Validant Hiring for Financial Operations Manager Job at Remote Full Time

Validant was started in San Francisco in 2005 and rapidly grew providing advisory and consulting services in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. It has grown to an organization of about 450 people and including its subsidiaries, around 600 people in total. In addition, there is a large contingent workforce that provides services on a contract basis, as needed.

The Validant Group consists today of four US companies, one UK company and one Japanese company. More are expected to be acquired in the foreseeable future. You can imagine then that working for the shared services functions will never be dull or boring. There will always be a new challenge integrating a new subsidiary, new learning on what people do, how they work, different types of contract, countries and clients. We will have to support in different ways while bringing the whole together. It’s quite a challenge and it’s exciting.

The company is operating on a fully remote model at the moment and it is expected that this will not change for almost all positions. Staying in touch with people is of course a bit harder this way, but we have assembled a group of professionals that value flexibility and their work life balance and who strive to make it work. You’ll be surrounded with people who are best in their field, no matter which team or group you are working with. What we sell to our clients is knowledge and expertise, so we could hardly do otherwise.

This Role

We seek a person who is driven by understanding the business need and how that business interacts with our technology investments, especially our ERP system, NetSuite. We have newly invested in implementing NetSuite and are looking to strategically grow the platform and continue to customize to meet our business needs. We will need to both expand NetSuite as our business continues to grow and look for an individual who is driven to work with each of our finance and business teams to make the system work for them. We also look to manage integrations with our tech stack including SalesForce, Bullhorn and Nexonia.

The post holder will need to actively provide options to improve and support our growth while balancing the cost effectiveness and efficiency of our NetSuite instance. The individual within this role will need to demonstrate strong influence and communications skills to collaborate internally with all Validant Companies. They will need to demonstrate a strong understanding of business operations and capabilities to customize NetSuite to fit those needs. A candidate for this role should demonstrate strong communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.

The position will be the primary internal support contact for NetSuite and all related points of integration.

Responsibilities

• Partnership with business team

• Create business and technical documentation customizations, workflows, and business processes, and keeping all documentation up to date.
• Working directly with Controller/CFO to understand and strategize on data needs for KPIs and building KPI reporting in NetSuite.
• Working with each business and finance team to identify additional needs to capture data needed to manage their business processes, including but not limited to: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, internal and compliance Reporting, and each business leaders needs.
• Working with each business to develop dashboards for their users including: project dashboards, user dashboard, and KPI dashboards.
• Develop custom reporting as needed to meet our business leaders needs maintain reporting and have a view of what fields need to be developed and maintained for the businesses to have the necessary reporting to successfully manage their businesses.
• Assist with data analysis, business process mapping, reporting needs, and improvement/simplification initiatives
• Provide assistance in reviewing and documenting internal controls to ensure the highest level of control has been developed and maintained through the customization of NetSuite for each team.

• NetSuite Application

• Work with third party partners to project manage development, test and deploy customizations, custom objects, third-party tools / applications and new NetSuite modules based on evolving business needs.
• When possible, work directly with businesses to implement form customizations, invoice template updates, email template updates, workflows, and reporting specifications to improve the business operations.
• NetSuite SME for managing NetSuite updates, troubleshooting of system errors and resolution and maintain up-to-date knowledge of NetSuite functionality, customization and integrations
• Coordinate planned changes with IT to align with the overall change management approach and program of change.

• Monthly Business Operations

• Responsible for executing Technology Solutions tasks within the monthly update process

Requirements

• Accounting, Finance, or Business background
• 5+ years of experience with NetSuite configuration, and 3rd party integrations in complex environments
• Deep knowledge of NetSuite Finance, Suite Projects (absolutely essential)
• Knowledge of Salesforce and integration to NetSuite
• Knowledge of scripting and webservices a plus
• Administrator-level knowledge, familiarity with Roles and Permissions
• Custom records and objects, csv imports, page layouts, workflows, saved searches, reports and dashboards

Skills

• Ability to analyze problems, develop and recommend solutions and resolve issues
• Ability to operate successfully in a fast-paced environment that places a strong premium on integrity, excellence, execution and teamwork
• Well-organized, ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and manage multiple projects while maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Ability to remain professional and flexible while under pressure
• A strong understanding of business processes and requirements
• Project management, system implementation and system integration experience
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams

Travel & Benefits

There is no regular business travel associated with this role. You may have to visit the head office from time to time.

As part of the Validant Group, our comprehensive benefits are in the top 10% of the industry and include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, generous flexible vacation and sick time allowances and more. The team enjoys a good work-life balance and significant flexibility through remote working opportunities.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00 – $130,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus scheme

Work Location: Remote