Accounting Systems Manager

Walker•Needham, MA

21h

About The Position

The Accounting Systems Manager leads the administration, integration, and continuous improvement of Walker’s financial and related business systems. This role combines accounting knowledge and systems expertise to ensure accurate data, effective controls, scalable processes, and timely decision support. It serves as Finance’s primary systems liaison and subject matter expert for financial systems and related applications, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Cube, Continia, Paycom, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge, EHR and third-party billing linkages, SharePoint, Power BI, Power Automate, and other tools. The manager administers and optimizes finance systems, leads finance workflows for implementations and integrations, supports accounting controls and compliance, develops reporting and analytics, and identifies opportunities to automate and improve processes. The role partners with Finance, Walker Technology, other departments, vendors, and senior leadership to deliver system solutions, manage projects, support user adoption, and improve collaboration and decision-making. The position reports to the Chief Financial Officer. The schedule is 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with flexibility for evenings based on program and operational needs. Travel to different locations is required, and reliable transportation is necessary. The work includes sedentary activity for extended periods, lifting up to 10 pounds, typing, and looking at a computer screen.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
At least five years of progressive experience in accounting, financial systems, ERP administration, financial operations, or business systems support.
Strong accounting background, including financial reporting, internal controls, transaction flows, reconciliations, and close processes.
Experience with ERP implementation, systems integration, workflow design, process improvement, and cross-functional project leadership.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, documentation, and organizational skills.
Ability to translate business and accounting requirements into practical system solutions and explain technical concepts to non-technical users.
Advanced Excel skills and experience developing reliable reports, analyses, and financial models.
Excellent communication, facilitation, training, customer-service, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, maintain confidentiality, and exercise sound judgment.
High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Demonstrated initiative, problem-solving abilities, and a continuous improvement mindset.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing needs.
Successfully complete all background check suitability requirements.
Have reliable transportation and the ability to travel to different locations.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, including security, workflows, reporting, fixed assets, allocations, dimensions, and integrations.
Experience with financial planning and reporting tools, payroll and fundraising systems, expense management applications, Microsoft 365 automation and collaboration tools, and EHR or revenue-cycle platforms.
Experience with Cube, Continia, Paycom, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge, SharePoint, Power BI, and Power Automate.
Experience building dashboards, automated workflows, controlled document solutions, and cross-system reporting.
Experience supporting nonprofit, health and human services, behavioral health, education, or other mission-driven organizations.

Responsibilities

Serve as Finance administrator and subject matter expert for Business Central and related applications.
Configure, test, document, secure, and optimize systems, including reconciliations, fixed assets, allocations, workflows, dimensions, interfaces, and reporting.
Manage user access, roles, approvals, configuration, and periodic access reviews in accordance with Walker technology policies and procedures.
Monitor system performance and integrations; resolve issues; coordinate vendors, upgrades, and enhancements; and maintain system inventories, procedures, training materials, and continuity documentation.
Lead Finance workflows for system implementations, integrations, upgrades, and conversions across EHR/billing, Business Central, Cube, Continia, Paycom, Raiser’s Edge, banking, and reporting tools.
Define requirements, map financial data, and coordinate interface design, testing, reconciliation, exception monitoring, and ongoing data exchanges.
Evaluate integration opportunities that reduce manual entry and improve accuracy, timeliness, controls, and auditability.
Coordinate stakeholders, vendors, and consultants to deliver projects on time, within scope, and with effective user adoption.
Assess accounting and control implications of system configurations, workflows, and integrations.
Support reconciliations, journal entries, fixed assets, allocations, close processes, audits, regulatory reporting, and related documentation as needed.
Investigate and resolve data discrepancies, failed interfaces, incomplete transactions, and configuration issues.
Partner with the Controller and finance team to strengthen segregation of duties, approvals, documentation, data integrity, and reporting reliability.
Develop reliable financial, operational, and management reporting across multiple systems.
Implement and optimize Business Central reporting, Cube, Power BI, dashboards, and other analytics tools.
Support budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, resource planning, and management decision-making with timely, well-governed data.
Design scalable workflows to reduce manual processing, spreadsheet dependency, duplicate entry, and person-specific knowledge.
Use Power Automate and other tools to automate approvals, notifications, data collection, reconciliations, exception routing, and recurring work.
Partner with Walker Technology on the launch and governance of the Walkerpedia Finance site, including document architecture, permissions, version control, procedures, calendars, and user guidance.
Partner with Walker Technology on the launch and governance of SharePoint, Teams, Forms, Lists, Planner, Excel, Power BI, and other licensed tools to improve collaboration, reporting, and productivity in accordance with technology policies and procedures.
Define and report measurable outcomes for process improvements; support adoption through communication, testing, training, and documentation.
Partner with Finance, the Office of People and Culture, Advancement, Programs, Performance Improvement, and senior leadership to identify needs and develop solutions.
Advise on systems, integrations, process design, reporting, automation, and technology use.
Manage concurrent projects, vendors, risks, dependencies, timelines, and status reporting.
Complete special projects and other duties as assigned.