Financial Systems Architect - OneStream

• *Job Title**

Financial Systems Architect \- OneStream **Job Description Summary**

• *Job Description**

The **Financial Systems Architect** is a key member of the **Technology and Data Solutions (TDS)** team, responsible for supporting and enhancing Cushman \& Wakefield's OneStream SaaS platform. This role focuses on ensuring security, governance, stability, and continuous improvement of enterprise financial processes, including financial consolidation, close, reporting, forecasting, planning, and analysis (xP\&A).

Working closely with Product Managers, Finance leaders, business stakeholders, and cross\-functional technology teams, the Senior Financial Systems Engineer designs, develops, and implements scalable solutions that improve automation, data quality, reporting capabilities, and financial decision\-making. Serving as both a technical expert and strategic business partner, this individual translates business requirements into sustainable OneStream solutions through application configuration, business rules, integrations, and platform enhancements.

• *Responsibilities**

• *Cross\-Functional Collaboration**

• Partner with Finance, Accounting, FP\&A, Master Data Management, and IT stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement and automation.
• Drive the delivery of scalable solutions that align with strategic business objectives and enterprise finance transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and business users to define requirements, prioritize enhancements, and support roadmap execution.

• *Application Configuration \& Governance**

• Configure and maintain OneStream metadata, business rules, workflows, dashboards, reporting objects, and application settings.
• Ensure adherence to governance standards, development best practices, and change management processes.
• Support platform upgrades, releases, and ongoing optimization initiatives.

• *Financial Close \& Reporting Support**

• Provide system support during monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close cycles.
• Participate in consolidation processes, workflow execution, reporting deliverables, and issue resolution to ensure timely and accurate financial results.
• Partner with Finance teams to identify and resolve data, process, and report discrepancies.

• *Platform Ownership \& Administration**

• Administer and maintain OneStream environments, including Development, Test/Pre\-Production, and Production.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and operational health while proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate deployments and migration activities across environments.

• *Security, Controls \& Compliance**

• Support management of application security, role\-based access controls, segregation of duties, and user provisioning processes.
• Perform periodic access reviews and support internal and external audit activities.
• Ensure compliance with corporate governance policies, regulatory requirements, and security standards.

• *Technical Leadership \& Problem Resolution**

• Serve as the point of technical escalation for complex application, data, consolidation, and integration issues.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions to prevent recurring problems.
• Document system solutions, support procedures, and technical standards.

• *Planning, Forecasting \& Analytics (xP\&A)**

• Support and enhance budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, planning, and analytical capabilities within OneStream.
• Develop solutions that improve planning accuracy, reporting efficiency, and management insights.
• Partner with business stakeholders to expand adoption of xP\&A capabilities across the organization.

INCO: “Cushman \& Wakefield”