Lead Financial Systems Analyst

Company Description

Appcast is the global leader in programmatic recruitment advertising technology and services. With advanced technology, unmatched market data and a team of the industry’s best recruitment marketers, Appcast’s technology and services manage job advertising annually for enterprise clients across industries. Headquartered in Lebanon, N.H. with offices in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Appcast is part of the Stepstone group, a leading digital recruitment platform that connects companies with the right talent and helps people find the right job.

The Lead Financial Systems Analyst will serve as the product owner and hands‑on technical lead for Appcast’s financial systems ecosystem, centered on Certinia (Financial Force) and its connected platforms including Salesforce and related financial integrations. This role owns the architecture, configuration, and ongoing operations of the financial ERP environment, ensuring accuracy, automation, and scalability across all finance processes.

Working across Finance, Sales, Operations, and IT, this position will bridge business needs and system capabilities, driving operational efficiency through process improvement, system governance, and product roadmap ownership. The role combines strategic product management and direct technical execution, ensuring Appcast’s financial infrastructure remains stable, compliant, and optimized for growth.

• Serve as the Product Owner for Appcast’s Certinia platform, defining roadmap priorities and leading platform enhancements in collaboration with Finance, IT, and Operations.
• Own the end‑to‑end architecture, configuration, and performance of Certinia and its integrated Salesforce environment.
• Partner with Finance leadership to design, implement, and optimize systems supporting billing, revenue recognition, accounting, and financial reporting.
• Evaluate and plan platform upgrades, releases, and service packs, ensuring minimal business disruption and strong adoption.
• Manage relationships with Certinia, Salesforce, and consulting partners, ensuring platform best practices are followed.

• Perform hands‑on configuration and administration of Certinia and Salesforce, including automations, workflows, roles, profiles, and permissions.
• Maintain data integrity and financial accuracy, including validation, data updates, and merges across connected systems.
• Design, manage, and optimize integrations between Certinia, Salesforce, and third‑party platforms (e.g., Conga, Avalara, Stripe, Asperato) to ensure seamless data flow and process alignment.
• Oversee system security, compliance, and access controls, managing provisioning, auditing, and permissions for financial users and sensitive data.
• Develop and maintain custom financial reports and dashboards, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and actionable insights for Finance and leadership.
• Implement and manage change management, release processes, and testing protocols, ensuring quality control and traceability across environments.
• Proactively monitor system performance, resolving data or operational issues before they impact business processes.
• Provide first‑level support for Certinia and Salesforce end‑users, resolving incidents, troubleshooting issues, and assisting with system requests.

• Partner with Finance leadership to support month‑end and year‑end close activities, ensuring accurate and timely system‑driven processing.
• Manage accounts receivable and accounts payable close within Certinia, ensuring proper posting, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Execute revenue recognition processes, including ensuring all PSA timecards are submitted, approved, and accurately reflected for proper revenue recognition.
• Complete manual billing data uploads, portal spend approvals, adjustments, background cash matching, posting, and batch emailing as part of the close cycle.
• Process and review credit requests, ensuring accuracy, approval compliance, and clear documentation of financial impact.
• Validate and process daily order entries from the Deal Desk and Purchasing teams,…