Lead Application Administrator, NetSuite

Emmes Group•Rockville, MD

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Lead Application Administrator, NetSuite is the hands-on NetSuite architect for Emmes Group’s consolidation of commercial accounting systems onto a single Oracle NetSuite OneWorld instance, with legacy systems retired in phased go-live waves. The role works with Finance, Accounting, Operations, IT, and the implementation partner to define business requirements, agree on NetSuite configuration and design decisions, and implement those decisions with internal and external subject matter experts. The role owns the integrity of the NetSuite design from global design through go-live and stabilization, then carries that design into ongoing platform administration. The position covers approximately 40 legal entities in 16 countries and accounting capabilities including general ledger, intercompany, accounts payable, accounts receivable and customer billing, project billing and cost tracking, revenue recognition, time entry, and country localizations. It also owns integration design with surrounding enterprise systems and partners with migration, integration, testing, and business teams throughout implementation. This is a fixed-term engagement of approximately 18 months. The position is remote, with occasional travel of 15% or less to Emmes Group headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. Fixed-term employees are eligible for most full-time benefits, and the role may possibly become full-time as new information becomes available.

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.
At least one demonstrated successful full-lifecycle NetSuite implementation, from requirements through go-live and stabilization, as architect or lead administrator 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 proposed designs.
At least 3 years of experience with project-based billing, time entry, and revenue recognition in NetSuite, including SuiteProjects and 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 of project management for 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 one 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 requirements into NetSuite configuration and design options; and maintain a design decision log documenting decisions, alternatives, and rationale.
Facilitate agreement on design and configuration decisions among stakeholders and the implementation partner, escalating unresolved matters to program leads with recommendations and trade-offs.
Implement agreed NetSuite decisions, including subsidiaries, chart of accounts, segments, classifications, roles and permissions, forms, workflows, saved searches, reports, dashboards, and scripted customizations when configuration is insufficient.
Own integration design with ADP, SAP Concur, Citibank, Salesforce, Deltek Costpoint, KeyedIn, Oracle EPM, and the Microsoft Fabric data lake, including systems of record, integration patterns, and middleware approach; partner with the integrations team through build and test.
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 that affect configuration.
Act as the client-side NetSuite counterpart to the implementation partner by reviewing proposed designs, challenging designs that conflict with requirements or long-term supportability, and ensuring Emmes retains the knowledge to administer the system.
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 and segregation of duties, approval workflows, audit trails, sandbox-to-production change control, and audit-supporting documentation.
Lead testing of configured solutions with Finance subject matter experts, author or review test scripts, manage defect triage, and confirm tested configuration matches approved design.
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.