Senior Manager, Controllership Data Governance & Systems

Weights & Biases Weights & Biases · Data AI · Bellevue, WA +2 · Finance

This role focuses on the design, governance, and optimization of a company's global financial systems and reporting architecture, specifically within the ERP and accounting systems. It involves managing master data like chart of accounts, ensuring scalability, integrity, and compliance with global accounting policies and reporting requirements. The role also drives enterprise-wide ERP transformation initiatives, focusing on corporate accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance, translating accounting policies into robust ERP system designs.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the design, governance, and optimization of the organization’s global financial systems and reporting architecture.
  2. Own the structural foundation of the company’s financial data in the ERP and accounting systems—including chart of accounts (COA), departments/cost centers, legal entities, and related master data—ensuring scalability, integrity, and alignment with global accounting policies and reporting requirements.
  3. Drive enterprise-wide ERP transformation initiatives with a primary focus on corporate accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance.
  4. Translate accounting policy and reporting requirements into robust, compliant, and scalable ERP system designs that support statutory reporting, management reporting, consolidation, and period-end close processes.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
  • 12+ years in progressive experience in accounting and finance systems, or finance transformation roles
  • Prior experience managing a global COA and/or legal entity structure in a public, multinational organization
  • Experience with SOX, COSO framework, and compliance
  • Experience with multiple major ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, NetSuite) and data governance tools
  • Experience with system implementations, migrations, and re-architecture
  • Proven track record in managing complex cross-functional projects or transformation initiatives

Nice to have

  • CPA, CIA, or MBA

What the JD emphasized

  • global COA
  • legal entity structure
  • SOX
  • COSO framework
  • compliance