Financial Systems Associate Director

Role Overview

• Serve as the functional and strategic owner of the ERP, finance systems, and integrations between finance systems.
• Own and maintain the ERP and Finance Systems roadmap and vision, balancing organizational priorities, system sustainability, and long‑term scalability.
• Prioritize system initiatives across implementations, optimization, integrations, and automation.
• Define and enforce standards for system dimensions and data structures; workflows and approvals; automation and optimization; data governance and internal controls.
• Directly configure complex or foundational ERP components when work exceeds current team capacity, requires senior‑level judgment, or accelerates delivery during implementations and major redesigns.
• Serve as the business owner and functional lead for ERP implementations, major enhancements, and system redesign initiatives, providing final approval on system design, configuration, optimization initiatives, and production readiness.
• Translate complex business needs into implementation‑ready functional requirements and solution designs, grounded in system capabilities rather than ad‑hoc workarounds.
• Ensure ERP solutions support data integrity, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Lead ERP transformation and redeployment, partnering with implementation consultants and internal stakeholders on project governance, prioritization, decision-making, issue resolution, operating model design, change management, and long-term platform maturity.
• Own the functional and architectural approach to ERP integrations, including approval of integration requirements and changes.
• Define system‑of‑record principles, data ownership, and integration patterns.
• Resolve cross‑system design conflicts and serve as escalation point for major integration issues.
• Ensure integrations are scalable, auditable, and aligned with long‑term system architecture.
• Lead and direct the Financial Systems team, setting priorities and ensuring work aligns with the ERP roadmap and system standards.
• Establish and reinforce standards for documentation, testing, and change management.
• Partner closely with Finance, Data and Tech, and Operations leadership to understand evolving organizational needs.
• Communicate ERP capabilities, limitations, and recommended solutions clearly to stakeholders.
• Support informed decision‑making by framing options, tradeoffs, and long‑term implications of system choices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working with cloud-based ERP systems, including hands-on configuration and optimization experience. Sage Intacct experience highly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading ERP implementations or major system enhancements.
• Strong background translating complex business needs into scalable ERP designs and solutions.
• Experience owning or contributing to ERP roadmaps and system strategy in a complex organization.
• Experience partnering with Finance, IT, and Operations stakeholders in cross-functional environments.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring staff.
• Prior experience in the nonprofit sector is strongly preferred. Ideal candidate will have experience with multi-entity organization and complex funding streams.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• ERP

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental, & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (With 5% Match)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary and AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources
• Hybrid Work