Head of Finance Systems

Company Description

Checkout.com is one of the most exciting fintechs in the world. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We’re the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how.

We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and a Great Place to Work accredited company. And we’re just getting started. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world — because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. Join us to build the digital economy of tomorrow.

Job Description

Checkout.com is actively seeking an exceptional individual to lead our Finance Systems team. This role will sit in the Finance Transformation Team, reporting to the Finance Transformation Director. The purpose of this role is to ensure our Finance systems are operating effectively, providing value to our stakeholders, whilst maintaining controls. This individual will be responsible for managing a team of four to implement and maintain IT General Controls (ITGCs), manage system releases, complete security audits and improve finance business processes in our systems.

This will be a hands-on-role with a key focus on ensuring our systems are efficient and effective. There will be lots of opportunities to learn and for this remit to grow as our system landscape evolves and Finance Transformation projects are delivered. This role would be ideal for someone that has worked in a finance department and then learnt finance systems to ensure they understand how our systems can solve business problems.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage third party finance systems, including Workday Financials, Workday Adaptive, Coupa, Dell Boomi, Longview and Navan.
• For the systems above, you'll be managing the delivery of security audits, access management, release management, and key rotation.
• Partner with the Finance team to improve existing systems and processes.
• Be the ambassador of change, able to challenge existing practices with the aim to establish new processes based on the Finance priorities and Transformation objectives.
• Work alongside the Finance Transformation team during new system implementations to ensure the support model post-go live is fit for purpose.
• Creating detailed project plans, RAID logs, RACIs and reporting on progress to governance forums.
• Own the roadmap of change and implementation for the team while periodic and BAU tasks continue.
• Owning the incident management across all Finance systems, be the first point of contact.
• Implement, document and own the IT General Controls (ITGC’s) across the finance systems to ensure a robust control environment across our critical business system.
• Liaise with the auditors to ensure effective and timely delivery of the audit evidence/support during year-end audits.
• Manage a team of four system specialists.

Qualifications

About You:

• Strong knowledge of Finance systems. Having led or been part of an implementation of Workday Financials and managed the system once live is a must.
• Experience with controllership, purchase-to-pay, budgeting and forecasting, HR Information Systems, middleware, tax and travel systems is a must.
• Experience with Workday Adaptive, Workday HCM, Coupa, Dell Boomi, Longview and Navan is preferred.
• Experience with reviewing system configuration before moving changes to production.
• Able to manage and prioritise the work of a team across multiple systems.
• Experienced in finance transformation projects/ programmes where you're implementing systems and improving processes through process re-engineering.
• Solid understanding of ITGC's, including how to set these up in the systems listed previously and provide evidence of their effectiveness.
• Understanding of best practice finance processes.
• Good experience in educating stakeholders regarding finance related processes and how they translate to wider business impacts.
• Good understanding of how Accounting processes should work to ensure they're efficient and controlled.
• Able to act as a project manager to develop project plans, RAID logs, RACIs and then execute a project across functions.
• Good understanding of systems and integration approaches.
• Excellent at communicating with senior stakeholders and team members to identify issues and propose solutions.
• Able to identify problems, define the root cause, determine the solution and propose the solution.
• Able to translate technical expertise into solutions and process guidance to implement improvements or address user issues.
• Able to map processes, outlining risks and controls.
• Experienced in data analysis, data manipulation and reporting.
• Experience in managing system budgets and exercising cost containment/ cost reduction

Additional Information

Apply without meeting all requirements statement 

If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

We believe in equal opportunities

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use. 

Our clients come from all over the world — and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team, we’ll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We’d love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us. 

We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We’ll be happy to support you.

Take a peek inside life at Checkout.com via

• Our Culture video https://youtu.be/BEwnpHuadSw
• Our careers page https://www.checkout.com/careers
• Our LinkedIn Life pages bit.ly/3OaoN1U
• Our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/checkout_com/

Apply without meeting all requirements statement 

If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

We believe in equal opportunities

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use. 

Our clients come from all over the world — and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team, we’ll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We’d love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us. 

We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We’ll be happy to support you.

Take a peek inside life at Checkout.com via

• Our Culture video https://youtu.be/BEwnpHuadSw
• Our careers page https://www.checkout.com/careers
• Our LinkedIn Life pages bit.ly/3OaoN1U
• Our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/checkout_com/