Director, Finance BI & AI Analytics

Metropolis; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Stock options

Job summary

Metropolis in Seattle is seeking a Director, Business Intelligence – Finance to own the vision, strategy, and execution of Metropolis’s BI function. You are an organizational architect who builds high-performing data teams and aligns data with CFO priorities to deliver a multi-year roadmap.

You are a builder who thrives on complex data, driving trustworthy analytics that inform faster decisions. 4 days in office, base salary range $190,000–$260,000 USD with comprehensive compensation and equity

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Data Engineering, BI, Data Science, or FinTech, incl. 4+ years leading data teams.
• Experience building and scaling a multi-disciplinary data function at a high-growth tech/ops-focused company.
• Executive presence with fluent data storytelling to translate finance strategy into action.
• Strong foundation in the modern Finance data stack (Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Spark, Looker/Tableau) and cloud platforms (AWS or GCP).
• Analytical depth in model validation, forecasting accuracy, statistics, and hypothesis-driven analysis.
• Proven ability to drive data governance and quality programs across systems.
• Track record of AI/ML-augmented finance analytics (anomaly detection, intelligent forecasting, variance analysis).

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year Finance BI strategy from architecture to self-serve analytics and board reporting.
• Hire and develop the function’s first BIEs, data scientists, and analysts.
• Advance Finance analytics from reporting to intelligence with predictive modeling and anomaly detection.
• Partner with Finance leadership to translate priorities into data infrastructure investments.
• Design intake, prioritization, and delivery framework for Finance data work.
• Drive Finance data governance, policies, and ownership models.
• Evaluate tools and platforms for Finance data stack with CTO and Data Platform team.

Skills

Data storytelling

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Financial data analysis

Data governance

AI/ML analytics

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Spark

Looker

Tableau

AWS

Job description

Metropolis in Seattle is seeking a Director, Business Intelligence – Finance to own the vision, strategy, and execution of Metropolis’s BI function. You are an organizational architect who builds high-performing data teams and aligns data with CFO priorities to deliver a multi-year roadmap.

You are a builder who thrives on complex data, driving trustworthy analytics that inform faster decisions. 4 days in office, base salary range $190,000–$260,000 USD with comprehensive compensation and equity