Financial Systems Technical Lead

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The Financial Systems Technical Lead is responsible for supporting, enhancing, and leading maintenance and technical direction of the organization’s financial and accounting systems, with primary responsibility for Lawson Financials (Infor) operating on an AS/400 (IBM i) platform. This role partners closely with Finance and Accounting leadership to provide process expertise, system guidance, and high‑quality technical solutions. This position serves as the technical subject‑matter expert for Lawson, associated integrations, and financial software products. The role also upholds development standards, ensures audit compliance support, and maintains secure, stable, and scalable financial system operations.
Develop deep functional knowledge of Finance and Accounting processes, including GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, Inventory Control, and the Retail Stock Ledger.
Collaborate with business partners to gather requirements, document workflows, and translate needs into system designs and enhancements.
Serve as the Financials systems lead, managing configurations, user interfaces, and integrations.
Partner with Accounting/Finance to enhance and automate operational processes and establish a roadmap for modernization of Accounting applications.
Oversee engineering design, development, testing, and deployment of AS/400 (IBM i) programs using RPG IV, Free‑Form RPG, CL, SQL, and related tools.
Provide input on overall engineering and development standards in the space, as well as job scheduling structures and secure coding practices.
Lead and coordinate cross‑functional IT/Finance projects, managing timelines, requirements, testing, and implementation steps.
Act as technical owner for financial software products, coordinating upgrades, patches, and vendor interactions.
Provide Level‑3 production support for financial systems and integrations.
Maintain technical documentation, including architectural diagrams, interface specifications, testing evidence, and audit compliance artifacts.
Remote Work Location:
This is a fully remote position, with responsibilities that require strong communication skills and the ability to thrive in a virtual work environment.
6–8+ years supporting financial or ERP systems.
Strong hands-on experience with Lawson (Infor) Financials required.
Prior experience with AS/400 (IBM i) platform development is desirable, along with knowledge of related programming standards, utilities, and best practices.
Experience supporting financial applications in a retail environment is strongly preferred.
Experience integrating financial systems (APIs, batch jobs, EDI, file‑based interfaces, et al).
Ability to manage full project lifecycle, including requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment.
Track record of solving financial variances and finding errors hidden in legacy logic.
Experience troubleshooting data flows such as Concur expense files, bank file imports, batch jobs, and nightly feeds.
Ability to build cross-functional understanding of financial systems and reduce reliance on tribal knowledge.
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