Distinguished Engineer (FinTech) (Hybrid -Palo Alto, CA OR Dallas, Texas

GEICO • Palo Alto, CA

1d • $150,000 - $300,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Become a driving force in GEICO's technological transformation! We seek a Distinguished Engineer to spearhead the design, development and implementation of Finance Transformation solutions. You will play a pivotal role in building a robust, automated and scalable Finance solutions that makes the process of accounting, substantiation, forecasting, reporting, pricing, reserving, compliance, and treasury operations streamlined. This job might be for you if: You are passionate about understanding finance stakeholder needs and business opportunity and can build solutions to connect the two. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy tackling complex technological challenges. You are excited by the opportunity to build and shape the future of GEICO's Finance technologies. You are a bridge builder – effectively partnering not just with internal stakeholders but also with external partners to deliver value for our internal finance stakeholders. You get things done – relentlessly driving for alignment and pushing for progress even in the face of ambiguity. You are eager to mentor and guide other engineers, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.

Requirements

• Deep functional understanding of one or more finance processes: Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Reconciliation, FP&A, and Governance and compliance.
• Strong experience in one of the ERP finance platforms such Workday Financials, Oracle, SAP, etc
• Ability to translate finance requirements into scalable technology solutions using modern technology stacks such as Data Lake and Cloud Computing
• Operational Excellence: Solid understanding of SRE concepts such as SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and experience with tools for monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• 12+ years of professional experience in product/platform engineering designing and building Finance critical applications.
• 5+ years of experience leading and mentoring technical teams.
• Proven track record of successful partnership with product and business orgs to prioritize and deliver business value.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with Agile execution framework
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience implementing Workday Financials is a plus

Responsibilities

• Architect, design and implement Finance platforms and solutions which can support the needs of different finance and corporate initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with business and product partners in understanding business needs and designing solutions that address their priorities.
• Drive decision-making for buy vs build evaluation based on functional fit, technical feasibility, cost-benefit
• Evangelize and lead the Fintech solutioning in areas such as: Automated reporting and analytics, Treasury operations, Reserving, Revenue forecasting, Pricing, Regulatory compliance automation, substantiation, etc
• Abstract cross cutting concerns into common platform components that can be used for multiple current and future use cases.
• Lead team prioritization and sequencing of milestones to deliver incremental business value.
• Develop and champion best practices, including modular design, version control, automated testing, and security considerations, fostering a culture of quality and efficiency.
• Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to implement monitoring, alerting, and automation for platform reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency, contributing to a highly available and performant platform.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees