Senior Financial Systems Engineer

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 (xPA).

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, FPA, 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 (xPA)

• 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 xPA 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