Director, Finance Tech

About the role

You architect and own the end-to-end strategy for the enterprise finance technology estate at Nscale. You lead the design, delivery, and operational excellence of all core financial platforms including ERP, close, spend, tax, equity, and record-to-report systems. You partner directly with Finance, Accounting, and Internal Audit to guarantee data accuracy, security, automation, and regulatory compliance. You are the single owner for finance systems governance, ensuring SOX and ITGC readiness, segregation of duties, and robust audit relationships. You evaluate, select, and oversee the implementation and run-stage support for critical systems such as NetSuite, Pigment, Workiva, Stripe, Payhawk, and Kyriba. You drive the adoption of AI and automation to enhance speed, accuracy, and operational leverage across the finance portfolio. You establish and enforce platform health, scalability, release management, and vendor performance standards. You lead SOX gap remediation and continuous control improvement initiatives across the entire Finance technology landscape.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Act as the strategic and architectural builder and owner of the core Finance platforms, including NetSuite, Pigment, Workiva, Stripe, and Payhawk, ensuring platforms and integrations scale appropriately with business growth and audit requirements.
• Ensure platform health, scalability, release management, and vendor performance across the Finance technology portfolio.
• Partner with Finance teams to map existing manual processes, proactively identify automation opportunities, and execute initiatives that streamline operations and reduce human error.
• Sponsor AI and automation capabilities across the portfolio to improve speed, accuracy, and operational leverage.
• Own end-to-end financial data flows and integrations between ERP, EPM, HRIS, CRM, billing, and analytics platforms.
• Set and enforce finance systems governance, including access controls, segregation of duties, change management, ITGC / SOX controls, and evidence quality.
• Lead SOX gap remediation and continuous control improvement across the Finance technology portfolio.
• Improve user experience and company-wide adoption through documentation and education.
• Define and drive the technical roadmap for finance platforms in alignment with corporate strategy and regulatory demands.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions and system configurations.
• Monitor platform performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Manage vendor relationships and oversee third-party integrations to ensure compliance, security, and operational excellence.
• Establish data governance standards and ensure integrity, consistency, and transparency across all finance systems.
• Support the execution of audits and assessments by providing accurate system documentation and evidence packages.

Requirements

• You have 10+ years of experience in finance systems, enterprise applications, or business systems, including 4+ years leading a team.
• You bring deep expertise in ERP ecosystems, especially NetSuite, and adjacent finance tools across record-to-report, procure-to-pay, revenue lifecycle, expense, close, tax, compliance, and order-to-cash.
• You have strong experience with FP&A platforms and planning processes, including forecasting, budgeting, modeling, and dashboards.
• You have proven ability to design and govern integrations across ERP, EPM, HRIS, CRM, billing, and data platforms.
• You have demonstrated ownership of SOX / ITGC controls and change management, and experience partnering with internal and external auditors through rapid growth and change.
• You have a track record of leading enterprise programs with executive stakeholders.
• You have proven ability to apply AI where appropriate to introduce speed and accuracy.
• You are authorized to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• Experience with Workiva, Pigment, Stripe, Payhawk, and Kyriba.

Practical notes

• Full-time role based in the United States.
• Compensation includes base salary, potential bonus, equity, and benefits such as medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.
• Performance reviews occur every 12 months.
• Equal opportunity employer; applications from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged.
• The role may require additional duties as assigned by management.