Finance Systems Technical Lead

Finance Systems Technical Lead

Liftoff is a leading AI‑powered performance marketing platform for the mobile app economy. Our end‑to‑end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and retain high‑value users while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across programmatic and direct demand.

We’re seeking a Finance Systems Technical Lead to drive the design, delivery, and optimization of financial and business systems across the organization. This role blends technical expertise, financial systems knowledge, and leadership to ensure scalable, compliant, and automated processes that support our growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable solutions for Finance teams to automate data analysis, reporting, and core business processes.

• Lead the technical delivery of system implementations, upgrades, and enhancements, ensuring on‑time and high‑quality outcomes.

• Provides day‑to‑day administration and maintenance of critical business systems including but not limited to Net Suite, Pigment, Tipalti, Performio, Floqast, and etc.

• Works hands‑on in systems to triage and resolve production support issues and implement new releases and enhancement requests including workflow configuration, scripts, and new features.

• Provide technical design estimates, solution options, tradeoffs, and documentation to support project prioritization and pipeline planning.

• Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools to solve business problems and drive continuous improvement.

• Partner with Accounting, Finance, Tax, and other teams to support financial reporting, analytics, and compliance requirements.

• Understand business requirements to design scalable system solutions and documentation to drive enterprise growth.

• Ensure governance, compliance, and security standards across financial systems and integrations.

• Mentor team members and foster a culture of operational excellence and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Information Systems, or equivalent.

• 3 years of experience managing technical resources.

• 5 plus years of experience implementing and administering financial systems such as ERP (Net Suite, Oracle, SAP), EPM (Pigment, Oracle, Anaplan), , and HRIS (UKG, Workday).

• Deep functional knowledge of core finance processes (GL, AP, AR, FP&A, consolidations, revenue recognition, SOX controls).

• Demonstrated ability to partner with Accounting/FP&A teams to translate financial requirements into technical solutions and data products.

• Advanced SQL proficiency for data extraction, transformation, and performance tuning across large data sets.

• Working expertise with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Big Query, Redshift, Databricks) and dimensional / star‑schema modeling.

• Python (or equivalent) scripting for data engineering, automation, and API integrations.

• Proven experience designing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines using modern orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Prefect, dbt).

Location

This role is eligible for full‑time remote work in the Pacific Standard Time Zone (CA, NV, OR, WA). Some travel to the Redwood City Hub may be required.

Travel Expectations

We offer several opportunities for in‑person team gatherings, including project meetings, regional meetups, and company‑wide events. Employees are expected to attend at least once per quarter.

Compensation

Liftoff offers a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on the candidate's location and experience.

Base salary ranges for this role:

• SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County, Seattle: $120,000 - $140,000

• All other CA cities, Portland, All other WA cities, Denver, Austin, Boston: $110,000 - $129,000

• All other cities and towns in our approved states: $103,000 - $120,000

Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice

Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third‑party recruiting agencies. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors.

EEO Statement

Liftoff is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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