Business Solutions Architect, Finance and Accounting (Remote)
Axon
- Boston, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
Reports to: VP, Enterprise Apps
- You will design effective business process solutions that support growth, improved customer experience and strong internal controls.
- You will collaborate with senior finance and accounting leaders to understand business needs, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
- You will understand user needs to ensure solutions deliver positive outcomes.
- You will partner to solve business problems by eliciting and translating business requirements into technological and process improvement solutions.
- You will develop and communicate the vision and roadmap for improvements related to Finance and Accounting, determining what functionality is prioritized and implemented.
- You will oversee the selection, customization, and implementation of financial systems.
- You will define program increments, accounting for new features, integrations, architecture improvements and allocations for technical debt.
- You will negotiate and communicate with various stakeholders to ensure organizational alignment on architecture, solutions and approach.
- You will drive the adoption of best practices in financial data management, reporting, and analytics.
- You will ensure effective organizational change management practices are employed to drive fast and effective adoption of new processes.
- You will stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on the company's financial operations.
- You will manage a portfolio of improvement and M&A projects.
- You will lead cross-functional, distributed teams with IT (particularly Enterprise Apps) to deliver solutions that effectively meet the business requirements.
- You will foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure successful project outcomes.
- You will establish milestones and deliverables and monitor adherence to schedule delivery at the milestone/deliverable level.
- You will be the point of contact for the managed project portfolio with respect to escalations. You will develop mitigations, contingency plans, and recommendations to management; and raise escalations further as required.
- You will coordinate user interactions for project activities, including requirements, testing and validation.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in finance/accounting and IT/systems, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
- Proven track record of designing and implementing complex financial systems in a fast-paced environment
- Deep understanding of ERP systems, financial reporting, and compliance requirements
- Specific experience with Dynamics 365 for Finance, Salesforce CPQ, Salesforce Billing, Vertex, and/or Aptitude RevStream is preferred
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Strategic thinker with a problem-solving mindset and a focus on continuous improvement
- Experience in the technology industry, particularly in a company that sells hardware, software, and services, is highly desirable
- Successful experience with business process modeling and mapping requirements to technology
- Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills and ability to communicate business impact of design, dependencies and process
- Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with others, lead actions, and adapt to change
- Ability to work with minimal direction, “think big”, and challenge conventional wisdom regarding technology hype
- Strong leadership and negotiation skills with business and technical groups
- High-energy teammate with a positive attitude
- Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & Development programs
- And yes, we have snacks in our offices