Job Title
Senior Financial Systems Engineer
Job Description Summary
The Financial Systems Architect is a key member of the Technology and Data Solutions (TDS) team, responsible for supporting and enhancing Cushman & Wakefield's OneStream SaaS platform. This role focuses on ensuring security, governance, stability, and continuous improvement of enterprise financial processes, including financial consolidation, close, reporting, forecasting, planning, and analysis (xP&A). Working closely with Product Managers, Finance leaders, business stakeholders, and cross-functional technology teams, the Senior Financial Systems Engineer designs, develops, and implements scalable solutions that improve automation, data quality, reporting capabilities, and financial decision-making. Serving as both a technical expert and strategic business partner, this individual translates business requirements into sustainable OneStream solutions through application configuration, business rules, integrations, and platform enhancements.
Job Description
Responsibilities
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Master Data Management, and IT stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement and automation.
- Drive the delivery of scalable solutions that align with strategic business objectives and enterprise finance transformation initiatives.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and business users to define requirements, prioritize enhancements, and support roadmap execution.
Application Configuration & Governance
- Configure and maintain OneStream metadata, business rules, workflows, dashboards, reporting objects, and application settings.
- Ensure adherence to governance standards, development best practices, and change management processes.
- Support platform upgrades, releases, and ongoing optimization initiatives.
Financial Close & Reporting Support
- Provide system support during monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close cycles.
- Participate in consolidation processes, workflow execution, reporting deliverables, and issue resolution to ensure timely and accurate financial results.
- Partner with Finance teams to identify and resolve data, process, and report discrepancies.
Platform Ownership & Administration
- Administer and maintain OneStream environments, including Development, Test/Pre-Production, and Production.
- Monitor system performance, availability, and operational health while proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Coordinate deployments and migration activities across environments.
Security, Controls & Compliance
- Support management of application security, role-based access controls, segregation of duties, and user provisioning processes.
- Perform periodic access reviews and support internal and external audit activities.
- Ensure compliance with corporate governance policies, regulatory requirements, and security standards.
Technical Leadership & Problem Resolution
- Serve as the point of technical escalation for complex application, data, consolidation, and integration issues.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions to prevent recurring problems.
- Document system solutions, support procedures, and technical standards.
Planning, Forecasting & Analytics (xP&A)
- Support and enhance budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, planning, and analytical capabilities within OneStream.
- Develop solutions that improve planning accuracy, reporting efficiency, and management insights.
- Partner with business stakeholders to expand adoption of xP&A capabilities across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise financial systems, performance management platforms, or financial close and consolidation applications.
- Strong understanding of financial consolidation, close, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting processes.
- Experience configuring and supporting OneStream or comparable Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platforms.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with OneStream, Oracle Hyperion, or other EPM solutions.
- Experience with application integrations, data management, workflow design, and data quality controls.
- Knowledge of financial governance, internal controls, compliance, and audit requirements.
- Experience with system performance tuning and optimization.
- Development experience using C#, .NET, or related technologies.
- Experience supporting SaaS-based enterprise applications and cloud environments.
Key Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to perform root cause analysis and implement process improvements.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on automation, standardization, and operational excellence.
INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”