Finance Systems Engineer

About Rokt

Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce technology, helping companies seize the full potential of every transaction moment to grow revenue and acquire new customers at scale. Live Nation, AMC Theatres, PayPal, Uber, Hulu, Staples, Lands’ End, and HelloFresh are among the more than 2,500 leading global businesses and advertisers that use Rokt's solutions to drive more value through every transaction by offering highly relevant messages to their customers at the moment they are most likely to convert.

With our December 2022 secondary transaction, Rokt’s valuation increased to $2.4 Billion. We are expanding rapidly and globally – operating in 14 countries across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region with the largest office in NYC and a major R&D hub in Sydney. With 50% annual growth and a vibrant company culture, Rokt has been listed in ‘Great Places to Work’ in the US and Australia. Our award-winning culture is guided by our eight core values: smart with humility, own the outcomes, force for good, conquer new frontiers, enjoy the ride, raise the bar, communicate with impact, and disagree then commit. These values help us attract, engage, and develop the right talent around the globe and ensure we foster an environment that helps us all do our best work. Keen to join a fast-growing company and a vibrant culture? Learn more at rokt.com.

Requirements

About the role

The Finance Systems Engineer will work closely with the Finance stakeholders to understand the key priorities and drive needed changes. The systems engineer will be responsible for completing requirements gathering, technical design, configuration, development, deployment, and integration to solve complex planning, performance management and reporting challenges. The systems engineer will need to have a strong command of the Finance business processes, as well as experience with ERP and other financial systems. A critical component of this role will be the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions. In addition, this role will be responsible for administering and maintaining the key Finance applications, and supporting the Finance community during key periods, such as monthly and quarterly closes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of Finance solutions to address key business problems leveraging current application suite (Workday Financials, Adaptive, middleware solutions)
• Works closely with internal and external teams on defining and building new solutions
• Ensures that the technical solutions meet the customers’ business goals and align with key mandates, such as SOX compliance
• Partners with business to support and maintain key Finance applications
• Responsible for overall maintenance of key Finance applications, including upgrades and other critical support needs
• Demonstrates superb attention to detail when resolving key system problems by resolving in a timely manner and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions to key constituents
• Provides consultation and technical leadership in project planning; partnering closely with the PMO and product owner
• Ensures consistency and adherence to IT best practices throughout the application lifecycle
• Provides feedback to the Finance stakeholders regarding future solution needs
• Demonstrates exceptional knowledge of Financial ERP architecture and other related key financial systems

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, or closely related field
• 5+ years of work experience in developing end-to-end finance solutions, including system configuration, development, data security, and reporting
• Demonstrated experience working with users in a support and development capacity
• Quick learner with a positive attitude, professional demeanor, and strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, and an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
• Experience developing hybrid business solutions that are flexible, scalable and leverage wide range of technologies
• Knowledge of software development cycle, version control, data structures, complexity analysis, unit test and integration tests
• Experience supporting Finance applications governed by SOX compliance
• Experience providing risk assessment for new functionality and enhancements, and identifying process improvement opportunities to drive innovation
• Relevant corporate finance experience exhibiting knowledge of financial planning functions and related processes
• Experience advocating and proliferating best practices in reporting and analysis, including data integrity, test design, analysis, validation, and documentation

Salary Range: $150,000 /year + equity + (great) benefits!

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Benefits

• Safety is our highest priority. We actively invest in the growth of our people and the strengthening of our communities. Our NYC office is 100% vaccinated to keep our employees and community safe and healthy. We require all Rokt’stars and anyone else who will be onsite at the Rokt NYC office–clients, contractors, vendors, and suppliers–to show proof of vaccination and their booster shot.
• Work with the greatest talent in town. Our recruitment process is tough but diligent. We’re constantly aiming to implement our value of “raise the bar” and set high standards for our Rokt’stars. This is essential in our high-performing, high-grow culture where we strive to bring in the brightest and best talent. Our teams thrive by challenging the status quo and we encourage all of our teams to unleash their desire to achieve something bigger.
• Join a community. At Rokt we’re a community of curious explorers. We’re not afraid of venturing into uncharted territories. We work together as one single, aligned team. We value diversity and transparency which is why we support a number of internal employee resource groups including an EDI steering committee, Rainbow Rokts that empowers our LGBTQIA+ Rokt’stars, Womxn who Rokt that promotes gender equality in tech, and more.
• Accelerate your career. We want you to unleash your full potential. This is why we have an annual ‘Level Up’ allowance of $5,000 that gives Rokt’stars the ability to take courses, attend events, go to training, and more to help our great employees become even better leaders.
• Take a break. When you work hard, we know you also need to rest. We offer generous time off and parental leave policies, as well as mental health and wellness days for all employees. We even incentivize individuals to utilize their PTO with “High 5” days, an additional 5 days of PTO when you’ve used 75% of your allotted annual paid leave. We also offer a paid Rokt’star Sabbatical for employees who have been with us for 3 years or more.
• Stay happy and healthy. In order to unleash our potential, we want to ensure you’re able to keep your wellbeing a priority. This means you can enjoy a well-balanced, catered lunch 5x a week in the office along with healthy snacks. We also want you to feel at home when coming into work which is why we’re a dog-friendly office so you can bring your furry friend to work with you. As part of your wellbeing benefits, we offer a wellness stipend so you can enjoy the gym on us! In the US, access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your entire family!
• Become a shareholder. All Rokt’stars have stock options. If we succeed, everyone is rewarded.
• See the world! We want our Rokt’stars to enjoy the ride. As we aim to bring meaning and fun to our everyday work, we host global all-staff events in amazing locations (Phuket, Thailand in January 2020, Hawaii in May 2022, and Whistler in 2023). As we strive to build a community of curious explorers, we also offer generous relocation packages for those interested in moving to another Rokt office. We have bustling offices in great cities including: New York, Sydney, London, Singapore, and Tokyo.
• We believe we’re better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (most teams are in the office 3-4 days per week). We also get that you need to balance your life and your commitments so you have flexibility to manage your own hours and can spend up to a week of every quarter working from anywhere.
• We believe in equality. Rokt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we know our collective strength comes from how different we all are. We encourage you to apply for one of our open roles—irrespective of socio-economic status or background, age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, color, pregnancy, carer/family responsibilities, national and social origin, political opinion, marital, veteran, or disability status.

Salary Range: $150,000 /year + equity + (great) benefits!

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