Director, Finance Systems – ERP

Smartsheet

. Own the technical strategy and long-term architecture for Smartsheet’s financial systems ecosystem across ERP, procurement, financial planning, payments, billing, tax, revenue processes, integrations, data, automation, and AI .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $175,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the technical strategy and long-term architecture for Smartsheet’s financial systems ecosystem across ERP, procurement, financial planning, payments, billing, tax, revenue processes, integrations, data, automation, and AI
Lead, coach, and develop the Financial Systems Engineering organization
Serve as senior technology leader for NetSuite and ERP
Provide technology leadership for ERP reimplementation and modernization programs
Translate product strategy and business priorities into technical roadmaps, architecture, investment decisions, and engineering plans
Shape architecture for subscription, multi-year, usage-based, consumption-based, and AI-related pricing and billing models
Establish system-of-record boundaries across CRM, product, billing, ERP, payments, tax, planning, and data platforms
Define Finance systems data strategy, including data models, contracts, quality, lineage, reconciliation, and historical integrity
Partner with Data Engineering and Analytics to integrate Financial Systems with the enterprise data lake
Improve data quality and observability across Quote-to-Cash and Finance workflows
Establish an AI strategy and evaluate AI-assisted and agentic capabilities for Financial Systems Engineering
Develop automated testing and quality engineering across the Finance technology stack
Establish modern engineering practices including source control, peer review, CI/CD, environment management, testing, observability, documentation, release engineering, and operational readiness
Determine appropriate boundaries between SaaS configuration, extensibility, APIs, integrations, automation, and custom software
Partner with Integration Engineering on scalable, observable, resilient Finance and Quote-to-Cash integrations
Own technical health and lifecycle of the Financial Systems portfolio
Establish architecture reviews, technical standards, engineering metrics, and platform health reviews
Represent Financial Systems Engineering in executive steering committees, governance forums, and program reviews
Provide technical leadership across implementation partners and strategic vendors
Partner with Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Procurement, Tax, Revenue, Product Engineering, Sales/GTM, Data, Security, AI & Automation, and Corporate Systems
Balance transformation delivery with reliability, technical debt reduction, modernization, security, controls, and long-term investments
Recruit, develop, and retain engineering talent

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of progressively responsible experience across financial systems, enterprise application engineering, ERP, software engineering, systems architecture, or related technical disciplines
5+ years leading technical teams, including managing managers, senior engineers, architects, or other technical leaders
Deep experience with NetSuite or comparable enterprise ERP platforms
Experience leading a major ERP implementation, reimplementation, or transformation program from architecture and design through implementation, stabilization, and ongoing evolution
Strong understanding of record-to-report, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, billing, payments, financial planning, accounting, and revenue workflows
Experience with Coupa, Planful, Stripe, ZoneBilling, Metronome, Avalara, or comparable technologies
Experience with SaaS billing and monetization architectures, including subscription and usage-based or consumption-based models
Strong systems thinking across ERP, CRM, product, billing, payments, integrations, data platforms, APIs, automation, and financial controls
Experience defining technical strategy and architecture
Experience with enterprise data architecture, including systems of record, data models, interfaces, contracts, quality, reconciliation, governance, lineage, and downstream consumption
Experience partnering with Data Engineering or Analytics organizations and integrating operational systems with Databricks, Snowflake, or similar technologies
Experience establishing automated testing, CI/CD, source control, observability, release management, documentation, and operational readiness
Understanding of LLMs, agents, and intelligent automation, with appropriate financial, security, and compliance risk management
Strong understanding of financial controls, auditability, security, data integrity, and compliance
Experience governing system integrators and technology vendors during large transformation programs
Experience partnering with Product Managers and senior business leaders on roadmaps and investment decisions
Ability to operate from executive steering committee discussions through detailed architecture reviews
Ability to challenge legacy processes and architectures and lead significant technology and operating-model change
Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, executive presence, and ability to communicate complex technology decisions
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Employer subsidized medical/vision and dental coverage for full-time employees
401k Match: 50% of contribution up to the first 6% of eligible pay
Monthly stipend to support work and productivity
Flexible Time Away Program, plus Sick Time Off
Company-sponsored life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability plans
12 paid holidays per year
Up to 24 weeks of Parental Leave
Personal paid Volunteer Day
Professional growth and development opportunities, including Udemy online courses
Company Funded Perks, including counseling membership, local retail discounts, and a personal Smartsheet account
Teleworking options from any registered location in the U.S. (role specific)
Market competitive incentive opportunity