Senior Manager – Technical Program Management
GEICO
Financial Systems Program Manager
NerdWallet
full-time
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Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $100,000 - $186,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
CloudERPOracle
About the role
- Lead the strategy, planning, and execution of NerdWallet’s financial systems roadmap, focusing on integration, scalability, and cross-functional alignment.
- Partner with Finance, IT, and other stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable system solutions while maintaining architectural flexibility.
- Oversee the delivery of programs and integrations; manage full project lifecycle from discovery to cutover.
- Ensure scalable, integrated solutions across Accounting, FP&A, Procurement, and Compliance.
- Drive continuous improvement of financial systems processes and user experience.
- Manage vendor relationships for third-party tools and consulting; ensure SLAs and outcomes align with NerdWallet’s goals.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, data governance, and security practices when designing system enhancements.
- Identify redundancies and friction; drive simplification; apply data analysis to identify high-volume touch points, streamline workflows, and optimize processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 8+ years of relevant work experience.
- 5+ years of experience in program or project management for financial systems.
- Required background includes work with:
- Enterprise Financial Systems (ERP) such as Oracle Cloud
- Financial operations or accounting functions
- Systems integration projects, ideally involving both Oracle and non-Oracle platforms
- Prior experience with system implementations
- Program Management Expertise – Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives from strategy to delivery, aligning work with organizational goals. Skilled at prioritizing, identifying dependencies, mitigating risks, and delivering outcomes that create measurable business impact.
- Financial Systems Fluency – Experience working with a range of financial applications (e.g., procurement, general ledger, FP&A tools) and connecting system capabilities to finance and accounting needs.
- Collaborative Communication – Able to build strong relationships across technical and non-technical teams. Confident in gathering requirements, presenting trade-offs, and facilitating decisions while valuing all perspectives.
- Leadership Without Boundaries – Experience guiding, coordinating, and empowering cross-functional or vendor teams toward shared goals, regardless of formal reporting lines.
- Adaptable Problem Solver – Thrives in evolving environments with shifting priorities. Brings a growth mindset and a track record of resolving complex challenges with scalable, practical solutions.
- Ownership Mindset – Takes responsibility for end-to-end delivery, fosters team accountability, and ensures commitments are met.
