Director, Financial Systems & AI-Driven Finance Strategy

Relativity; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team responsible for administering key financial systems such as Workday, Zuora, and Adaptive, enabling accurate reporting and scalable finance operations. The role reports to the VP Accounting and collaborates with IT and security across international entities.

You will drive design, governance, and automation of finance platforms, while overseeing SOX controls, data integrity, and cross-functional integration to support growth and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, accounting, finance or related field.
• Experience leading the implementation and administration of cloud-based financial systems (ERP/CRM) and tools (SQL, BI tools).
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, ASC 606 and the financial close process.
• Proven project management experience handling multiple projects with changing priorities.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, plus excellent verbal and written communication and customer orientation.
• Proven experience building, leading and developing a team with coaching/mentoring responsibilities.
• Ability to work under pressure, drive projects to completion and meet deadlines.
• Flexibility to adapt quickly to shifting goals.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, delivery, and maintenance of financial systems and data (e.g., accounting, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, budgeting).
• Develop, implement and maintain policies for financial system operations, data management and reporting.
• Oversee accuracy and integrity of financial data ensuring regulatory and accounting standard compliance.
• Optimize system functionality and integrate across financial processes.
• Establish SOX compliant controls and IT general controls for in-scope financial systems.
• Collaborate with auditors, IT and security on control testing.
• Champion AI initiatives in finance workflows and governance for AI use in finance.
• Support flow of usage data from RelativityaiR through metering to billing and ASC 606 recognition.
• Maintain multi-year financial systems roadmap, budget and vendor strategy.
• Partner with IT BI to design and maintain data lake for financial data.
• Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Work with cross-functional teams to align systems with business objectives.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to team members.

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Leadership

Coaching/mentoring

Decision making under pressure

Adaptability

Education

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

Tools

SQL

BI tools

ERP

CRM

Workday

Job description

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team responsible for administering key financial systems such as Workday, Zuora, and Adaptive, enabling accurate reporting and scalable finance operations. The role reports to the VP Accounting and collaborates with IT and security across international entities.

You will drive design, governance, and automation of finance platforms, while overseeing SOX controls, data integrity, and cross-functional integration to support growth and compliance.