Strategic Finance, Systems & AI Innovation

Overview

A growing organization is seeking a Finance Systems Lead to join their Strategic Finance team. This role focuses on owning and evolving the finance systems backbone to support automated, intelligent, and AI-enabled financial planning. The position offers substantial visibility and the opportunity to address high-priority business challenges across the company.

This is a full-time role based in one of the US hubs (San Francisco or New York) or remote within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of transformational projects by applying finance and systems expertise
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to define business processes that improve automation, standardization, and simplicity
• Influence and execute the AI adoption strategy within finance systems and workflows
• Serve as the functional and technical owner of the financial planning platform (Pigment), including development, enhancement, training, maintenance, and administration
• Manage the systems roadmap end-to-end, including prioritization, resource allocation, user acceptance testing, and governance
• Design and evolve systems architecture to optimize data flows, integrations, and tooling beyond finance data
• Establish strong partnerships with Strategic Finance Data Science, Data Engineering, Accounting, and Operations teams to influence data architecture and optimize forecasting tools
• Develop dashboards and data visualizations to surface key performance indicators and business insights
• Drive best practices in systems controls, data governance, and change management frameworks

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Finance Systems, roadmap execution, or a related function
• Strong technical skills in system design and implementation, AI automation, data architecture, and integrations
• Working knowledge of financial processes including Order to Cash (O2C), Procure to Pay (P2P), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Accounting Operations, and close cycles
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Clear and structured communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with SQL
• Background in data science
• Experience managing consultants or external resources

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base salary range: $169,000 to $245,000 USD (salary varies by location and candidate qualifications)
• Equity offerings
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement plan with company contribution
• Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support
• Mental health and wellness benefits
• Generous paid time off and company recharge days
• Learning and development stipend
• Work from home stipend
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Sales incentive pay for sales roles and annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles

Location

• United States (San Francisco or New York hubs, or remote within the US)

Additional Information

• The organization is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process.
• Candidates are required to keep cameras on during video interviews and attend in-person onboarding if hired.
• Personal data submitted during the application process will be handled in accordance with the organization's candidate privacy policies.