Senior Business Systems Engineer

Cerebras Systems•Sunnyvale, CA

38d

About The Position

The Senior Business Systems Engineer is responsible for the technical operation, automation, and control posture of the company's financial systems ecosystem. The role owns the end-to-end engineering of ERP workflows, financial integrations, data pipelines, and platform configurations supporting Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Procurement, and Audit.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Finance Systems, or related field.
10-20 years of experience in enterprise business systems, with deep responsibilities in financial system operations; at least 5 years in a senior or managerial role.
Proven hands-on expertise with NetSuite and Salesforce; strong familiarity with financial modules, revenue workflows, and reporting structures. Exposure to ADP or comparable systems preferred.
Strong experience with Microsoft-aligned data platforms (Azure, SQL, Power BI), data modeling techniques, and modern integration frameworks (REST APIs, ETL, iPaaS).
Direct experience supporting SOX programs, ITGC testing, external audits, and financial close processes in public or pre-IPO environments.
Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and operate within strict IT governance, access control, segregation-of-duties, and data privacy frameworks.
Experience with identity governance and role engineering for financial systems.
Working knowledge of ITIL, enterprise service management (ServiceNow), and lifecycle processes for financially-critical assets.
Proven capability to manage budgets, negotiate with vendors, and drive measurable ROI through automation, integration, and process optimization.

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical and operational owner for core financial systems, including ERP (NetSuite), Procurement, Billing/Revenue tools, CRM (Salesforce), and integrated HR/Payroll systems that drive financial downstream workflows.
Architect and optimize system design, configurations, and cross-functional workflows to support Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Audit, Legal, and Compliance.
Lead system implementation, enhancement, integration, and migration projects with a strong emphasis on financial accuracy, reconciliation standards, and audit readiness.
Define and execute a multi-year roadmap for financial system modernization, automation, and reporting aligned with corporate governance and controllership needs.
Engineer and maintain robust integrations leveraging APIs, middleware, and ETL/iPaaS platforms to ensure complete, accurate, and timely financial data flow across all systems.
Build CI/CD pipelines for controlled system configuration deployment, financially-sensitive workflow updates, and audit-traceable release automation.
Own data pipelines feeding the enterprise data warehouse/data lake (Microsoft stack preferred), ensuring data completeness, reconciliations, lineage, and schema consistency for financial reporting.
Develop and maintain enterprise BI dashboards, financial close reporting, operational analytics, and compliance monitoring capabilities supporting Finance and Internal Audit.
Collaborate with Security, GRC, and Internal Audit to design and enforce SOX ITGCs and other compliance controls.
Implement and maintain access control models, audit logging, role-based provisioning, and data retention policies.
Support evidence generation for SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other external audit frameworks.
Drive change management, documentation, and release governance in alignment with ITIL principles.
Own incident, change, and problem management processes related to enterprise systems.
Monitor system performance, availability, and data integrity using observability and monitoring tools.
Establish KPIs and reporting dashboards for IT leadership to guide prioritization and performance optimization.
Partner with Finance, HR, Sales, and other executives to define business needs and translate them into scalable, auditable system solutions.
Act as the primary technical liaison for ERP/CRM/HRM roadmap planning, requirements gathering, and project delivery.
Manage vendors and service providers, ensuring contractual compliance, SLA performance, and cost optimization.
Drive user enablement and training to increase adoption, efficiency, and system utilization.