run the entire application life cycle, from requirements gathering, technical design, development, and testing to deployment
• Develop and maintain integrations between Netsuite, Coupa, Salesforce, and other external systems
• Design a scalable architecture for automated finance processes
• Implement and maintain IT General Controls (ITGCs) and other SOX-compliant technical controls
• Stay informed on the latest technologies and best practices in the Finance, Procurement, Accounting, and ERP space

Collaborate with Finance, Revenue Operations, Analytics, and Engineering stakeholders

• Implement, maintain, and operate end-to-end processes and workflows in our Lead to Cash systems
• Develop and maintain integrations between Finance systems such as Netsuite or Coupa and other external systems
• Ensure end-to-end data quality
• Implement appropriate process controls

Collaborate with our Release, QA, and Support teams

• Release high-quality, resilient, secure, and reliable updates and fixes
• Develop and maintain a set of automated test cases to avoid regressions in production
• Provide ongoing support and system administration to fix production issues quickly

Build a high-performing team

• Jointly develop Career Development Plans with your team members
• Hire and onboard new team members who can hit the ground running
• Coach team members in weekly 1:1s, monthly project reviews, and quarterly check-ins
• Role model Fivetran's values

Skills We're Looking For

Applications, Technologies & Architecture

• Deep hands-on experience with, and architectural and technical knowledge of, Netsuite (preferred) and Coupa
• Proficiency with SuiteScript and Netsuite configuration management
• Working knowledge of other Lead-to-Cash systems such as Salesforce
• Familiarity with integration technologies such as Celigo
• Working knowledge of analytics technologies such as Bigquery, Looker, or Sigma

Business Process Knowledge

• Accounting and FP&A Processes
• Finance Operations, including Billing, Collections, and Accounts Payable
• Lead-to-Cash
• SOX/ITGC components of each of the above

Leadership & Team Management

• Ability to develop and communicate across teams to get an effective vision and get buy-in from stakeholders
• Experience in hiring highly technical developers and architects
• Proficiency in career development and performance management
• Strong leadership skills and a proven ability to motivate teams to produce high-quality business application configurations, code, and integrations
• Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving
• Demonstrated competency in development processes, project and program leadership

Bonus Skills

• Software Engineering background
• SaaS company background
• Public company and/or SOX implementation experience

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