Director, Cloud Financial Systems & AI Enablement

Relativity; Las Vegas (NV); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity seeks a Director to lead the systems team responsible for key financial applications like Workday, Zuora, and Adaptive. You will architect scalable finance systems to support growth, automation, and accurate ASC 606 revenue recognition, including usage-based billing and reporting.

The role partners with IT, security, and cross‑functional teams and supports multi‑currency international operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, accounting, finance or related field.
• Experience leading the implementation and administration of cloud-based financial systems (e.g., ERP, CRM) and tools (e.g., SQL, BI tools).
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP, ASC 606 revenue recognition and the financial close process.
• Strong project management experience, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and adaptable to changing priorities and evolving responsibilities.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, verbal and written communications skills, and strong customer orientation.
• Proven experience building, leading and developing a team, and the ability to coach and mentor direct reports.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure, drive projects to completion and meet deadlines.
• Flexibility and the ability to adapt quickly to shifting company or team goals.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, delivery, and maintenance of financial systems and data 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 controls 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 RelativityaiR through metering, rating, billing and ASC 606 recognition.
• 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.
• Exercise sound judgment and make independent decisions.

Skills

Cloud leadership

SQL

BI tools

GAAP knowledge

Project management

Team leadership

Communication

Education

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

CPA / MBA or advanced degree (preferred)

Tools

Workday

Zuora

Adaptive

ERP/CRM tools

Job description

Relativity seeks a Director to lead the systems team responsible for key financial applications like Workday, Zuora, and Adaptive. You will architect scalable finance systems to support growth, automation, and accurate ASC 606 revenue recognition, including usage-based billing and reporting.

The role partners with IT, security, and cross‑functional teams and supports multi‑currency international operations.