Remote Strategic Finance Pilot Lead

Bazeta; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Appen is seeking a Strategic Project Lead - Finance to run strategic finance pilots and research projects for AI model training and evaluation, from scoping through operationalization. You will bridge customer objectives, financial expertise, and Appen's global delivery capability.

The role requires a strong background in finance or economics, 2+ years of leading complex projects, and the ability to manage data-driven initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong background in finance, financial engineering, economics, or accounting.
• 2+ years leading complex projects, operational workflows or finance initiatives.
• Depth in financial data, markets, accounting, or modeling, and the ability to judge when a dataset is fit for purpose.

Responsibilities

• Own the success of frontier financial AI pilots, turning emerging use cases into validated programs.
• Shape how market data, financial statements, filings, disclosures, and models are used for model training and evaluation.
• Turn a pilot into a scalable project with workflows, expert requirements, and quality standards working with researchers and global delivery teams.

Skills

Finance

Financial engineering

Economics

Accounting

Tools

Data pipelines

AI training workflows

Model evaluation

Human-in-the-loop operations

Job description

Appen is seeking a Strategic Project Lead - Finance to run strategic finance pilots and research projects for AI model training and evaluation, from scoping through operationalization. You will bridge customer objectives, financial expertise, and Appen's global delivery capability.

The role requires a strong background in finance or economics, 2+ years of leading complex projects, and the ability to manage data-driven initiatives in a fast-paced environment.