Production Support Engineering Manager (Financial Systems)

Swoon Technology Resources LLC

$140K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-12 years in production/application support for critical financial systems.
  • Experience in banking operations and financial processes.
  • Hands-on support experience with Oracle Hyperion or Oracle EPM.
  • Proven leadership in managing and developing production support teams.
  • Expertise in incident, problem, and change management processes.
  • Experience with financial closing and regulatory reporting activities.
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills for technical and business discussions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of production support analysts.
  • Ensure stability and performance of financial applications like Hyperion and Prologue.
  • Coordinate tech teams during major incidents to restore services.
  • Direct incident and change management activities, including root-cause analysis.
  • Guarantee reliable application performance during critical closing periods.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and meet compliance requirements.
  • Enhance application support through monitoring, automation, and process improvements.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement with two days on-site and three days work from home.
  • Opportunity to lead a team in a pivotal financial systems role.
  • Engagement with high-level stakeholders across Finance and Technology.
  • Chance to improve operations and implement process enhancements.
Full Job Description
Location: Chicago,Illinois
Expected Start Date: Aug 6, 2026
Salary: $140,000 - $160,000

What your day-to-day will look like
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of production support analysts responsible for critical financial applications.
  • Oversee the daily stability, availability, performance, and support of Hyperion, Prologue, Sage, and related finance systems.
  • Manage major incidents by coordinating technical teams, prioritizing recovery efforts, minimizing downtime, and communicating updates to business leaders.
  • Direct incident, problem, and change management activities, including root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and prevention of recurring issues.
  • Ensure financial applications perform reliably during critical month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close and reporting periods.
  • Partner with Finance, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Audit, and external vendors to resolve issues and meet governance and regulatory requirements.
  • Improve application support through proactive monitoring, automation, operational metrics, documented procedures, and continuous process improvements.

What's Required / Technical Skills
  • 8-12 years of experience in production or application support, including responsibility for business-critical financial systems.
  • Previous experience working within a bank, with knowledge of banking operations, financial processes, regulatory requirements, and risk controls.
  • Hands-on experience supporting Oracle Hyperion or Oracle EPM in a production environment; experience with Prologue, Sage, or similar finance platforms is preferred.
  • Proven people-leadership experience, including managing production support professionals, assigning work, setting priorities, and developing team members.
  • Strong knowledge of incident, problem, change, and major incident management, including root-cause analysis and corrective-action tracking.
  • Experience supporting financial close, accounting, reporting, or regulatory processes, including month-end, quarter-end, and year-end activities.
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues, business impact, risk, and resolution status to Finance, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Audit, and senior leadership.


What else you should know?
Job Title: Financial Systems Production Support Manager
Full-Time Direct Hire role
Location - Chicago, IL 60606
Hybrid Role- 2-days a week on-site and 3 days work from home
Hourly Rate - $140,000 - $160,000 plus bonus plan
Work Authorization -US Citizen or Permanent Resident Only - C2C, C2H, and Visa sponsorship are not available at this time.

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