Financial Systems Specialist

Manager, Financial Systems & Solutions (FSS)

Location: Westerville/Columbus, OH - Full Relocation Package Provided

Employment Type: Full-Time

Reports To: Director, Financial Systems & Solutions

Team: 6-person Financial Systems & Solutions team

About the Opportunity

Our client is seeking a Financial Systems & Solutions Specialist to serve as the finance lead for strategic business initiatives, including acquisitions, ERP transformations, business expansions, and process modernization efforts across the Americas.

This is a highly visible individual contributor role that sits at the intersection of finance, accounting, ERP systems, manufacturing operations, and project leadership . The successful candidate will act as the primary finance representative for post-acquisition integrations and large-scale business initiatives, ensuring financial processes, transaction flows, controls, and ERP systems are successfully integrated into the organization's operating model.

This is not a traditional accounting role focused on month-end close and it is not an M&A deal execution role . Instead, this position focuses heavily on post-acquisition integration, ERP implementation and migration projects, finance transformation, and process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Post-Merger Integration & Business Expansion

• Lead finance and accounting integration activities for newly acquired businesses.
• Serve as the finance point of contact during acquisitions, expansions, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Assess acquired companies' financial processes, ERP environments, chart of accounts structures, transaction flows, and accounting practices.
• Partner with stakeholders across Finance, IT, Operations, Supply Chain, and external consultants to develop and execute integration strategies.
• Create and manage integration roadmaps, milestones, and readiness activities.
• Define ERP conversion, mapping, and migration requirements.
• Support stabilization efforts following acquisitions and system transitions.
• Ensure acquired entities comply with company financial standards, controls, and reporting requirements.

ERP Systems & Finance Transformation

• Support ERP implementation, migration, enhancement, and optimization efforts.
• Evaluate and redesign transaction flows across:
• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Revenue Recognition
• Cost Accounting
• Intercompany Accounting
• Translate accounting and operational requirements into ERP solutions.
• Partner with IT and external implementation teams on system design and configuration decisions.
• Participate in data conversion, testing, deployment, and go-live activities.
• Execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT), validation, and cutover support.

Manufacturing Finance & Process Improvement

• Investigate and resolve finance and accounting issues resulting from ERP configurations or process gaps.
• Analyze transaction flows from initiation through financial reporting.
• Support manufacturing and operational accounting processes, including cost accounting and inventory-related transactions.
• Drive improvements that increase automation, scalability, internal controls, and operational efficiency.
• Develop process documentation, SOPs, BRDs, FRDs, control narratives, and workflow diagrams.
• Manage ServiceNow tickets and support requests tied to finance systems activities.

Cross-Functional Project Leadership

• Manage multiple concurrent projects and integration workstreams.
• Maintain project plans, risks, timelines, ownership, and status updates within Smartsheet.
• Support internal and external audit activities.
• Assist with reporting, reconciliations, KPI development, and data governance initiatives.
• Communicate project status and integration readiness to leadership teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in Accounting, Finance, Financial Systems, Finance Transformation, or ERP-related roles.
• Strong accounting and finance foundation with the ability to understand complete transaction flows through ERP systems.
• Experience supporting at least one ERP implementation, migration, conversion, integration, or significant system enhancement.
• Experience working within manufacturing, industrial, or product-based environments.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot, investigate, and solve complex financial and system-related issues.
• Experience partnering across Finance, Accounting, Operations, and IT teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting post-merger integration activities.
• Oracle EBS experience, particularly Oracle R12.
• Experience with multiple ERP platforms, such as Oracle EBS, SAP, Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics, JD Edwards
• Knowledge of ASC 606 Revenue Recognition, Cost Accounting, Intercompany Accounting, or SOX Controls
• Experience with Power BI, Smartsheet, Snowflake, Lucidchart, or Power Automate
• Spanish and/or Portuguese language skills.