Director, Cloud Financial Systems & AI Innovation

Relativity; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team that designs, delivers, and maintains key financial applications such as Workday, Zuora, and Adaptive to support scalable finance operations. You will ensure accurate revenue recognition, automated reporting, and SOX‑compliant controls across multi-entity, multi-currency operations.

You will partner with IT security and cross‑functional teams to implement data governance, AI initiatives and seamless integrations across the finance stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, accounting, finance or related field.
• Demonstrated 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, revenue recognition (ASC 606) 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 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 RelativityaiR through metering and rating to customer billing and revenue recognition (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 business intelligence team to design, co-own and maintain the data lake for financial data to support advanced reporting needs and data integration.
• 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 understand their needs and align financial systems with overall business objectives.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and guidance to team members, fostering professional growth and development.
• Exercise sound judgment and make independent decisions.

Skills

SQL

BI tools

Cloud ERP/CRM

Education

Bachelor's degree (information systems, accounting, finance)

Tools

ERP

CRM

SQL

BI tools

Job description

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team that designs, delivers, and maintains key financial applications such as Workday, Zuora, and Adaptive to support scalable finance operations. You will ensure accurate revenue recognition, automated reporting, and SOX‑compliant controls across multi-entity, multi-currency operations.

You will partner with IT security and cross‑functional teams to implement data governance, AI initiatives and seamless integrations across the finance stack.