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Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the enterprise agentic marketing platform. Built on the world's most comprehensive structured data platform for local businesses, Yext gives brands and their partners the visibility intelligence to win every moment of discovery – across AI and traditional search. Yext's API-first architecture connects structured data to APIs, MCP servers, and generative interfaces, so partners and developers can build purpose-built experiences on the same infrastructure powering Yext's own products. Thousands of brands and digital marketing partners in financial services, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and food rely on Yext to manage, measure, and optimize visibility at scale. For more information, visit yext.com.
Yext is seeking a strategic and technical Director, Financial Systems and Integrations to lead the evolution of our global financial architecture. This role is responsible for the health, scalability, and seamless connectivity of our core ERP and ancillary financial applications. As a seasoned leader with a deep background in NetSuite and iPaaS solutions, you will oversee the strategy and execution of systems supporting General Ledger, AP, Procurement, and Treasury. You are not only a people manager but a technical visionary who can partner across the organization to ensure that our financial data flows accurately and efficiently across the entire enterprise ecosystem.
What You'll Do- Financial Systems Strategy: Own the long-term roadmap for our global ERP and financial tech stack, ensuring systems are optimized to support Yext’s growth, international expansion, and complex compliance requirements.
- Lead Enterprise Implementations: Direct large-scale implementation and optimization projects for core financial modules, including GL, AP, Procurement, Asset Management, and Cash Management/Treasury.
- Integration Excellence: Act as the primary architect for our financial integration strategy, utilizing iPaaS (specifically Tray.ai) to connect disparate systems and automate cross-functional data flows.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, and IT to gather requirements and design technical solutions that solve complex business challenges and support other teams' integration needs.
- People Leadership: Manage and mentor a high-performing team of systems analysts and integration engineers, fostering a culture of technical rigor, accountability, and continuous professional growth.
- Vendor & Ecosystem Management: Oversee the administration and optimization of our broader finance stack, including Coupa, Floqast, and Kyriba, ensuring high availability and peak performance.
- Governance & Security: Collaborate with Internal Audit and Security teams to maintain robust SOX-compliant controls, manage system permissions, and ensure data integrity across all financial platforms.
- Operational Transformation: Continuously evaluate manual processes for automation opportunities, transforming how the Finance organization interacts with technology to drive efficiency and speed-to-close.
- 12+ years of experience in financial systems leadership, with a proven track record of managing high-growth teams in a public SaaS environment.
- ERP Mastery: Deep expertise in Oracle ecosystems, with a strong preference for NetSuite administration and implementation.
- Integration Expert: Significant hands-on experience with iPaaS software (Tray.ai preferred); you must be able to design and oversee complex system-to-system integrations.
- Technical Depth: Extensive experience implementing and managing specialized tools such as Coupa (Procurement), Floqast/Blackline (Close), and Kyriba (Treasury).
- Full-Cycle Implementation Lead: Proven success leading at least two global ERP implementations or major upgrades from inception through post-go-live support.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Exceptional ability to work across stakeholders (IT, HR, Sales Ops) to understand their data needs and deliver integrated solutions that serve the whole business.
- Process Visionary: A deep understanding of financial workflows, including Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, and Treasury operations.
- Communication: Ability to distill complex technical architecture into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership.
- Leadership experience with a proven ability to partner cross-functionally and on an international, cross-cultural basis.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field.
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Pay ranges at Yext are established based on an analysis of salaries for positions with a similar level of accountability and impact in the relevant labor market. Salary levels are expected to change to reflect an employee’s job performance (results and impact) over time. Salaries at the time of hire are typically offered in the lower to middle of the above-referenced range in order to provide the opportunity to reflect performance-based increases over time. In addition to base salaries, employees at Yext are typically eligible for a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental and vision benefits; life insurance; short term and long-term disability; 401(k) retirement plan; and vacation and sick leave. Successful candidates may also be eligible for variable pay programs based on performance relative to goals and targets.
Yext is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a results-driven, engaging culture where every employee has the opportunity to contribute to the success of the Company, perform at the highest possible level, and grow their skills and capabilities. Yext welcomes employees and applicants of all backgrounds and demographics, and does not engage in discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic recognized under applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. The Company believes a broad variety of life experiences across the Yext team is critical to its mission to help every business in the world be visible everywhere customers search. By seeking out fresh perspectives and fostering a positive interview experience and employee experience, Yext can remain at the forefront of innovation, and better serve its customers.
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