Lead Application Administrator, NetSuite

Emmes•Rockville, WA

5h•Remote

About The Position

The Lead Application Administrator, NetSuite is the hands-on NetSuite architect for Emmes Group’s consolidation of its commercial accounting systems onto a single Oracle NetSuite OneWorld instance, with legacy systems retired in phased go-live waves. The role partners with Finance, Accounting, Operations, IT, and the implementation partner to discover business requirements, shape and secure agreement on configuration and design decisions, and implement those decisions with internal and external subject matter experts. The position owns the integrity of the NetSuite design from global design through go-live and stabilization, then carries that design into ongoing platform administration. The system spans approximately 40 legal entities in 16 countries and covers general ledger, intercompany, accounts payable, accounts receivable and customer billing, project billing and cost tracking, revenue recognition, time entry, and country localizations. The role also owns integration design, supports legacy ERP data migration, defines security and controls, leads testing and documentation, trains power users, and serves as lead administrator after each go-live.

Requirements

At least 7 years of hands-on NetSuite administration, configuration, and solution design, including NetSuite OneWorld in a multi-subsidiary, multi-currency, multi-country environment.
Demonstrated success as architect or lead administrator on at least one full-lifecycle NetSuite implementation, from requirements through go-live and stabilization, with ownership of configuration and design decisions.
At least 3 years designing and supporting NetSuite integrations with payroll, expense, banking, and CRM systems using middleware such as Boomi or equivalent.
At least 3 years working client-side alongside a NetSuite implementation partner, including reviewing and approving partner-proposed designs.
At least 3 years of project-based billing, time entry, and revenue recognition experience in NetSuite (SuiteProjects, Advanced Revenue Management) in a professional services organization.
At least 2 years of legacy ERP data migration into NetSuite, such as from Microsoft Dynamics GP, QuickBooks, Odoo, or Tally.
At least 2 years managing an ERP implementation or workstream, including plans, risk logs, and status reporting.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading multiple full-lifecycle NetSuite implementations.

Responsibilities

Serve as NetSuite solution architect and design authority for consolidating commercial accounting onto a single Oracle NetSuite OneWorld instance across approximately 40 legal entities in 16 countries.
Lead requirements discovery with Finance, Accounting, Operations, business unit, and IT stakeholders; translate business requirements into NetSuite configuration and design options; and maintain a design decision log documenting decisions, alternatives, and rationale.
Facilitate design and configuration decisions with stakeholders and the implementation partner, and escalate unresolved decisions to program leads with recommendations and trade-offs.
Implement agreed NetSuite configuration and design, including subsidiaries, chart of accounts, segments, classifications, roles, permissions, forms, workflows, saved searches, reports, dashboards, and scripted customizations where configuration is insufficient.
Own NetSuite integration design with ADP, SAP Concur, Citibank, Salesforce, Deltek Costpoint, KeyedIn, Oracle EPM, and the Microsoft Fabric data lake; determine systems of record, integration patterns, and middleware approach; and partner with the integrations team through build and testing.
Partner with the data migration team to map legacy ledgers from Great Plains, QuickBooks, Odoo, Tally, Premier, and NLS to the NetSuite design, including chart-of-accounts crosswalks, open balances, and historical trial balances; approve migration design decisions affecting configuration.
Act as the client-side NetSuite counterpart to the implementation partner, review and challenge proposed designs, and ensure Emmes retains knowledge to administer the system after the engagement.
Carry the design through phase gates and go-live waves, including global design, build, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, cutover, and hypercare; present design readiness at phase gates.
Define and enforce NetSuite security, controls, and release management, including role design, segregation of duties, approval workflows, audit trails, sandbox-to-production change control, and audit-supporting documentation.
Lead testing with Finance subject matter experts by authoring or reviewing test scripts, managing defect triage, and confirming tested configurations match approved designs.
Build configuration and process documentation, train power users, and transfer knowledge to the IT team that will co-administer NetSuite.
After each go-live, serve as lead NetSuite administrator by managing releases and sandbox refreshes, assessing semi-annual release impacts, resolving production issues, maintaining users and roles, and managing the enhancement backlog.