Be essential at Cars Commerce
At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, our reputation-based digital wholesale auction marketplace, Dealerclub, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.
No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challenge and Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.
But don't take our word for it. We are proud to be named one of Built In's 2026 Best Places to Work in Chicago and across the U.S. Ready to make your mark? Join a team that's driving real change in the automotive industry.
About the Role
We’re hiring a Sr. Manager, Enterprise Applications to own our finance and ERP platform and partner with Finance on all of the tools they rely on, while the platform’s future is still being decided. PeopleSoft Financials just completed an upgrade. The path to Oracle Fusion, including which modules move, in what phases, and with which vendors, is not set. You will help decide that plan and then own it.
You will also own the audit posture of our financial systems, lead a small core team and a managed service provider (MSP), and partner with Finance and HR leadership on direction. Near-term work includes replacing our tax platform and adding Canada multicurrency. You own the technical architecture, integrations, and controls across the portfolio, including HCM and Workday, and partner with Finance and HR leaders on business process and priorities.
What You’ll Do
Finance & ERP Platform Ownership
- Own the platform end to end, from requirements through go-live and production support, including quarter end and year end.
- Define the future state of PeopleSoft and lead the evaluation of a move to Oracle Fusion: which modules, what phases, which vendors, weighed against cost, risk, and the effect on Finance. Challenge the premise when the case is weak.
- Lead the tax platform replacement and Canada multicurrency, and deliver regulatory changes such as annual 1099 updates.
- Work as a peer to Finance leadership. Bring recommendations and options, and say no with reasons when needed.
- Partner with Finance on every tool the team uses, including expense management, reporting and analytics, tax, banking, and close tooling, and own the technical architecture, integrations, and controls behind them.
Controls & Audit
- Own SOX and IT general controls for the financial systems: change approval, production migration, quarterly access reviews, segregation of duties, and audit evidence.
- Work directly with internal and external auditors, and own remediation of any findings.
- Oversee security architecture, role-based access, and identity governance for core platforms. Partner with security and infrastructure on disaster recovery and continuity.
Team, Vendors & Delivery
- Lead a small core team and an MSP of roughly 6 to 8 resources covering DBA and PeopleSoft depth. Give product owners and application owners real ownership of their domains while staying accountable for results.
- Hold the MSP accountable with facts: SLAs, escalation, release quality, and knowledge transfer.
- Run a blended onshore and offshore model for well-scoped work. Keep business-facing and compliance-sensitive work onshore.
- Move the team from spreadsheet-based prioritization to sprint-based planning, with clear and shared criteria for competing requests from Accounting, Tax, and Finance leadership.
- Stay hands-on about 25% of the time, enough to review designs, troubleshoot incidents, and challenge the MSP technically.
- Manage license and vendor spend across the portfolio.
Integrations & Workday
- Own integration architecture across ERP, HCM, tax, banking, and adjacent systems. Keep integrations documented, monitored, and resilient.
- Own the technical architecture, integrations, and SOX controls for Workday and HCM, partnering with HR on functional configuration and roadmap.
- Own triage and escalation for anything that touches integrations, access, or technical configuration across Finance and HR platforms.
AI & Automation
- Help define where AI and automation fit across ERP and finance workflows, and keep human review where audit requires it.
- Use AI tooling in how the team works day to day, and look for manual work that Finance and HR can hand off.
What We’re Looking For
Required Experience
- 8+ years managing enterprise business applications, with direct technical ownership of an ERP or finance platform (PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, or similar).
- 3+ years managing people and vendors, including an MSP or offshore team, and staying accountable for results.
- Working knowledge of SOX and IT general controls, and experience handling an audit.
- Fluency in finance processes such as AP, GL, tax, expense, and close, and the tools that support them.
- Built an application roadmap before (ideally including a major platform transition), and owned both intake and delivery for enterprise systems.
- Experience partnering with business stakeholders in both directions: prioritizing their requests, and taking their ideas about platform direction seriously.
- Experience partnering with business platform owners on functional configuration while owning technical, integration, and control responsibilities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or similar, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Experience
- PeopleSoft Financials or Oracle Fusion, and working knowledge of Workday and related integrations.
- A tax engine replacement or multicurrency implementation.
- Sprint or agile delivery for enterprise systems, and practical use of AI or automation inside or around an ERP.
- Comfortable working in a matrixed org with reporting relationships that aren’t always tidy.
Who You Are
- An owner. You make decisions, stay accountable for outcomes, and can tell us specifically what you did.
- A peer to Finance. You bring a point of view instead of waiting for direction.
- Curious and hungry. You hold a multi-year view of the portfolio while knowing what’s happening this sprint.
- Collaborative. You’d rather work through a disagreement than around it, and ask “could this be automated” before “should we hire for it.”
In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position. In addition to base salary, some roles are eligible for our bonus and/or equity programs, depending on level and role. Regular full-time positions are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. If you are hired at Cars Commerce, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills and/or experience. If the salary range is close to what you're seeking, then we encourage you to apply and learn more about the total compensation package for this position.
Salary Range
$154,200.00-192,750.00
Our Comprehensive Benefits Package includes:
- Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
- New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
- Generous PTO
- Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day
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