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The Director of Financial Systems will lead a Financial Systems Team in managing all of Turnitin’s financial systems. The Director of Financial Systems will be part of the accounting team and report directly to the Senior Director of Accounting and Control. The ideal candidate will have an extensive background in financial systems, accounting and finance, strong project management skills (both as a leader and executor), and familiarity in setting up a sound internal controls structure. They will be able to independently prioritize multiple tasks, bringing projects and operational deliverables to completion. The candidate should be able to sustain productivity in a fast-paced environment, and display a strong work ethic, good judgment, initiative, and attention to detail. In addition, the candidate will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, a friendly, service-oriented attitude, and the demonstrated capacity to improve efficiency and processes.Key Responsibilities:Oversee the administration of our Netsuite ERP system and related financial systems, including but not limited to, security, master data and its governance, financial and operational modules, report writing, user training, problem solving, and data interfaces/integrationsManage a team of 2 in maintaining and improving the company’s various financial systemsDesign and implement optimal processes and software configurations that ensure a strong controls framework and execution of the company’s strategic initiativesOversee planning and prioritization of system enhancements and design specifications for current and future generations of the ERP systemProactively suggest ideas for future software product enhancements and process automation, partnering with both IT and the software developer to execute on these ideasWrite and build reports as requested by various stakeholdersSupport and develop the catalog of all business rule calculation scripts, allocations, and custom calculationsLead the integration of newly acquired entities into our financial systems and take part in the related project management meetingsSupport and drive the management of organisational data changes (chart of accounts, posting profiles, item groups etc.)Provide timely technical support for all finance systems and oversee the Incident and problem identification and logging via Jira tickets and the finance systems emailPartner with internal clients to understand and execute their perspectives, objectives, and initiatives to ultimately meet current and future client business demandsPerform system audits and reconciliations for data integrity and securityCoordinate with IT for resolution of application and infrastructure issues for support and user requestsOversee and provide training to new users and ongoing skill enhancement training to existing usersWrite and maintain policies and procedures for all financial systems including documented internal controlsDocument solutions and conclusions to known problemsManage the  vendor relationships for all finance systemsDrive best practice through a continuous improvement framework as designed and agreed with the Finance Leadership Team