Senior Manager, Finance Systems Architect
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The role:
SoFi is looking for a Finance Systems Architect to lead the design and evolution of our enterprise finance system ecosystem. This is a high-impact role where youll partner closely with Finance and IT to deliver innovative solutions that improve operations strengthen controls and support our next phase of growth.
What youll do:
The Finance Systems Architect is a strategic and technical leader responsible for designing implementing and optimizing enterprise finance technology solutions that support the organizations financial operations reporting and compliance objectives. This role serves as a key liaison between Finance IT and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that finance systems are aligned with business needs scalable for future growth and compliant with internal controls and regulatory requirements.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in financial systems architecture process optimization and data governance. You will lead initiatives related to system upgrades integrations automations and enhancements while ensuring strong system performance usability and data integrity. You will also partner with finance and accounting teams to identify pain points recommend best practices and drive operational efficiencies through smart system design.
Key responsibilities:
- Design and maintain the overall finance technology architecture and system ecosystem roadmap ensuring alignment with business strategy and scalability for growth
- Partner closely with the Workday team to coordinate system enhancements integrations and ensure Workday aligns with broader finance technology strategy
- Architect integrations and data flows between Workday and adjacent finance systems (reconciliation expense procurement BI tools analytics platforms)
- Evaluate and recommend new financial technologies and tools to address gaps and drive innovation across the finance function
- Define data integration standards and governance frameworks across the finance system landscape
- Lead process automation initiatives leveraging RPA AI and workflow tools to streamline finance operations beyond core ERP functionality
- Identify system redundancies and optimization opportunities across the finance technology stack
- Partner with enterprise architecture IT and data teams to ensure finance systems align with broader technology standards and infrastructure
- Support month-end and quarter-end close processes through cross-system coordination and troubleshooting
What youll need:
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Information Systems or related field; MBA or CPA preferred
- 12 years of experience in finance systems architecture or administration preferably in high-growth or technology-driven environments
- Strong working knowledge of Workday Financials with ability to understand technical capabilities limitations and integration requirements
- Broad knowledge of finance technology landscape including:
- Reconciliation platforms (Trintech/Cadency)
- Data warehousing and analytics (Snowflake)
- Financial planning and analysis tools (TM1/Planning Analytics)
- Expense management and procurement systems (Coupa)
- Business intelligence and reporting solutions (Tableau/Rollstack)
- Experience supporting financial close processes and understanding of close automation opportunities
- Experience architecting system integrations APIs and middleware platforms in a finance context
- Understanding of data architecture principles and experience with data warehousing or analytics platforms
- Familiarity with process automation tools (RPA workflow automation) and AI/ML applications in finance
- Proven ability to coordinate across technical teams and translate business requirements into system solutions
- Strategic thinking with ability to balance long-term architecture vision with near-term tactical needs
- Experience in financial services or a publicly traded company environment is a plus
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Key Skills
- Disaster Recovery
- Business Process
- SQL
- Active Directory
- VMware
- Customer Service
- Information Technology
- data integrity
- Windows
- Project Management
- Troubleshoot
- System Administration
- Management System
- Procedures
- hardware
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