[Remote] Sr. Manager, Systems Architect - Financial Planning Tool Center of Excellence

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Systems Architect to join their Financial Planning Tool Center of Excellence. This role involves leading the design, development, and governance of enterprise financial planning and forecasting solutions, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance forecasting accuracy and process efficiency.


Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of enterprise financial planning and forecasting solutions across multiple platforms.
  • Partner closely with FP&A leadership and business stakeholders—from CFOs to end users—to translate strategic and operational needs into scalable, usable systems.
  • Ensure model accuracy, performance, and scalability through disciplined testing, validation, and ongoing optimization.
  • Provide architectural governance and best practices for all aspects of the financial planning ecosystem, helping to define and mature the Center of Excellence (CoE).
  • Act as a subject matter expert on financial data systems and their integration with planning and reporting tools.
  • Demonstrate a deep understanding of core finance processes—budgeting, forecasting, planning, and analysis—and how they translate into system design.
  • Mentor and provide technical and functional leadership to developers, analysts, and business partners, ensuring strong collaboration and adoption.
  • Develop and maintain clear documentation of system architecture, configurations, and model logic.
  • Drive continuous improvement across planning processes, data flows, and user experience through automation, simplification, and best-in-class design.
  • Lead and participate in training and enablement programs to ensure end users are confident and effective in leveraging planning systems.

Skills

  • 8+ years of experience in systems architecture and enterprise planning platforms, with a strong focus on financial planning and analysis (FP&A).
  • Proven experience designing, building, and implementing solutions in enterprise-level planning tools (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan, or comparable EPM systems).
  • Deep understanding of financial data models, integrations, and governance, ensuring accuracy, performance, and scalability across environments.
  • Demonstrated success partnering with FP&A and Finance leadership to architect and operationalize complex forecasting and planning models.
  • Strong business process knowledge in budgeting, forecasting, and performance management, and how they translate into system design.
  • Ability to lead and mature a Center of Excellence, defining standards, best practices, and architecture frameworks across planning systems.
  • Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills; able to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
  • A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with the ability to drive initiatives from concept through successful delivery.

Education Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

  • Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
  • Generous number of vacation days each year
  • We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
  • Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
  • Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Company Overview

  • Elastic builds software to make data usable in real time and at scale for search, logging, security, and analytics use cases. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.elastic.co.

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