Finance AI Engineering Manager

Grant Thornton; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking a Finance AI Manager to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-enabled finance solutions for Controllership and FP&A across client engagements.

The role blends deep finance expertise with advanced analytics and AI engineering, driving proposal development, team supervision, and delivery quality while managing budgets, timelines, and client relationships. Travel up to 30% is expected in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, and/or Data Science or related field.
• 5+ years of analytics, finance transformation, or advisory experience.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with client-facing roles and multi-level organizational interaction.
• Experience implementing AI solutions for finance functions.
• Rapid prototype development using platforms like Replit or Cursor.
• Knowledge of finance processes, accounting, reporting frameworks, and regulatory environments.
• AI/ML: Agentic AI, LLMs, predictive modeling, NLP, time-series forecasting, optimization.
• Programming: Python, SQL, or equivalent languages.
• Data Platforms: Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, GCP.
• Finance Systems: EPM, ERP integration.
• ETL pipelines, data modeling, and query optimization.
• Up to 30% travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of finance AI solutions across engagements.
• Design and deploy predictive, generative, and optimization models for finance use cases.
• Architect data pipelines and feature engineering frameworks for financial datasets.
• Supervise, coach, and mentor staff and ensure quality standards.
• Translate technical outputs into business insights for finance users.
• Manage engagement budgets, timelines, and resource allocations.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to align deliverables with business objectives.
• Support proposal development and business development collateral.
• Maintain strong client relationships and act as a trusted advisor.
• Stay current with AI technologies and finance regulations.

Skills

Finance domain knowledge

Communication skills

Leadership

AI/ML concepts

Proposal development

Client relationship management

Stakeholder management

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Data Science

Tools

Azure

AWS

Snowflake

Databricks

GCP

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking a Finance AI Manager to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-enabled finance solutions for Controllership and FP&A across client engagements.

The role blends deep finance expertise with advanced analytics and AI engineering, driving proposal development, team supervision, and delivery quality while managing budgets, timelines, and client relationships. Travel up to 30% is expected in a hybrid work environment.