Finance AI Automation Engineer

Cengage Group; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Total rewards package

Professional development

Cutting-edge AI tools and platforms

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

Cengage Group is seeking an AI Automation Engineer – Finance & Accounting in the United States. You will apply AI to automate AP/AR, GL reconciliations, and financial close processes, partnering with Controllers, FP&A, and Internal Audit.

Your work spans automation design, controls, and auditing readiness in a global edtech environment. The role demands production-grade automation, cloud-powered document AI, and strong accounting fluency for compliant, auditable systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in finance automation, RPA, or software development for finance functions
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL with experience building production automation
• Hands-on experience with LLMs and document AI (OCR, invoice extraction, intelligent document processing)
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, GL structures, and financial close processes
• Experience with at least one major ERP platform (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Workday Financials)
• Understanding of SOX controls, audit evidence requirements, and financial compliance
• Excellent communication skills to work with Controllers, FP&A, and Internal Audit

Responsibilities

• Automate accounts payable and accounts receivable processing including invoice capture, matching, and approval
• Build reconciliation automations across GL, bank, credit card, and intercompany accounts
• Develop expense report processing, policy compliance checking, and anomaly detection systems
• Create procurement automations for PO generation, vendor onboarding, and spend categorization
• Implement AI-powered financial close acceleration and journal entry automation
• Ensure all finance automations meet SOX, internal controls, and audit documentation requirements
• Partner with Internal Audit and Controllership on design reviews and control attestation
• Build comprehensive logging, lineage, and traceability into every automation
• Implement segregation-of-duties and approval workflows correctly in every design
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and evidence of all deployed workflows
• Track manual hours eliminated, cost savings realized, and processing time reductions
• Quantify error rate reduction and the controls impact of automation
• Partner with FP&A on ROI reporting and business case development
• Identify financial process inefficiencies through data analysis and stakeholder interviews
• Deliver weekly updates on automation performance, savings, and roadmap

Skills

Python

SQL

LLMs

Document AI

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Accounting/Finance

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Workday Financials

Coupa

Tipalti

Bill.com

Concur

BlackLine

UiPath

Job description

Cengage Group is seeking an AI Automation Engineer – Finance & Accounting in the United States. You will apply AI to automate AP/AR, GL reconciliations, and financial close processes, partnering with Controllers, FP&A, and Internal Audit.

Your work spans automation design, controls, and auditing readiness in a global edtech environment. The role demands production-grade automation, cloud-powered document AI, and strong accounting fluency for compliant, auditable systems.