Controllership AI & Automation Transformation Lead

Axon; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and 401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Fitness Programs

Learning & Development programs

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Controllership AI & Automation Transformation Lead in Boston. This role involves leading AI and automation projects to enhance financial processes. You'll prioritize opportunities for improvement, work closely with IT and finance teams, and present results to stakeholders. Candidates should have strong analytical skills, experience in data transformation, and a CPA or equivalent. The hybrid role requires in-office collaboration several days a week.

Qualifications

• Over 6 years of experience in analytics, automation, or process transformation.
• Strong analytical skills with tools like Python and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with AI tooling and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Define the AI transformation roadmap for Controllership.
• Identify and prioritize automation/AI opportunities.
• Drive project execution, including timelines and risks.

Skills

Data analytics

Automation

Process transformation

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

CPA or equivalent

BS in Accounting/Finance or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

Alteryx

Power Query

Salesforce

Job description

Overview

Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact

As our Controllership AI & Automation Transformation Lead, you will lead and deliver targeted AI, analytics, and automation initiatives that improve speed, quality, and scalability of Controllership processes. You will own discrete projects/workstreams end-to-end, partner closely with Accounting, IT/Engineering, and Internal Audit, and deliver measurable results. This will involve leading meetings with process owners, understanding current state and pain points, defining business requirements, and using AI and automation tools to develop solutions. The outcome will involve working with IT/data teams, enabling the process owner to learn and build solutions themselves and/or you being hands on building solutions yourself.

What You’ll Do

Location: Boston MA (flexible for other Axon hubs)

Reports to: Director, Chief of Staff (Controllership)

• Define the AI transformation roadmap for Controllership.
• Identify and prioritize high-value automation/AI opportunities across Controllership processes (Accounting Operations, Tax, Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, Revenue Accounting, New Product Introduction).
• Define project scope, requirements, and success metrics; build ROI cases (hours saved, cycle-time reduction, error-rate reduction, rework avoided).
• Partner with Finance Systems / IT / Engineering to deliver solutions using automation, analytics, and AI/LLM-enabled tooling (e.g., workflow automation, controlled LLM assistance for drafting/analysis, intelligent triage).
• Build and validate analytics (e.g., SQL-based checks, reconciliation logic, KPI dashboards) to ensure outputs are accurate, explainable, and auditable.
• Present transformation outcomes to leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Drive project execution: timelines, risks, dependencies, stakeholder updates, UAT coordination, rollout planning, and post-launch stabilization.
• Serve as internal advisor on AI governance and adoption.
• Create documentation that supports SOX/audit readiness (process flows, control mapping, test evidence, governance & usage guidelines).
• Support change management: training, playbooks, and adoption monitoring to ensure solutions are used and sustained.
• Stay current on AI capabilities and tooling (including developer/productivity tools such as Cursor) and propose pragmatic pilots that improve finance outcomes.

What Success Looks Like

• Build and deliver a combination of high impact solutions (2–4 larger production-grade improvements per year) and play an integral role in enabling others to build dozens of other smaller improvements across core Controllership processes.
• Reduction of manual effort in a targeted process by 15–40% (or a defined hours/month goal) while maintaining or improving control quality.
• Improve close readiness for scoped areas (e.g., fewer late adjustments, fewer deal-review escalations, reduced cycle time for a defined workflow).
• Zero high-severity audit/control findings attributable to the implemented automation/AI workflow.

What You Bring

• 6+ years experience delivering measurable business results through data analytics, automation, and/or process transformation in Finance, Accounting, RevOps, or adjacent functions.
• Strong analytical skills (e.g., Python, SQL preferred) and experience using business intelligence tools (e.g., Alteryx, Power Query).
• Experience using AI tooling (e.g., Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT) to generate solutions to solve Accounting/Finance related problems.
• Strong knowledge of data governance.
• Working knowledge of accounting processes (Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report) and the ability to partner effectively with Controllership stakeholders across those domains; quickly understand current state and pain points, and translate them into clear business requirements and solution options; experience supporting Revenue Accounting (ASC 606) strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated project/program management capability: scoping, planning, execution, stakeholder alignment, and delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; can translate between Finance, technical teams, and business partners.
• Sound judgment around governance, risk, and controls when introducing automation/AI.
• Experience with Salesforce, D365, Microsoft Power Platform, or similar finance/CRM ecosystems.
• Hands-on experience implementing LLM-supported workflows (prompt/playbooks, guardrails, evaluation, adoption measurement).
• Experience in high-growth, hardware+software, or multi-element arrangement environments.
• Experience in a role that required rapid context-gathering in stakeholder meetings and guiding non-technical teams to technical solutions.
• CPA or equivalent; BS in Accounting/Finance or related field is a plus.

Work Location

This role is based from any of our US offices and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

Benefits that Benefit You

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support
• Learning & Development programs
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• And yes, we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work

Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit axon.com/careers.

Base Pay Range $140,000 — $225,000 USD

Don’t meet every single requirement? That\'s ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

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