About Extreme Reach

Extreme Reach provides a Connectivity Suite for the ad industry, combining collaboration tools, digital asset management, a global distribution network and powerful analytics to provide smarter, more collaborative advertising workflows bringing the marketing and production processes together from idea to delivery for greater visibility, productivity, insight, and performance.

Brands, agencies, production, and post-production teams use Extreme Reach to create great content together, manage their assets and leverage its world-class network of over 79,000 media destinations in 141 countries, to share their message with the world.

Today over 100,000 businesses use Extreme Reach to reach billions of customers globally. We're a fast-moving team of passionate subject-matter experts located across 37 offices, speaking 45 languages, and on a mission to connect the world's media.

Role Summary

The Finance Technology Subject Matter Expert is a key technical expert supporting Finance processes through the configuration, testing, and enhancement of systems and automation solutions. The role bridges operational teams and technical stakeholders, translating defined business requirements into practical solutions while considering end-to-end process dependencies and supporting continuous improvement across Finance.

Key Responsibilities

Systems Support & Issue Resolution

• Provides technical subject-matter expertise across assigned Finance processes and platforms, with an understanding of key dependencies between Order-to-Cash, Source-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, and Financial Reporting.

• Supports the stability and effective operation of Finance systems and automation solutions through configuration, troubleshooting, issue analysis, and coordination with relevant technical teams.

• Investigates system and process issues, identifies root causes, and recommends practical technical solutions or workarounds.

• Provides hands-on guidance to Finance teams on the effective use of existing tools, system functionalities, and automated solutions.

Solution Design, Automation & Enhancement

• Translates defined business requirements into practical system configurations, automation solutions, reports, workflows, and other technical enhancements.

• Configures and enhances existing Finance tools and platforms within the agreed technical and governance framework.

• Develops or supports lightweight automation solutions using technologies such as Power Automate, RPA, Excel VBA, low-code tools, and similar applications.

• Applies generative AI tools effectively and responsibly, in line with applicable data security and governance requirements, to support solution development, data analysis, technical problem-solving, documentation, and testing activities.

• Assesses the technical feasibility of proposed enhancements and provides recommendations based on system capabilities, process dependencies, risks, and expected benefits.

• Identifies opportunities to simplify manual activities, improve data quality, reduce errors, and increase process efficiency through technology.

• Identifies and communicates potential upstream and downstream impacts of proposed changes and raises concerns where an enhancement may create additional complexity, risk, or manual effort elsewhere in Finance.

Testing, Deployment & Controls

• Prepares test scenarios, test cases, and supporting documentation for system configurations, enhancements, integrations, and automation solutions.

• Executes and coordinates functional testing, supports user acceptance testing, documents results, and follows up on identified defects.

• Supports system implementations, upgrades, migrations, integrations, and technical deployments in collaboration with Finance, IT, external vendors, and other stakeholders.

• Validates that implemented solutions meet defined business requirements and operate effectively within the wider end-to-end Finance process.

• Considers relevant accounting, compliance, access, data protection, and internal-control requirements when designing and testing technical solutions.

• Supports audit and control-related requests by providing relevant system documentation, test evidence, configuration details, and technical explanations.

Documentation, Collaboration & Adoption

• Collaborates with Finance teams, process owners, IT, external vendors, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, resolve technical issues, and support implementation activities.

• Acts as a technical point of contact for assigned Finance platforms, enhancements, automation initiatives, and implementation activities.

• Communicates technical concepts, system limitations, risks, and proposed solutions clearly to both business and technical audiences.

• Creates and maintains system documentation, configuration records, technical instructions, test evidence, knowledge articles, and user guidance.

• Develops and updates training materials for new or enhanced tools, system functionalities, and automation solutions.

• Supports training sessions, demonstrations, knowledge-transfer activities, post-implementation stabilization, and user adoption.

• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of relevant Finance technologies, automation capabilities, and AI-enabled solutions in a fast-evolving environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 5–8 years of relevant, demonstrated experience in at least one of the following finance streams: Order-to-Cash, Source-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, or Financial Reporting, preferably within an SSC/BSC environment.

• Understanding of adjacent finance processes and their key dependencies is expected; hands-on experience across multiple finance streams is considered an advantage.

• Experience in configuring, testing, and enhancing existing tools, as well as supporting the implementation of new systems and technologies.

• Hands-on experience with enterprise systems and finance platforms, such as SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, or BlackLine.

• Experience with automation, analytics, or low-code technologies, such as Power BI, Power Automate, RPA, Excel VBA, or similar tools.

• Confident user of generative AI tools, with the ability to apply them effectively and responsibly to support automation development, data analysis, testing, documentation, and technical problem-solving.

• Strong process improvement and automation mindset.

• Ability to translate defined business requirements into practical technical solutions.

• Ability to identify and communicate potential upstream and downstream impacts of tool enhancements and escalate concerns to the relevant process owners and project leads.

• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills, with a structured, detail-oriented, and execution-focused approach.

• Clear and effective communicator, with the ability to collaborate successfully with business stakeholders and technical teams in a global environment.

• Adaptable and proactive, with a demonstrated ability to learn new finance processes, systems, and technologies and respond effectively to changing priorities in a fast-evolving environment.

• Professional working proficiency in written and spoken English at B2 level or above.

Benefits

What we offer   

• Excellent benefits & flexibility: competitive salary, cafeteria package and annual bonus system  

• We promote a flexible hybrid working approach to help you find the best working balance   

• A global diverse community, where we learn from each other. At Extreme Reach, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.