Positions we recruit: Finance Systems and Transformation

Use Directors for long-term roadmaps and team leadership. Managers handle daily system stability and vendor relationships. Analysts focus on configuration, troubleshooting, and end-user support.

Choose NetSuite, Sage, or SAP specialists based on your current platform. Do not expect one analyst to manage every module across different ERP ecosystems simultaneously. Keep roles aligned with specific functional gaps.

Define the specific outcome before hiring. A scope conversation starts by identifying the exact technical pain point in your finance stack. Do not ask for a generic analyst. Ask if the role involves net new implementation or maintenance of an existing instance. Maintenance requires deep knowledge of existing configuration, specifically how data flows from sub-ledgers to the general ledger. Implementation requires project planning, requirements gathering, and strict adherence to timelines. Ask candidates to describe the most complex technical issue they resolved in your specific platform. Look for concrete details about logic, syntax, or table relationships. If they talk about soft skills or high level strategy without explaining the technical architecture, move on. Ask for a sample of their documentation. This could be a change log, an architectural diagram, or a data mapping sheet. If they cannot produce a document they personally created, they lack the rigor to manage your system health. Determine if the business requires a transformation specialist or a steady state administrator. A transformation specialist rearranges your chart of accounts or redesigns workflows to fix bad process. A steady state administrator keeps the lights on, manages user permissions, and handles routine ticket volume. Hiring the wrong type leads to burnout. If you have clean processes, a specialist will be bored and leave. If your processes are broken, an administrator will be overwhelmed by the complexity. Confirm the candidate understands how accounting requirements dictate system configuration. A technical expert who ignores the accounting logic will cause broken reporting. Always vet for recent hands-on experience in the specific software version currently active in your environment.

Certifications like NetSuite Administrator indicate a baseline of product knowledge. They do not prove successful implementation experience. Registration with accounting bodies shows fundamental financial awareness but not system expertise.

Always confirm the current status of any certification directly with the issuer. Licenses relate to public accounting and rarely apply to internal system roles. Focus on work samples over status-based credentials.