Senior Manager, Accounting, Financial Systems

Brex•Salt Lake City, UT

12d•$180,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Brex is seeking a Senior Manager, Financial Systems to lead the strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of its core Finance and Accounting systems. This role involves owning the business roadmap for the FinSys environment, ensuring systems, configurations, workflows, and data structures support scalable, accurate, and well-controlled financial operations. The position requires partnering across the business to design and implement durable solutions that improve the close, enhance reporting, strengthen controls, and reduce manual work. The role is based in the Salt Lake City office, operating in a hybrid environment with a minimum of three in-office days per week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday) and up to four weeks of fully remote work per year. The Accounting team at Brex not only ensures perfect financial reporting but also acts as beta testers for Brex’s financial products, providing analysis and feedback. They are passionate about automation and collaborate closely with the Engineering team to implement technological improvements.

Requirements

BA/BS degree, preferably in Business, Finance, or Accounting
8+ years of experience across Finance Systems, Accounting, Business Systems, or related functions in a public company, high-growth private company, or consulting environment
Strong knowledge of accounting and finance processes, including month-end close, financial reporting, procure-to-pay, and internal controls
Demonstrated experience owning or leading implementations and enhancements for ERP and related Finance systems
Ability to translate accounting and operational requirements into scalable system solutions, process improvements, and control frameworks
Strong project management skills with the ability to drive cross-functional initiatives across multiple stakeholders and workstreams
Comfortable navigating the gray and being resourceful
Strong interpersonal and communication skills — you are organized and great at ensuring everyone’s on the same page
Strong personal accountability for high quality work and a continuous improvement mindset
Have the initiative and desire for ongoing learning, innovation, and developing skills/functional expertise in new areas

Nice To Haves

Experience with NetSuite, Coupa, Workday, Numeric, Zip, Looker, Hex and Pigment
Experience designing and operating system-enabled controls in support of audits, SOX readiness, or regulatory reporting
Experience supporting Accounting and Controllership organizations in a FinTech, payments, financial services, or SaaS environment
Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and/or Google Gemini

Responsibilities

Own the systems roadmap for Accounting and Finance, prioritizing enhancements that improve scalability, accuracy, control, and user experience
Serve as the primary business owner for core FinSys tools, including ERP and adjacent platforms supporting close, procurement, reconciliations, reporting, and accounting operations
Lead end-to-end system enhancements across tools such as NetSuite, Coupa, Pigment, Zip, and Workday from requirements gathering through design, testing, deployment, and post-launch stabilization
Translate business requirements into system designs, configurations, mapping logic, and operational workflows that are sustainable and well controlled
Establish and maintain governance over master data, system configurations, role design, approval flows, and change management processes impacting financial reporting and operations
Drive automation and process improvement initiatives that reduce manual journal entries, reconciliations, handoffs, and spreadsheet dependencies across the close and reporting cycle
Ensure that Finance Systems architecture appropriately supports key accounting processes, including close, reporting, procure-to-pay, intercompany, and other high-impact workflows
Develop scalable documentation, SOPs, process maps, and testing protocols to support repeatable execution and durable institutional knowledge
Support high-impact business initiatives such as new product launches, post-merger integration work, entity expansion, and policy or process changes by ensuring Finance Systems readiness
Mentor team members and cross-functional partners on best practices in systems thinking, process design, and Finance Systems operations
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