Director of ERP Systems and Applications at Vaco, LLC
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
About the Job
Location: Costa Mesa-Area (4 days per week onsite), Beautiful office location! Please note: Exact location details will be provided to shortlisted candidates. General location relative area is provided to preserve client confidentiality.
Compensation: $140,000 - $170,000 + Discretionary Bonus of up to 35% ($200K-229K total comp)
(Please note that compensation for this position is fixed within the stated range, and candidates seeking higher salaries are encouraged to apply to roles that better match their expectations.)
Summary:
Vaco is conducting a search for a growing organization in the Costa-Mesa Area, seeking a Director of ERP Systems and Applications with a strong balance of hands-on technical expertise and leadership skills. This is an ideal opportunity for a manager to get ready to step into a director-level role. You’ll oversee the company’s ERP system and IT infrastructure while remaining directly involved in delivering technical solutions. This person will take ownership of the organizational collection of enterprise applications throughout their individual application lifecycles.
Position Overview:
The Director of ERP Systems and Applications will lead the company’s ERP and IT operations with a small, hands-on team. You’ll work closely with the accounting department and other business units, gathering requirements and delivering ERP solutions, with a focus on integrations (ETL, API), reporting, and system configuration. This is a hands-on role, and we’re looking for someone eager to stay directly involved in the technical aspects while also providing strategic direction.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead and manage the ERP system, ensuring smooth operations and addressing business needs, particularly in accounting.
• Provide hands-on technical solutions, including configuration, reporting, SQL, and integrations (ETL/API).
• Lead small-scale projects and collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver tailored ERP solutions.
• Mentor a small IT team, offering hands-on support and strategic guidance.
• Manage vendor relationships and external service providers.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (SOX or similar).
• Some technical project management when needed.
Requirements/Candidate Profile Needed:
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10+ years of experience in IT and ERP systems, with a focus on providing hands-on technical solutions.
• Strong experience with SQL, reporting, ETL/API integrations, and ERP system management.
• Proven track record of overseeing multiple ERP implementations and major integrations for companies suite of applications
• SAP experience is preferred
• Knowledge of accounting processes and the ability to collaborate with accounting teams to deliver ERP solutions.
• Comfortable leading small IT projects while remaining involved in day-to-day technical work.
• Compliance experience (SOX or similar standards like ISO, PCI, HIPAA) preferred.
• Comfortable working on a small IT team handling a userbase of a few hundred end-users.
• Excellent communications skills and ability to interface technical and non-technical business users.
Additional Information:
• Candidates must be within driving distance of Orange County.
• This is a 4-days-per-week onsite role, with no remote work option.
• Unable to sponsor now or in the future.
• No C2C, 1099, or third-party inquiries will be considered.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
Privacy Notice
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco’s HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
