🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot! 

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, we’re building the future of online marketplaces—together.

From fashion, beauty, and electronics to rare collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.

And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce.

💻 Role 

We are looking for a hands-on, techno-functional Lead IT Financial Business Systems Analyst (BSA) that thrives in a multi-project, fast-paced and high impact environment. As our first finance systems expert and through close partnership with the finance organization, you will drive the strategy and execution of our financial tool-stack to enhance business processes, automate manual work, and reduce risk. 

As the Lead IT Financial Business Systems Analyst, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Partner closely and deeply understand technology needs of finance teams including, but not limited to, Accounting, Procurement, FP&A, Revenue, and Tax
• Perform the configuration and workflows within NetSuite and other key dependent systems, in collaboration with cross-functional system owners
• Facilitate cross-functional requirements sessions to gather, document, and analyze needs, in order to design and execute on effective and scalable solutions
• Consult and present IT solutions, while detailing pros/cons/tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences, in order to drive alignment and decision making 
• Deeply understand and advise on architecture & IT Finance best practices for all stages of our revenue flow, including upstream data sources that are relied on company-wide 
• Develop, design and maintain a holistic architectural strategy for our financial applications ecosystem in relation to Whatnot’s needs in the near and long-term 
• Deliver on all phases of the software development cycle for critical finance applications including, but not limited to, requirements, build, testing, change management, and deployment 
• Partner closely with IT and Finance leadership to develop technical strategy for key finance SaaS technology including NetSuite, Zip, Navan, Pigment, Floqast, Gappify, ADP and other market leaders, 
• Work cross-functionally with other critical tool owners, including enterprise applications (Workday, Salesforce) and payment service providers (Stripe, PayPal) 
• while working cross-functionally with other critical tool owners (Workday, Salesforce) 
• Assist in establishing and maintaining relevant vendor relationships; work closely with third parties to accomplish internal goals
• Work in a fast-paced, multi-project environment, ensuring maximum value-add and execution, while providing operational support as needed 

US Based:

Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our San Francisco, Los Angeles, or New York hubs.

👋 You 

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive goes a long way here.

We are looking for a technically savvy, intellectually curious, and highly motivated individual to drive and execute on our finance applications strategy! You will partner closely with all areas of our Finance organization, as well as stakeholders in People and Security, to maximize efficiencies and automations across financial processes. 

You should have extensive understanding of finance applications and workflows, excellent problem solving abilities, and a knack for working cross-functionally in a fast-paced, multi-project environment. Our ideal candidate will bring hands-on technical experience in many of the areas listed below, as well as the curiosity and adaptability to learn.   

In addition to 8+ years of experience as a finance systems professional, you should have: 

• Robust understanding of IT and financial business processes including, but not limited to, order to cash, procure to pay, record to report, financial planning & analysis, and software development lifecycle 
• Proven track record of configuring financial applications and automations, with a passion for bringing a consultative mindset based on your industry knowledge, business analysis, and best practices 
• A minimum of 5+ years of direct NetSuite experience; NetSuite certification preferred
• Strong relationship building and communication skills with all levels of the organization, from individual contributors to executives, and the ability to maintain relationships with external parties 
• Experience architecting and delivering on financial applications transformations, through the use of hands-on configuration, workflows, and out-of-box integrations, ideally in a high volume, marketplace environment 
• Experience building & scaling IT processes, while creatively incorporating automation and cutting edge technology to ensure they will sustain our high growth environment 
• The ability to think analytically and innovatively, maintaining attention to detail while keeping the big picture in focus
• Deep understanding of leading and emerging market trends in SaaS financial applications and architectures, including upstream and downstream impacts 
• Direct experience preferred with additional financial tools such as Zip, Pigment, Navan, and/or competitors in respective areas 
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills; demonstrated success and comfort to manage and prioritize multiple projects and priorities, while maneuvering ambiguity with ease 
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

💰Compensation

For Full-Time (Salary) US-based applicants: $180,000/year to $240,000/year + benefits + equity.

The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity.

🎁 Benefits 

• Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
• Work From Home Support
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
• Care benefits
  • Monthly allowance for wellness
  • Annual allowance towards Childcare
  • Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
• Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
• Parental Leave
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

💛 EOE 

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.