Senior Financial Systems Engineer

Lantern is the specialty care platform connecting people with the best care when they need it most. By curating a Network of Excellence comprised of the nation’s top specialists for surgery, cancer care, infusions and more, Lantern delivers excellent care with significant cost savings to employers and their workforces. Lantern also pairs members with a dedicated care team, including Care Advocates and nurses, for the entirety of their care journey, helping them get back to good health, back to their families and back to work. With convenient access to specialists nationwide, Lantern means quality care is within driving distance for most. Lantern is trusted by the nation’s largest employers to deliver care to more than 6 million members across the country. Learn more about us at lanterncare.com.

We are seeking a Senior Finance Systems Engineer -- a forward-deployed technical specialist embedded within the Finance function and serving as the primary engineering partner to the Finance Transformation Manager and finance function. This role owns the how: building and maintaining integrations, deploying AI-powered automation, and ensuring Lantern's Finance technology stack is scalable, secure, and continuously improving. The ideal candidate operates autonomously across the full project lifecycle, brings hands-on AI experience, and thrives at the intersection of engineering rigor and Finance domain complexity. 

Location: Hybrid - at least 3 days/wk in our Dallas office

About You

• You use LOGIC in your decision making and understand that progress is critical to making change. You focus on the execution of your content while balancing a fast-paced environment and you take the time to celebrate both the small & big wins.
• INCLUSION is a core tenant of your personal beliefs. A diverse and inclusive environment is incredibly important to you. You understand and desire to be a part of a diverse team with different experiences and perspectives & you cherish the differences in each individual that you interact with.
• You have the GRIT, drive and ambition to tackle big problems. Big problems require big ideas and a team that supports new ideas.
• You care deeply for your customers and are driven to keep HUMANITY in all decisions. Your customers aren’t just the individuals using your product. They are the driving factor in your motivation to make a change.
• Integrity guides you in life. Focusing on the TRUTH vs. giving people the answers they want to hear.
• You thrive in a Team Environment. Collaboration is key in innovation and creating change.

These pillars of LIGHT are a reminder to our team that we are making a difference by providing guidance and support in navigating the often complex and confusing landscape of healthcare. We hope that through this LIGHT, individuals can find their way to the best care, resources, and support they need to get back to life.

If this sounds like you, we would love to connect to speak further about career opportunities at Lantern.

Your Mission
Reporting to BizOps/IT Leadership and serving the CFO Organization, you will:

• Act as an embedded technical owner for Finance systems, partnering directly with Finance stakeholders and the Solutions Analyst to translate business requirements into built, integrated, and maintained solutions, leading every stage from requirements intake and solution design through build, testing, and deployment with a high degree of autonomy.
• Build and maintain integrations across Finance's core systems: NetSuite (ERP), ADP (payroll), billing and AP tools, and Databricks (data warehouse), designed for scalability and long-term maintainability.
• Execute high-priority technical projects: SSRS-to-Databricks reporting migration, PO system implementation, and client portal development.
• Unlock underutilized NetSuite capabilities and lead all project phases -- from requirements through deployment -- with a high degree of autonomy.
• Direct the ACS (NetSuite support contractor team), managing 20 monthly allocated hours toward prioritized Finance initiatives; scope and manage additional flex contractors for project spikes.
• Build secure, HIPAA-compliant data delivery mechanisms that eliminate PHI exposure in Finance's manual workflows
• Maintain a prioritized engineering backlog so that work is always clearly scoped, justified, and ready for resourcing.
• Identify and build AI-assisted automation across Finance workflows -- AP/AR, invoice reconciliation, reporting, and anomaly detection -- reducing manual effort and improving data accuracy.
• Evaluate emerging AI tools for Finance applicability; provide structured build-vs.-buy recommendations to Finance and IT leadership.
• Expand support across the full CFO Organization over time (including FP&A and Finance Operations) as the technical roadmap grows beyond the initial Accounting focus.

What You Will Bring

• 5+ years of experience in a technical engineering or systems integration role, with demonstrated ability to operate autonomously across the full project lifecycle - from requirements gathering through deployment
• Hands-on expertise with NetSuite (ERP): configurations, workflows, and integration development; experience directing or managing NetSuite support teams (e.g., ACS) strongly preferred
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and integrations involving Databricks or comparable data warehouse platforms
• Proficiency integrating payroll and financial systems, including ADP or similar platforms, with downstream ERP and reporting tools
• Strong understanding of AP/AR, billing, and financial operations workflows sufficient to architect solutions that reflect how Finance actually operates.
• Experience managing contractor or vendor relationships, including scoping work, directing delivery, and maintaining accountability to timelines
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement secure data handling solutions in HIPAA-regulated environments
• Ability to maintain a prioritized technical backlog and communicate tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Practical, demonstrated AI and automation experience applied to finance or operations workflows -- shipped solutions, not theoretical familiarity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field strongly preferred
• Bonus: Experience with SSRS reporting migration, client portal development, or PO system implementation
• Bonus: Familiarity with GitHub, Jira, or similar development and project tracking tools

Benefits