Finance AI Lead for FP&A & Controllership

Grant Thornton; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus program

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking an Finance AI Manager to lead design, development, and deployment of AI-enabled finance solutions across multiple client engagements, blending finance expertise with analytics and AI engineering.

The role includes proposal leadership, team supervision, and budget/timeline management, with hands-on client interaction and a focus on scalable data and AI deliverables. Strong communication and learning orientation are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, and/or minor in Data Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in analytics, finance transformation, or advisory roles.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of finance AI solutions, including planning, execution, monitoring, and stakeholder reporting.
• Design and deploy predictive, generative, and optimization models for finance use cases (close acceleration, forecasting, anomaly detection, reconciliations, working capital optimization).
• Architect data pipelines and feature engineering frameworks supporting financial datasets.
• Supervise, coach, and mentor staff, review work products and ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Translate complex technical outputs into business insights for finance users.
• Manage engagement budgets, timelines, and resource allocations.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to understand operations and align deliverables with business objectives.
• Support proposal development, solution demonstrations, and business development initiatives.
• Lead proposal development and business development collateral development.
• Maintain strong client relationships and act as a trusted advisor.
• Stay current with emerging AI technologies and finance regulations impacting client environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and simultaneous projects.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and client-service skills.
• Commitment to professional development and continuous learning.

Skills

Finance domain expertise

Analytics

AI engineering

Client communication

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Python

SQL

Azure

AWS

Snowflake

Databricks

GCP

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking an Finance AI Manager to lead design, development, and deployment of AI-enabled finance solutions across multiple client engagements, blending finance expertise with analytics and AI engineering.

The role includes proposal leadership, team supervision, and budget/timeline management, with hands-on client interaction and a focus on scalable data and AI deliverables. Strong communication and learning orientation are required.