IT NetSuite Functional Specialist

At Thinkproject, we're modernising Finance in the built-asset industry. As a NetSuite Functional Specialist, you will play a key role in designing, implementing and optimising our NetSuite Finance landscape so that our Finance teams can work efficiently, accurately and with confidence in the numbers.

Working closely with stakeholders across Finance and IT, you will translate business requirements into robust, scalable NetSuite solutions. You will shape finance processes end-to-end - from P2P and O2C through to R2R - ensuring they are standardised, well controlled and aligned with best practice.

This is a hands-on, functional role suited to someone who understands how Finance operates in a growing, international software business and who is comfortable challenging the status quo, simplifying complexity and helping users get the best out of NetSuite.

Main Responsibilities

Requirements & Solution Design:

• Work with Finance stakeholders (Financial Controller, Finance Manager, AP/AR teams, etc.) to gather, challenge and document detailed requirements.
• Design end-to-end NetSuite solutions across core Finance areas (GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, banking, tax, reporting).
• Map current (AS-IS) processes to future (TO-BE) processes in NetSuite, highlighting standard-vs-custom where appropriate.
• Define and maintain functional design documents, configuration workbooks and process maps.

Configuration & Build:

• Configure NetSuite Finance modules: COA, subsidiary structure, tax codes, posting rules, approval workflows, payment terms, bank formats, etc.
• Set up key finance artefacts such as accounting periods, closing templates, allocation rules and amortisation schedules.
• Configure custom fields, forms, saved searches and financial reports to meet business requirements while remaining as close to "standard NetSuite" as possible.

Testing & Quality Assurance:

• Define test scenarios and scripts for unit testing, system testing and UAT in Finance.
• Execute functional tests and support Finance users during UAT; capture, triage and validate defects.
• Ensure all finance processes (P2P, O2C, R2R) are fully tested end-to-end, including integrations where applicable (e.g. banking, payroll).

Innovation & Continuous Improvement:

• Provide guidance and support to development and technical teams.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in the IT industry and continuously seek opportunities to enhance the organisation's IT capabilities and drive innovation.

Risk:

• Identify and mitigate risks associated with IT solutions, including security vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and operational challenges. Develop strategies to address these risks and ensure the resilience of IT systems., * General Ledger configuration (chart of accounts, segments, subsidiaries, classification, posting rules).
• AP and AR set-up: vendors, customers, payment terms, dunning, credit limits.
• Bank accounts, bank feeds and reconciliations.

Fixed Assets & Revenue

• Fixed asset register, depreciation methods and schedules.
• Asset lifecycle processes (acquisition, transfer, impairment, disposal).
• Revenue recognition set-up and deferred revenue schedules.

Tax & Compliance

• VAT / sales tax configuration and reporting.
• Understanding of local statutory requirements and how they map into NetSuite.
• Experience supporting audits and providing system-based evidence (journals, approvals, audit trails).

Reporting & Controls

• Design and build of saved searches, financial reports and dashboards for Finance users and leadership.
• Set-up of approval workflows for key Finance transactions (POs, vendor bills, journals, payments).
• Role-based access and segregation of duties from a Finance perspective.

Tools & Methods

• Strong Excel skills for data migration, reconciliations and analysis.
• Familiarity with structured implementation methodologies (Phased, Agile/Iterative) and standard project artefacts.
• Clear, concise documentation skills (process flows, configuration notes, training materials).

• Minimum 4-6 years of hands-on NetSuite functional experience, primarily focused on Finance.
• Strong background working with Finance teams within a mid-sized or global organisation.

Experience with:

o P2P, O2C and R2R processes in NetSuite.

o Month-end and year-end close activities within NetSuite.

o Working with external partners and internal delivery teams.

• Comfortable operating as a bridge between Finance and technical/development teams (translating business requirements into functional specifications).
• Professional accounting exposure (e.g. working closely with qualified accountants; part-qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA desirable)., * Fluent in English (spoken and written).
• Strong interpersonal skills, stakeholder management, and business analysis skills.
• Occasional travel may be required to other Thinkproject offices or Finance hubs for workshops and training.
• Flexibility to support key Finance milestones (e.g. month-end close) which may fall outside standard hours.
• Ability to work effectively in a distributed, international team and to communicate clearly across time zones and cultures.
• Commitment to data protection, information security and working within agreed governance and change management processes.
• Willingness to continuously learn, keep NetSuite skills current and share knowledge with colleagues and business stakeholders.

By combining information management expertise and in-depth knowledge of the building, infrastructure, and energy industries, Thinkproject empowers customers to efficiently deliver, operate, regenerate, and dispose of their built assets across their entire lifecycle through a Connected Data Ecosystem.

thinkproject was founded in 2000 in Munich, Germany. Since then, the company has grown into the leading provider for cross-enterprise collaboration and information management in Europe.

Global customers from the construction and engineering industries are served from thinkproject’s home base in Munich and via a range of subsidiaries across Europe.

thinkproject addresses today’s digitization challenges in construction and engineering by providing state-of-the-art software solutions as well as industry expert consulting and services.