Business Solutions Architect: Finance Systems
Axon9 months ago
Seattle, WA, United States
Hybrid
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)
Job Description
Position Overview
Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we're on a mission to Protect Life. We pursue society's most critical safety and justice issues with an ecosystem of cutting-edge devices and cloud software. Our fast-paced, challenging, and meaningful work environment empowers you to take ownership, drive real change, and continuously grow as you solve meaningful problems for a mission that matters.
Location: Seattle, WA (hybrid; onsite Tuesday through Friday with remote on Mondays).
Salary: $163,875 - $223,200 USD.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsibilities: Act as the product manager and delivery lead for Axon's Finance Systems, including consolidation, revenue, close management, and reporting platforms.
- Lead the Finance & Accounting Consolidation implementation end-to-end: scope definition, roadmap planning, delivery execution, stakeholder alignment, and value realization.
- Own the RevStream upgrade and future revenue system enhancements, ensuring alignment with revenue recognition standards and Finance strategy.
- Translate complex finance, accounting, and compliance requirements into clear product requirements, prioritized backlogs, and phased delivery plans.
- Drive cross-functional execution across Finance, IT, Engineering, Data, and external vendors.
- Oversee release planning, UAT strategy, cutover readiness, and post-implementation adoption.
- Ensure regulatory, statutory, and tax requirements are embedded into product scope and validated.
- Serve as the system/product owner for assigned Finance Systems, accountable for roadmap prioritization, tradeoffs, and platform health.
- Establish governance for finance system changes, data quality, financial hierarchies, and master data in partnership with Finance teams.
- Partner with solution architects and engineering leaders to review designs and manage dependencies.
- Define success metrics, track adoption, and communicate outcomes, risks, and tradeoffs to Finance and IT leadership.
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve controls, and scale finance operations through automation and workflow improvements.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Experience Required: 8+ years in finance systems, business systems product management, or enterprise delivery roles.
- Deep understanding of financial close, consolidation, revenue recognition, reconciliations, and statutory reporting.
- Proven experience managing complex finance system initiatives (e.g., consolidation platforms, revenue systems, close automation).
- Experience with finance platforms such as OneStream, Oracle EPM, Workiva, BlackLine, RevStream, or similar tools.
- Strong product management capabilities including roadmap ownership, backlog prioritization, stakeholder alignment, UAT leadership, and phased delivery.
- Technical fluency with ERPs and analytics platforms (e.g., D365 F&O, Snowflake, Power BI, Sigma) to effectively collaborate with engineering and data teams.
- Ability to operate autonomously on ambiguous, high-impact initiatives.
- Strong communication skills with executive presence, capable of presenting recommendations and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders.
- A collaborative, outcome-driven mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.
Benefits & Perks
- Benefits: Competitive salary and 401k with employer match.
- Discretionary paid time off.
- Paid parental leave for all employees.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
- Fitness Programs.
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support.
- Learning & Development programs.
- Snacks available in our offices.
Required Skills
ERP Systems
Revenue Recognition
Stakeholder Alignment
UAT Strategy
Executive Communication
Product Management
Financial Consolidation
Cross-functional Collaboration
Backlog Prioritization