SoFi
Finance System Architect Manager
United States
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
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About the role
- This role sits within the Finance Transformation, BI & Systems team under the Controllership and serves as a key liaison between Finance, IT, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- The ideal candidate combines hands-on finance systems expertise with strong project leadership and the ability to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design and help maintain the finance technology architecture and system ecosystem roadmap, ensuring alignment with business strategy and near-term operational needs
- Partner closely with the Workday team to coordinate system enhancements, integrations, and ensure Workday aligns with broader finance technology strategy
- Architect and document integrations and data flows between Workday and adjacent finance systems including reconciliation platforms, expense and procurement tools, BI platforms, and analytics solutions
- Lead or support subledger identification, reconciliation design, and GL mapping initiatives, ensuring accurate and auditable transaction flow from source systems through to the general ledger
- Evaluate and recommend financial technologies and tools to address gaps and drive innovation across the finance function
- Lead process automation initiatives leveraging RPA, AI, and workflow tools to streamline finance operations
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, Technology, and enterprise architecture teams to gather requirements, evaluate solutions, and maintain alignment with business goals and internal controls
- Support month-end and quarter-end close processes through cross-system coordination and troubleshooting
- Lead and deliver finance transformation initiatives with a focus on close cycle reduction, process automation, and scalable system design
- Support the Finance AI Operating Model by contributing to discovery, build, and deployment of AI and automation use cases within the Finance function
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in finance systems, finance technology, or finance transformation roles, preferably in high-growth or technology-driven environments
- Experience architecting or supporting system integrations, APIs, and middleware platforms in a finance context
- Familiarity with process automation tools (RPA, workflow automation) and AI/ML applications in finance
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority and translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience supporting financial close processes and a working understanding of close automation opportunities
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field
- CPA, MBA, or equivalent certification a plus
- Strong working knowledge of Workday Financials including chart of accounts structure, GL configuration, and integration capabilities a plus
- Hands-on experience with reconciliation platforms such as Cadency/Trintech
- familiarity with subledger reconciliation and GL mapping workflows a plus
- Experience in financial services, fintech, or a publicly traded company environment is a plus
Compensation
- The base pay range for this role is listed below.
- Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate's experience, skills, and location.
Benefits
- To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi page!
Company info
- Shape a brighter financial future with us.
- Together with our members, we're changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
- We're a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals.
- The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we're at the forefront.
- We're proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people's lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way.
- Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.
- SoFi is seeking a Finance Technology Manager to lead high-impact initiatives that modernize finance processes, strengthen our systems architecture, and enable AI and automation capabilities across the Finance organization.
- The Finance Technology Manager owns the intersection of finance process transformation and systems architecture.
- You will design and optimize finance technology solutions, lead cross-functional implementation workstreams, and help shape the long-term evolution of SoFi's finance system ecosystem.
- From close cycle acceleration and reconciliation automation to system integrations and AI tool adoption, you will manage complex initiatives end-to-end with a focus on measurable, scalable outcomes.
- Identify system redundancies and optimization opportunities across the finance technology stack
- Coordinate M&A integration workstreams impacting Finance systems, data, and processes as needed
- What you'll need:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field; CPA, MBA, or equivalent certification a plus
- Hands-on experience with reconciliation platforms such as Cadency/Trintech; familiarity with subledger reconciliation and GL mapping workflows a plus
This listing is sourced directly from SoFi's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.