Head of Financial Systems

We are seeking a senior finance technology leader to own the vision, strategy, and execution of our financial systems landscape. This role heads the Financial Systems function — responsible for ERP and sub-ledger platforms, internal tooling, automation, and AI-driven transformation across the finance organisation. In a tech-crunch environment, you will build and lead a lean team that is self-sufficient: capable of designing, building, and deploying solutions without heavy reliance on external engineering. You are equally comfortable in the weeds building prototypes and in the boardroom securing buy-in for transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the financial systems strategy and roadmap across ERP, sub-ledgers, reporting, reconciliation, and automation platforms.
• Build, lead, and develop the Financial Systems team: own hiring, performance management, mentoring, and career growth; foster a builder culture where team members self-serve with tools, scripts, and AI.
• Manage team capacity and workload: prioritize initiatives, balance operational support against transformation projects, and ensure sustainable delivery cadence.
• Drive finance transformation end-to-end: identify manual processes, design automation solutions, and oversee implementation from prototype to production.
• Own the ERP platform strategy: integrations, data model, customizations, and upgrade path.
• Champion AI and automation adoption across finance: LLM-powered workflows, RPA, copilots, anomaly detection, and automated JE generation.
• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines between finance systems, data warehouses, and BI tools — with a bias toward building in-house when vendor solutions are slow or costly.
• Partner with Finance leadership to translate business needs into technical solutions — act as the bridge between accounting operations and engineering.
• Own system controls, audit readiness, and data integrity across all financial platforms; ensure SOX/compliance requirements are met.
• Establish a self-service toolkit (Python, SQL, VBA, low-code platforms, AI assistants) that enables finance ops to solve day-to-day problems without system admin bottlenecks.
• Manage vendor relationships and evaluate build-vs-buy decisions with a strong default toward build when speed and flexibility matter.
• Oversee UAT governance and release management for all financial system changes.
• Report to finance and senior leadership on transformation progress, automation metrics, and system health.

Requirements

• 12–15+ years across finance operations, systems, and technology leadership — ideally in FinTech, Financial Services, or fast-paced tech.
• Deep ERP expertise (NetSuite, SAP, or Workday) including integrations, data migrations, and platform strategy.
• Proven track record leading finance transformation programs — automation, system consolidations, or greenfield platform implementations.
• Hands-on builder mindset: proficiency in Python, SQL, and/or VBA; comfort prototyping solutions directly.
• Demonstrated experience deploying AI/ML or RPA in production finance environments (JE automation, reconciliation, anomaly detection, reporting).
• Experience building and leading lean, high-output teams — including hiring, performance management, and developing talent in resource-constrained environments.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, SOX/compliance, and audit requirements for financial systems.
• Excellent stakeholder management — able to influence CFO-level leadership and collaborate with engineering counterparts.
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid change; bias toward action and building over planning and delegating.
• Passion for crypto and blockchain technology.