Financial Systems Technical Lead

World Market • Alameda, CA

1d • $155,000 - $170,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Financial Systems Technical Lead is responsible for supporting, enhancing, and leading maintenance and technical direction of the organization’s financial and accounting systems, with primary responsibility for Lawson Financials (Infor) operating on an AS/400 (IBM i) platform. This role partners closely with Finance and Accounting leadership to provide process expertise, system guidance, and high‑quality technical solutions. This position serves as the technical subject‑matter expert for Lawson, associated integrations, and financial software products. The role also upholds development standards, ensures audit compliance support, and maintains secure, stable, and scalable financial system operations.

Requirements

• 6–8+ years supporting financial or ERP systems.
• Strong, hands‑on experience with Lawson (Infor) Financials is required.
• Expertise with AS/400 (IBM i) platform development is desirable, along with knowledge of related programming standards, utilities, and best practices.
• Experience supporting financial applications in a retail environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience integrating financial systems (APIs, batch jobs, EDI, file‑based interfaces, et al).
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage full project lifecycle, including requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and provide leadership within the Technology team.
• Comfortable with technical concepts such as tables, queries, and integrations.
• Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals such as invoice date vs. posting date, accruals, reversals, and timing differences.
• Proven ability to bridge Finance and Technology and translate needs between the two.
• Track record of solving financial variances and finding errors hidden in legacy logic.
• Experience troubleshooting data flows such as Concur expense files, bank file imports, batch jobs, and nightly feeds.
• Ability to build cross-functional understanding of financial systems and reduce reliance on tribal knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep functional knowledge of Finance and Accounting processes, including GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, Inventory Control, and the Retail Stock Ledger.
• Collaborate with business partners to gather requirements, document workflows, and translate needs into system designs and enhancements.
• Advise on retail accounting system practices, ensuring solutions align with industry standards and business needs.
• Serve as the Lawson Financials technical expert, managing configurations, user interfaces, and integrations.
• Partner with Accounting/Finance to enhance and automate operational processes and establish a roadmap for modernization of Accounting applications.
• Oversee engineering design, development, testing, and deployment of AS/400 (IBM i) programs using RPG IV, Free‑Form RPG, CL, SQL, and related tools.
• Maintain overall engineering and AS/400 development standards, job scheduling structures, and secure coding practices.
• Lead and coordinate cross‑functional IT/Finance projects, managing timelines, requirements, testing, and implementation steps.
• Act as technical owner for financial software products, coordinating upgrades, patches, and vendor interactions.
• Provide Level‑3 production support for financial systems and integrations.
• Maintain technical documentation, including architectural diagrams, interface specifications, testing evidence, and audit compliance artifacts.
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend system improvements or modernization initiatives.
• Mentor Technology team members and provide guidance on AS/400 and Lawson best practices.

Benefits

• Work life balance is a priority.
• Up to 30% employee discount and product sample sales!
• A fun and supportive work environment where you feel welcomed and safe.
• A culture of inclusion that empowers you to be your best authentic self.
• Opportunities to make an impact through your passions.
• Wellness Programs including virtual fitness classes, personal health advocates, coaches, gym discounts and more.
• Accrued Vacation, Sick Time and Personal Holidays.
• Eligible employees offered Medical and Dental Insurance, Vision Coverage, 401(k) Savings Plan, Commuter Benefits, Employee Assistance and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed