Sr. Applications Administrator, Finance

Overview

Certara accelerates medicines using proprietary biosimulation software, technology and services to transform traditional drug discovery and development. Its clients include more than 2,000 biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and regulatory agencies across 62 countries

As a Sr Applications Administrator, Finance with Certara, you are part of a global, fast-paced IT organization with the primary mission to provide capable & resilient world class services to our Financial operations across business units ensuring our team members have access and ability to perform at the highest level in service of our customers.

The Information Technology function relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals through implementation of industry best practice methodologies, governance, and tooling. The Sr Applications Administrator, Finance role is responsible for primary support of all financial applications utilized by Corporate Finance and finance teams within each business unit. The candidate will establish a partnership with the key business stakeholders to outline priorities and maintain ongoing communication with Corporate Audit and IT Compliance to ensure all SOX controls effectively enacted.

The role requires thorough understanding of finance concepts and experience with common ERPs, tax engines and expense applications. The candidate should be comfortable being hands-on in administering a variety of financials applications, supporting user base and supporting SOX evidence asks.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Sr Director, Enterprise Apps & Analytics, the Sr Applications Administrator, Finance is responsible for primary support of suite of finance applications used both within Corporate and across business units.
• Perform administrative and customization duties for corporate ERP solution.
• Perform administrative and customization duties for corporate PSA solution.
• Perform administrative and customization duties for corporate expense solution.
• Support ancillary finance applications such as tax engine, control processing and financial reporting tools.
• Work with Corporate Audit and IT Compliance to define and maintain an effective suite of SOX/ITGC controls adapting to changes in finance solutions for proactive management and automated testing
• Align with Enterprise Architect and Data Warehouse efforts to ensure finance data and needs are addressed appropriately.
• Partner with Corporate Finance and business units on the prioritization of upgrades and feature enhancement requests
• Provide documentation and training as necessary for new features and functional upgrades.

Qualifications

• Overall 5+ years of IT experience with at least 2 years of experience supporting financial applications
• Hands on experience in configuration, customization and administration of financial applications
• Experience with Security, Audit, Risk Management and compliance expected (SOX, ISO)
• NetSuite experience a must
• Experience with a PSA solution such as Kantata, Certinia, OpenAir etc…
• Nice to have: experience with an expense management application like SAP Concur
• Nice to have: experience with commission management application like Xactly
• Should understand Agile delivery process and tools such as JIRA.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to clearly communicate ideas and results
• Highly organized with ability to document technical systems with consistency
• Team player with strong analytical skills and the ability to understand and resolve complex problems
• Flexibility – able to meet changing requirements and priorities

Certara bases all employment-related decision on merit, taking into consideration qualifications, skills, achievement, and performance. We treat all applicants and employees without regard to personal characteristics such as race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental condition, genetic information, military service, or other characteristic protected by law.

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