The Position

Do you dream about creating a more sustainable future? At Uplight, we are motivating energy users and providers to accelerate the clean energy ecosystem. Working with over 90 of the world’s leading electric and gas utilities, Uplight provides an end-to-end customer energy experience. Uplight delivers personalized experiences that customers have now come to expect–improving satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing the cost to serve, and contributing to carbon reduction goals. We are B Corp certified, enabling us to put our values into action by not only making decisions for the benefit of our shareholders, but also for our customers, environment, employees, and community.

The Information Systems team at Uplight is looking to hire a M&A Integration Specialist. We are looking for someone with a get-it-done attitude who is comfortable working largely autonomously, with many competing and changing priorities. This position is a best fit for someone with a passion for understanding business processes, data structures, system integrations, workflows, and controls. This position, and the Information Systems team as a whole, serves as a liaison between many groups, such as Finance, Contracts, People, AR, PP, Operations, and Product. Our perfect candidate has experience in business transactions, NetSuite and/or other ERP platforms, system mapping, process documentation, and has a basic understanding of GAAP/SOX. We are looking for someone who has experience in adding companies, currencies, and localization packages in NetSuite and experience building toward SOX compliance. This role will have a high level of exposure across the business and be required to work closely with many different groups and functions. Candidates need a proven track record of distilling down complex problems and data into actionable insights. This position will be focused on integration of acquirees during M&A growth periods, but will extend into a support and improvement role in steady state.

What you get to do:

Collaborate closely with cross-functional Uplight team and Target company leadership to develop and drive pre and post close integration plans
Help drive the end-to-end M&A integration process, including supporting the due diligence process, developing and executing on integration plans
Support transaction teams throughout the due diligence, integration, implementation phases of acquisitions and work closely with key members of Bold Business and client-facing corporate development teams
Drive efficiency and system effectiveness by streamlining, standardizing, and automating processes
Create your own opportunities by identifying for systemic or process improvements
Develop operational process flows and integrations through a complex system web
Uncover areas within the business to drive performance improvements to unlock productivity and accelerate execution
Engage with technical process experts to help identify solutions to business pain points
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams
Ownership of system and process documentation
Skills and experience are necessary, but we hire on value alignment first, so if you feel you would be a good fit with us, still consider applying.

What you bring to Uplight:

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, accounting, or finance
3-5 years in a technical or business analyst role working with NetSuite or a similar ERP
Ability to understand a complex system schema and corresponding process flows
Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills with a keen attention to detail
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong team player, ability to lead peers in accomplishment of common goals
Enjoyment of balancing numerous different priorities and demands across a wide breadth of topics
NetSuite, combination of implementation, administration, and operation
Multi-currency, translations, and consolidations
JavaScript/SuiteScript is a big plus
Self-starting, ability to work with minimal direct supervision; takes ownership
SOX compliance understanding

What makes working at Uplight amazing:

In addition to all the standard medical and dental benefits, that kick in Day 1, we are:

Proud to be over 500+ purpose-driven individuals helping to create a more sustainable planet.
Committed to the environment, our employees, and our communities.
Focused on career growth by following defined career ladders.
Committed to taking our work and mission seriously and….we love to laugh!
We also provide:

401k Match
Medical, vision, and dental insurance
Monthly wellness stipend
Peer to peer recognition program
Management by objectives bonus plan
Innovative flexible time off policy
Exceptionally collaborative and cool office spaces (once we reopen them)

Salary Range: $85,000 to $97,500 USD