Chief Financial Officer, Trilogy (Remote) - $400,000/year USD

Trilogy; Gqeberha; Remote; ZAR 6,951,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational finance company in Gqeberha seeks a visionary Chief Financial Officer to design an AI-powered financial ecosystem. The role demands over a decade of experience in progressive finance leadership, mastery of US GAAP, and a strong background in complex financial systems. This full-time position offers a competitive salary of $400,000 USD annually as part of an innovative team focused on transforming educational funding.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of progressive finance leadership experience.
• Proven experience in C-suite or senior finance positions.
• Experience with complex financial organizational structures.

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee an AI-powered financial ecosystem.
• Drive financial operations across various educational ventures.
• Craft strategic decisions for financial workflows.

Skills

Leadership in finance

Financial architecture design

US GAAP mastery

Communication skills

AI system integration

Education

Professional certification (CPA, MBA, etc.)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Overview

Ready to revolutionize educational finance? Welcome to the intersection of AI innovation and financial leadership where traditional CFO playbooks get rewritten. At Trilogy, we're not just managing finances—we're architecting the future of educational funding. Our portfolio of groundbreaking K-12 schools and EdTech platforms demands a visionary who can build financial systems as innovative as our educational models. This role is for the builder, the innovator, the architect who sees beyond spreadsheets and headcounts. You\'ll be crafting an AI-powered financial ecosystem that scales effortlessly with our ambitious growth trajectory. Your canvas? The entire financial infrastructure supporting tomorrow\'s educational breakthroughs. Impact millions of students\' learning journeys by designing financial systems that make the impossible possible. This isn\'t about maintaining the status quo—it's about defining the next evolution in educational finance.

What You Will Be Doing

Your mission is to pioneer the future of educational finance:

• Pioneer an AI-first financial architecture that sets new standards in educational business operations
• Craft strategic design decisions that transform complex financial workflows into elegant, scalable solutions
• Shape the future of finance operations through expert written guidance that elevates both AI systems and human teams
• Drive critical decisions in strategic planning sessions focused on growth, vendor partnerships, and compliance excellence
• Orchestrate seamless financial operations across tuition management, audits, and tax compliance at unprecedented scale

What You Won’t Be Doing

Let\'s be clear about what this role isn\'t:

• Overseeing a traditional, large-scale finance department
• Getting bogged down in routine monthly closing procedures or transaction approvals
• Settling for off-the-shelf ERP solutions
• Operating from the sidelines—you\'ll be hands-on in the transformation
• Managing steady-state operations—we\'re in high-growth, high-innovation mode

Chief Financial Officer Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and oversee a cutting-edge AI-powered financial ecosystem that drives multiple education ventures to new heights, emphasizing efficiency, scalability, and zero redundancy.

Basic Requirements

The ideal architect of our financial future will bring:

• Professional certification (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or MBA)
• A decade-plus trajectory of progressive finance leadership experience
• Proven track record in C-suite or senior finance positions with comprehensive financial oversight
• Mastery of US GAAP and financial statement integration
• Extensive ERP system expertise, particularly in complex organizational structures
• Substantial Big 4 audit experience (minimum 5 audits, either side of the table)
• Superior communication capabilities in English, ready for executive-level discourse
• Geographic alignment within UTC-8 to UTC+3 zones

Nice-to-have Requirements

Extra points for:

• Deep understanding of U.S. K-12 education landscape, including private, charter, and ESA programs
• Track record in developing AI-enhanced financial automation systems
• Proven success navigating multi-entity, cross-jurisdictional financial operations

About Trilogy

Hundreds of software businesses run on the Trilogy Business Platform. For three decades, Trilogy has been known for three things: Relentlessly seeking top talent, Innovating new technology, and incubating new businesses. Our technological innovation is spearheaded by a passion for simple customer-facing designs. Our incubation of new businesses ranges from entirely new moon-shot ideas to rearchitecting existing projects for today\'s modern cloud-based stack. Trilogy is a place where you can be surrounded with great people, be proud of doing great work, and grow your career by leaps and bounds.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $200 USD/hour, which equates to $400,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-3652-ZA-PortEliz-ChiefFinancial.024