Director, Cloud Financial Systems & AI Innovation

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

Job summary

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team that administers Workday, Zuora, Adaptive, and other finance apps. You will shape scalable finance systems, automate processes, and enable accurate revenue recognition, billing, and reporting as the company scales its cloud business.

This role reports to the VP of Accounting, collaborates with IT and security, supports international operations, and mentors a growing team, driving innovative AI-powered finance workflows while ensuring SOX

Qualifications

• Experience leading implementation and administration of cloud-based financial systems.
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP, ASC 606 and the financial close process.
• Strong project management experience with multiple projects and priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven experience building, leading and developing a team.

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 production through metering and rating to billing and ASC 606 revenue recognition.
• Maintain a multi-year financial systems roadmap, budget and vendor strategy.
• Partner with the IT BI team to design and maintain the data lake for financial data and advanced reporting.
• Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging technologies to implement innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with finance, revenue operations, procurement, and global operations to align systems with business goals.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and guidance to team members.

Skills

Cloud finance systems

Project management

Analytical skills

Leadership

Communication

US GAAP knowledge

Education

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

Tools

SQL

BI tools

Job description

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team that administers Workday, Zuora, Adaptive, and other finance apps. You will shape scalable finance systems, automate processes, and enable accurate revenue recognition, billing, and reporting as the company scales its cloud business.

This role reports to the VP of Accounting, collaborates with IT and security, supports international operations, and mentors a growing team, driving innovative AI-powered finance workflows while ensuring SOX