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Director, Finance Applications and Technical Integrations

ExamSoft

ExamSoft

IT, Accounting & Finance
Leeds, UK
Posted on Friday, August 30, 2024

Company Description

Company description

When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For over 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 21,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Feedback Studio, Originality, Gradescope, ExamSoft, Similarity, and iThenticate.

Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education.

Turnitin is a global organization with team members in over 35 countries including the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, and the Philippines.

Job Description

This role will lead Turnitin's Financial Systems Team, leveraging extensive expertise in ERP systems, particularly NetSuite, as well as other critical business applications. This role involves managing all financial systems, driving process improvements, and developing custom scripts and integrations across the organization.



Key Responsibilities:
  • ERP System Leadership: Oversee the administration, customization, and optimization of the NetSuite ERP system, including SuiteScript and SuiteTalk (SOAP/REST) API integrations. Ensure robust security, data integrity, and alignment with business processes.
  • Custom Scripting and Automation: Develop and maintain custom scripts using SuiteScript 2.0 to automate workflows and enhance system functionality. Build and manage complex workflows, Suitelets, and user event scripts to meet business requirements.
  • API Development and Integration: Design, implement, and maintain integrations between NetSuite and other financial systems using SuiteTalk (SOAP/REST) APIs, as well as external RESTful APIs. Ensure seamless data flow and synchronization across platforms.
  • Team Management: Lead, train, and mentor a team of financial systems professionals. Utilize experience in managing technical teams to foster a collaborative environment and drive continuous improvement.
  • Process Optimization: Design and implement efficient processes and software configurations, ensuring a strong internal controls framework. Leverage experience in Agile methodologies and continuous deployment to streamline financial operations.
  • Strategic Planning: Oversee the planning and prioritization of system enhancements and future ERP system generations. Work closely with cross-functional teams to align financial systems with the company’s strategic objectives, utilizing API integrations and custom scripts to support these initiatives.
  • Integration and Automation: Drive the integration of new entities into existing financial systems. Utilize expertise in integration platforms like Dell Boomi and UiPath to enhance process automation and ensure smooth data flow across systems.
  • Reporting and Data Governance: Lead the development and maintenance of financial reports, ensuring accurate and timely data delivery. Manage the governance of master data and business rule calculations.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with internal stakeholders, including IT and senior management, to understand and address business needs. Use strong communication skills to translate complex requirements into actionable plans.
  • Technical Support: Provide timely technical support for all financial applications, including debugging and optimizing custom scripts. Manage incident resolution through Jira and other tools, ensuring that all system-related issues are promptly addressed and resolved.
  • Vendor Management: Oversee relationships with vendors supporting financial systems. Ensure that service agreements are maintained and that system upgrades and enhancements are delivered according to business needs.
  • Continuous Improvement: Lead efforts to drive best practices across financial systems management, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement in alignment with the Finance Leadership Team.


Qualifications
  • Extensive experience with NetSuite ERP, including SuiteScript (1.0 and 2.0) and SuiteTalk APIs, as well as other financial applications.
  • Proven track record of developing custom scripts, building API integrations, and automating processes within NetSuite.
  • Proven track record of managing and mentoring technical teams, with a focus on financial systems and ERP implementation.
  • Strong project management skills, with experience in Agile and continuous deployment environments.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver projects on time in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and translate technical concepts into strategic business solutions.
  • Experience in developing and implementing internal controls and governance structures for financial systems.


Additional Information

Total Rewards @ Turnitin
Turnitin maintains a Total Rewards package that is competitive within the local job market. People tend to think about their Total Rewards monetarily — solely as regular pay plus bonus or commission. This is what they earn in exchange for what they do. However, Turnitin delivers more than just these components. Beyond the intrinsic rewards of unleashing your potential to positively impact global education, and thriving in an organization that is free of politics and full of humble, inclusive and collaborative teammates, the extrinsic rewards at Turnitin include generous time off and health and wellness programs that offer choice and flexibility and provide a safety net for the challenges that life presents from time to time. Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being.

Our Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes.

Our Values underpin everything we do.
  • Customer Centric - We realize our mission to ensure integrity and improve learning outcomes by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
  • Passion for Learning - We seek out teammates that are constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables them to do so.
  • Integrity - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin. It shapes our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors.
  • Action & Ownership - We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.
  • One Team - We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each other’s successes.
  • Global Mindset - We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact on education.


Global Benefits
  • Remote First Culture
  • Health Care Coverage*
  • Education Reimbursement*
  • Competitive Paid Time Off
  • 4 Self-Care Days per year
  • National Holidays*
  • 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed
  • Paid Volunteer Time*
  • Charitable contribution match*
  • Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement/*
  • Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
  • Parental Leave*
  • Retirement Plan with match/contribution*
  • * varies by country

Seeing Beyond the Job Ad
At Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and evolve alongside us, join our team!

Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.