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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director, Head of Finance and ERP Technology - **Company:** Aurora Innovation, Inc. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $216,000.0 - $280,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Databases, System Configuration, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Middleware, Financial Software, Information Technology Audit, IT Management, Netsuite, Oracle (Applications), SAP (Applications), Information Technology Security Auditing, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Technical Data Management Systems, IT General Controls (ITGC), Backend, Information Technology, Data Management, Virtual Agents, Api Design, Multiplatform - **Published:** August 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/head-of-finance-and-scm-technology-san-francisco-ca--4e5df587-17c0-4796-91e0-70aa87deb44d ## About the Role * 14+ years of experience leading ERP platforms, financial applications, and solutions engineering, including 6+ years of experience in leadership and management track in high-growth technology or manufacturing environments. * Proven, hands-on configuration and architectural mastery of modern cloud ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, Oracle, SAP). You must understand the underlying database schemas, table relationships, and backend logic rather than just managing functional setups. * Deep technical familiarity with end-to-end enterprise workflows across corporate finance, revenue recognition standards, global procurement, and manufacturing resource planning. * Extensive experience operating in a public-company environment, with a strong mastery of SOX compliance, system auditing, and security controls. * Exceptional ability to map complex global data flows, design secure integrations, and unify disparate enterprise SaaS tools into a coherent operational backbone. Desirable Qualifications * Experience in designing, building, or deploying Agentic AI automation. * Advanced expertise in holistic financial systems blueprinting, with a proven track record of architecting multi-platform ecosystems from scratch., Accounting, Application Programming Interface (API), Architectural Services, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Banking Services, Blueprints, Business Analysis, Business Architecture, Business Processes, Cloud Computing, Construction Safety, Corporate Finance, Cross-Functional, Data Management, Data Quality, Database Technology, Design Flows, Diversity, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Ecosystems, Establish Priorities, Federal Laws and Regulations, Finance, Finance Software, Financial Strategy, Financial Systems, Global Financial Markets, Head of Finance, IT Governance, Information Technology/Systems Audit, International Operations, Leadership, LinkedIn, Logistics, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II), Master Data Management (MDM), Middleware, Military, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, NetSuite, Newsroom, Operations Security (OPSEC), Oracle, Order to Cash, Process Improvement, Procure to Pay/Purchase to Pay (P2P), Purchasing/Procurement, Regulatory Compliance, Revenue Recognition, SAP, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Security Auditing, Set Goals, Software Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS), Staff Policies, State Laws and Regulations, Supply Chain, Technical Leadership ## Description The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone. At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn. What we are looking for Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We're searching for a Director, Head of Finance and ERP Technology, that is be a builder-first technical leader responsible for transforming our global financial applications into a secure, scalable and AI-integrated backbone. Balancing long-term technical vision with deep, hands-on engineering execution, you will eliminate operational fragmentation across our core ERP and cross-functional business platforms to support and scale global operations at Aurora. You are a systems thinker who thrives on designing complex end-to-end financial data pipelines, establishing bulletproof compliance architectures, and deploying cutting-edge AI automation to make our back-office operations as sophisticated as our external products. In this role, you will * Lead ERP Platform & System Orchestration: Set the technical vision and lead the hands-on engineering of our core ERP platform. You will personally model, optimize, and scale business process architectures across a broad footprint including Finance & Accounting, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C), Record-to-Report (R2R), complex Revenue Recognition, and Manufacturing (MRP) environments. * Execute Hands-On Financial Architecture: Actively design and build the robust API-driven middleware layers, data workflows, and system crosswalks required to seamlessly integrate our ERP with banking, GTM platforms, and supply chain networks. * Deploy AI & Financial Automation: Define and execute our strategy for AI adoption across internal finance platforms. Identify opportunities to replace high-friction manual tasks with AI-powered workflows and build "internal agents" to automate business processes. * Enforce Compliance & Controls: Architect and embed rigid governance frameworks, IT General Controls (ITGCs), and segregation of duties (SoD) within our systems to ensure flawless auditability, regulatory compliance, and public-company/SOX readiness. * Drive Data Governance & Reporting: Establish the Master Data Management (MDM) strategy for financial data objects. Build the technical data infrastructure necessary to ensure absolute data integrity and surface high-fidelity, real-time analytics for the business partners. * Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Serve as the principal technical partner to the Finance, Sourcing, Operations, and Security leadership teams, translating complex technical risks, capabilities, and system roadmaps into strategic business outcomes. ## Related Videos - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1146-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) - [Delete the roles, deploy the skills](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2104-delete-the-roles-deploy-the-skills) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/162-highest-paying-tech-companies-in-europe)