Director, Global Financial Systems & AI-Driven Finance

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

Job summary

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team responsible for administration of key financial apps like Workday, Zuora, and Adaptive. You will shape scalable finance systems supporting data, processes, automation, and growth, including multi-entity, multi-currency operations.

You will partner with IT, security and cross-functional teams, ensure SOX controls, AI initiatives in finance workflows, and oversee usage-based billing, revenue recognition, and financial reporting.

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 (access management, change management, segregation of duties, vendor SOC reports) 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, including leveraging native application functionality, Claude-driven processes and evaluation of other available AI platforms and technologies.
• 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 the RelativityaiR production environment through metering and rating to customer billing and revenue recognition (ASC 606), 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

Cloud-based financial systems

SQL

BI tools

Leadership

Project management

US GAAP ASC 606

Education

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

Tools

Workday

Zuora

Adaptive

Job description

Relativity is seeking a Director to lead the systems team responsible for administration of key financial apps like Workday, Zuora, and Adaptive. You will shape scalable finance systems supporting data, processes, automation, and growth, including multi-entity, multi-currency operations.

You will partner with IT, security and cross-functional teams, ensure SOX controls, AI initiatives in finance workflows, and oversee usage-based billing, revenue recognition, and financial reporting.