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 (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”