Director, Financial Systems & AI Automation

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

Job summary

Relativity seeks a Director to lead the systems team responsible for administrating key financial and business applications (Workday, Zuora, Adaptive, etc.). This role shapes scalable finance systems architecture to support data, processes, automation, and growth across entities and currencies.

You will report to the VP Accounting, collaborate with IT and security, and champion AI-driven finance initiatives with governance for privacy, auditing, and SOX considerations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cloud-based financial systems implementations.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and ASC 606.
• Proven project management across multiple initiatives.
• Ability to coach and develop a team.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with SOX controls.

Responsibilities

• Own 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 environment through metering and rating to customer billing and revenue recognition, including usage reconciliation and data-quality controls.
• 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

Leadership experience

ERP/CRM administration

SQL / BI tools

US GAAP / ASC 606

Project management

Team coaching/mentoring

Communication

Adaptability

SOX controls

Education

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

Tools

Workday

Zuora

Adaptive

SQL

BI tools

Job description

Relativity seeks a Director to lead the systems team responsible for administrating key financial and business applications (Workday, Zuora, Adaptive, etc.). This role shapes scalable finance systems architecture to support data, processes, automation, and growth across entities and currencies.

You will report to the VP Accounting, collaborate with IT and security, and champion AI-driven finance initiatives with governance for privacy, auditing, and SOX considerations.