Finance Systems Manager

The role, in a nutshell

The Finance Systems Manager will own and optimize Chainguard’s financial technology ecosystem, driving the strategy, configuration, and continuous improvement of all finance tools. This role bridges Finance, IT, and business operations to ensure data integrity, automation, and scalable processes that support a fast-growing organization. Acting as both a systems expert and strategic partner, the Finance Systems Manager will streamline workflows, enhance reporting capabilities, and enable smarter, data-driven decision-making across the company.

What you’ll do

• Own Financial Systems: Manage the day-to-day administration and optimization of core finance tools including NetSuite, Ramp, Pigment. Handle user setup, permissions, configurations, workflows, forms, dashboards, and troubleshooting.
• Drive System Strategy: Own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Chainguard’s financial systems landscape, partnering with Finance leadership to identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve reporting, and ensure compliance with global accounting standards.
• Architect and Integrate Systems: Design and maintain system integrations between finance platforms and other internal business systems to ensure seamless data flow, accuracy, and compliance.
• Ensure Data Integrity: Safeguard the accuracy, consistency, and security of financial data across systems through robust governance, testing, and controls.
• Deliver Reporting and Insights: Develop and maintain custom reports, saved searches, dashboards, and BI tools that enable actionable financial insights and support data-driven decision-making.
• Support and Enable Users: Serve as the primary point of contact for finance and accounting teams. Resolve system issues, document processes, and deliver end-user training to ensure adoption and efficiency.
• Implement and Evolve Systems: Support configuration changes, release readiness, sandbox testing, and system updates. Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement, AI-driven solutions, to enhance scalability and efficiency.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with Finance, IT, Procurement, Operations, and Sales to align system workflows with business requirements and financial policies.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience administering and optimizing financial systems such as NetSuite (ERP), Ramp, Pigment, etc.
• Strong understanding of accounting and financial processes, including procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and record-to-report.
• Demonstrated ability to own system strategy and design, with a track record of implementing automations and integrations that drive operational excellence.
• Proficiency in building reports, saved searches, and dashboards that translate data into business insights.
• Hands-on experience with data management, including imports, cleansing, and deduplication.
• Familiarity with compliance, internal controls, and system governance.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to troubleshoot complex issues across systems.
• Collaborative and proactive communicator who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Bonus: Experience leveraging AI, automation, or advanced analytics to enhance financial operations.

About Us

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.

Founded by the industry’s leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default. 

Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.

We live and breathe our company values

We are customer obsessed – We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.

We have a bias for intentional action – We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) – We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.

We trust each other and assume good intentions – We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs. 
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!). 
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck. 
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset. 
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child’s first year.

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians” with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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