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BS&A Software

Salesforce Administrator - Certinia

BS&A Software, Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48900

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Senior Salesforce Administrator (Certinia) The Senior Salesforce Certinia Administrator is responsible for the configuration, administration, and optimization of Certinia (previously known as FinancialForce) applications within the Salesforce ecosystem, focused on PSA, Accounting, and Revenue Management. The role is configuration-first (Flows and standard features), with smart escalation to development only when needed for performance, scale, or vendor gaps. You’ll partner with Finance, IT, Customer Success, and Business Operations to keep systems secure, reliable, and aligned with company objectives.

Position Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information System, or related field

Salesforce Platform Administrator II and/or Platform App Builder a plus

Certinia PSA and related Certinia certifications required

Other combinations of education and experience may be considered in substitution for the minimum qualifications

Experience: 8+ years Salesforce experience, including 4+ years hands-on Certinia with deep PSA expertise ideally including Resourcing, Assignments, Task Management, Time Entry and Budgeting

Proven delivery using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Triggers, Batch/Async, Visualforce; strong Salesforce Flows

Experience integrating Certinia/Salesforce with adjacent systems (APIs, middleware/iPaaS); SOQL/SOSL proficiency

Demonstrated strength in Salesforce Flows, security model, data stewardship, and environment/release execution

Experience coordinating integrations and collaborating with developers/partners; comfort with SOQL for verification and troubleshooting

Ideally has experience launching a Customer Community for PSA

Essential Job Tasks

(This is not an all-inclusive list of all job duties that may be required; employees will be required to perform other related duties as assigned.)

Configure, customize, and maintain Certinia PSA, Revenue Management, and ERP (FinancialForce ERP) to meet evolving business needs

Set up and manage users, roles, profiles, permission sets/PSGs, hierarchies, sharing rules, SSO; ensure least-privilege access and data integrity

Design, test, and implement Salesforce Flows (record-triggered, scheduled, sub flows, invocables), approvals, and business rules to streamline operations

Build and maintain dashboards and reports for leadership and end users; provide insights into business performance and operational metrics; support BI handoffs (Snowflake/Tableau/Power BI)

Triage feature requests and incidents; troubleshoot Certinia and integrated Salesforce systems; communicate status and resolutions clearly

Maintain dev/test/prod orgs; manage sandbox refresh cadence and test data; coordinate UAT, release windows, cutover/rollback, and release notes (DevOps Center/Change Sets)

Validate field mappings and connected apps (e.g., HubSpot, Certinia modules, Snowflake, Tableau); monitor jobs/logs; partner with developers/iPaaS teams when changes are required

Partner with Business Operational leaders to create SOPs/runbooks/user guides; support or deliver targeted training and change communications to drive adoption

Work cross-functionally with Finance, IT, Customer Success, and other admins; act as a BS&A Certinia subject matter expert.

Recommend configuration/Flows by default; document criteria to involve development (e.g., performance limits, complex orchestration, or confirmed vendor gaps)

Ability to evaluate business requirements and provide for:

Overall recommendation on whether any such requirements “should” be managed with Certinia or not

If “yes”, what is the proper way to design and build the requirement taking advantage first of out of the box objects & features and second if customization is required, how to best leverage native workflow tools like Salesforce Flows, and third, if necessary, how to customize with Apex.

Skills and Competencies

Strong systems thinking; crisp stakeholder communication; bias to document and automate

Expert Salesforce Flow patterns; advanced Apex/LWC engineering; strong grasp of limits, performance, and security

Confident configuring objects/fields/page layouts/record types across Sales, Service, and Experience Cloud

Deep command of profiles, permission sets/PSGs, roles, sharing rules, FLS, and SSO; enforces least-privilege and finance SoD

Validations, dedupe, imports/exports; builds stakeholder-ready reports/dashboards and supports BI handoffs

Planning sandbox strategy and refresh cadence; promotes configuration via DevOps Center/Change Sets; coordinates UAT, cutover/rollback, and release notes

Validating mappings and connected apps; monitors jobs/logs with clear escalation; partners effectively with developers/iPaaS teams

Triage incidents/requests to SLA; authors SOPs/runbooks/user guides; delivers targeted training; communicates trade-offs clearly

Practical integration skills (APIs, middleware), structured troubleshooting, and test-first mindset

Key Certinia PSA & Rev Mgmt. & ERP Skills:

Set up and maintain resource scheduling, timecards, project templates, milestone triggers, and forecasting modules tailored for global and multi-entity business requirements

Automate revenue recognition processes, apply recognition templates to source records, and manage multi-currency and multi-region accounting policy alignment

Create, optimize, and manage dashboards, reports, and analytics for finance, PMO, and leadership stakeholders; ensure data quality and compliance with internal audits and global governance policies

Proficiency with Certinia ERP/Accounting modules: General Ledger, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Financial Reporting, and integration of financial data

Other Requirements

Prior to hiring, BS&A requires that all candidates pass a background review

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Certinia modules PSA, Accounting, Revenue Management, including projects/resources, time & expense, approvals, billing, revenue recognition, and Services Estimating

Salesforce platform architecture and security model (objects/relationships, profiles, permission sets/PSGs, roles, sharing, FLS), Flow types, and environment/release paths

Integration touchpoints and data flows between Salesforce/Certinia and adjacent systems (e.g., HubSpot, Snowflake, Tableau), including Connected Apps and SSO basics

Data governance practices: validations, duplicate prevention, reconciliations, auditing, and segregation of duties (SoD) for finance processes; reporting/dashboards concepts.

Skill in

Designing robust Salesforce Flows and approvals (subflows, invocables, error handling/logging) and documenting reusable patterns

Administering users/permissions and implementing secure sharing models; managing SSO and connected app policies

Data operations using Data Loader/Import Wizard (imports/exports, mass updates, dedupe) and building stakeholder-ready reports/dashboards

Release execution across sandboxes via DevOps Center/Change Sets, coordinating UAT, and following cutover/rollback checklists with clear release notes.

Ability to

Translate business requirements into maintainable configurations and make clear config-vs-code recommendations when escalation to development is warranted

Troubleshoot across configuration/data/integration layers using logs, debug tools, and basic SOQL; drive issues to resolution within SLAs

Communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders; produce SOPs/runbooks/user guides and deliver targeted training to drive adoption

Prioritize multiple requests in a fast-paced environment while maintaining data integrity, security, and compliance

Working Conditions

Primarily Indoors office environment

Rarely outdoors, in temperatures above 90 degrees or below 40 degrees

Standard working hours with potential for extended hours during project peaks or audit periods

Supervision Reports to VP IT & Security

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