Director, Cloud Financial Systems & AI-Driven Finance

Relativity; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team responsible for administering key financial and business applications (Workday, Zuora, Adaptive) to empower the finance organization. The role designs scalable finance systems supporting data, processes, automation and growth, reporting to the VP Accounting and collaborating with IT, security and cross-functional teams.

As Relativity’s cloud business scales, the director will ensure accurate revenue recognition, usage-based billing and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, accounting, finance or related field.
• Experience leading cloud-based financial systems (ERP/CRM) and tools.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, ASC 606 and the financial close process.
• Project management experience with multiple projects in parallel.
• Strong analytical and communication skills; customer orientation.
• Proven experience building, leading and developing a team; coaching direct reports.
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own design, delivery, and maintenance of financial systems including but not limited to: accounting, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and budgeting platforms.
• Develop, implement and maintain policies and procedures for financial system operations, data management, and reporting.
• Oversee the accuracy and integrity of financial data in systems, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and accounting standards.
• Optimize system functionality and drive tight integration across financial processes.
• Oversee system control environment and establish SOX compliant controls and frameworks
• Own IT general controls for in-scope financial systems and partner with auditors, IT and security on control testing and remediation.
• Champion the accounting and finance organization’s AI initiatives to help drive design, adoption and AI-managed tasks and projects.
• Establish governance for AI use in finance workflows, including human review, data privacy, auditability and SOX control considerations.
• Support the flow of customer usage data from production environment through metering and rating to billing and ASC 606.
• Maintain a multi-year financial systems roadmap, budget and vendor strategy, and support acquisition integration and new-entity setup.
• Partner with the IT BI team to design, co-own and maintain the data lake for financial data to support advanced reporting needs.
• Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging technologies to recommend and implement innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with finance, revenue operations, procurement, global business operations and other teams to align financial systems with business objectives.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and guidance to team members, fostering professional growth and development.

Skills

Cloud computing

Leadership

Project management

Data management

Communication (verbal & written)

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems, accounting, finance or related field

Tools

Workday

Zuora

Adaptive

SQL

BI tools

Job description

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team responsible for administering key financial and business applications (Workday, Zuora, Adaptive) to empower the finance organization. The role designs scalable finance systems supporting data, processes, automation and growth, reporting to the VP Accounting and collaborating with IT, security and cross-functional teams.

As Relativity’s cloud business scales, the director will ensure accurate revenue recognition, usage-based billing and