Financial Technology Consultant

Company Profile  

At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions.  Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry team. Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of continuing that success.  

Overview 

We're seeking an experienced Financial Technology Consultant to support a large-scale enterprise effort in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. This role will play an important role in managing new financial systems and technologies such as expense and travel management and their related efforts. The ideal candidate has a strong background in financial technology platforms, implementations, and management. Successful candidates will possess excellent executive presence, strong communication skills, and the ability to operate effectively across cross-functional business and technology teams. This is a 6 month+ consulting role working in a remote capacity in MST or CST time zone. This role does not support candidates who require visa sponsorship or visa transfer.

Responsibilities

• Manage the financial technology platforms, implementations, enhancements and related processes and workflow management.
• Lead the planning, implementation, and enterprise rollout of a new Travel & Expense (T&E) program.
• Coordinate the deployment and integration of Coupa Expense, Navan, and Wells Fargo corporate card solutions.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, IT, HR, Operations, vendors, and business stakeholders to drive successful program delivery.
• Oversee program governance, project planning, testing, organizational readiness, go-live activities, and post-launch stabilization.
• Identify process improvement opportunities to enhance operational efficiency, accuracy, and internal controls.
• Collaborate strategically with executive leaders on business operations, systems management and use and value added enhancements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business or Technology field is required.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in financial technology systems and platforms, financial implementations or and financial operations specifically with payment management and processing.
• Experience with Coupa Expense for enterprise expense management and reimbursement processes.
• Experience using Navan (formerly TripActions) for corporate travel booking and travel program administration.
• Experience supporting Wells Fargo corporate credit card programs, including card issuance, expense reconciliation, and program administration.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail skills needed.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced enterprise environment in a collaborative manner.
• Experience within technology, broadband, telecommunications, or other large-scale enterprise industry environments is preferred.

Compensation

Sand Cherry Associates is required by Colorado law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range considers a wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and delivery model. This is a consulting engagement with an expected annual salary of $120,000-$135,000 . Years of experience, level of education, geographic location, unique skills/qualifications for the specific role and potential certifications can be key factors in the final compensation for this role.

Our team is unique — we are passionate about what we do. At Sand Cherry, our Consultants know they are impacting and shaping our clients’ industries. We recognize our employees for their contributions. Our culture is one of the most friendly and communicative in the consulting industry. Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization. We offer the opportunity to be part of a digital workforce. Discover the experience that only comes with self-responsibility in the workplace. Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional work for our clients. Professional career growth is one of our main priorities, as we affirm that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients.