Corporate Financial Controller, Trilogy (Remote) - $400,000/year USD

Ready to revolutionize educational finance? Step into a role where traditional controllership meets cutting-edge AI innovation. At Trilogy, we're not just managing numbers—we're architecting the future of educational finance systems.As our Corporate Financial Controller, you'll be at the intersection of EdTech innovation and financial excellence. We're powering multiple groundbreaking education initiatives, from dynamic K-12 schools to transformative EdTech platforms, and we need a visionary who can build the financial backbone to support this educational revolution.Forget about managing endless spreadsheets or overseeing large teams. This role is about creating intelligent, self-sustaining financial systems that scale effortlessly. You'll be the architect of a lean, AI-powered financial infrastructure that will help shape the future of education for millions of students.If you're ready to transform financial management in education while working alongside senior operators to drive meaningful change, this is your moment to make an impact.

What You Will Be Doing

Your mission will be to revolutionize our financial operations through:

• Pioneering an AI-first financial ecosystem that seamlessly adapts to our rapid growth trajectory
• Crafting strategic design decisions that transform complex financial workflows into streamlined, efficient processes
• Providing expert written guidance that elevates both AI systems and human performance through Deep Dive reviews and Improvement Plans
• Driving critical conversations around strategic expansion, vendor partnerships, and compliance frameworks
• Orchestrating frictionless financial operations across tuition management, audits, and tax compliance
  

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 without optimization
• Operating from an ivory tower—you'll be hands-on in the trenches
• Managing steady-state operations—we're in high-growth, high-innovation mode
  

Corporate Financial Controller Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain a cutting-edge, AI-powered financial infrastructure that efficiently supports multiple education ventures, emphasizing lean operations and unlimited scalability.

Basic Requirements

The ideal candidate will bring:

• Professional certification (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or MBA)
• Proven track record with 10+ years in progressive finance leadership positions
• Executive-level finance experience (SVP, CFO, or equivalent) with comprehensive financial oversight
• Expert-level knowledge of US GAAP and financial reporting
• Mastery of ERP systems (NetSuite, SAP, etc.) in complex organizational structures
• Track record of managing 5+ Big 4 audits from either side of the table
• Superior communication abilities in English, capable of executive-level interaction
• Geographic location within UTC-8 to UTC+3 time zones
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

Additional qualities that will set you apart:

• Understanding of U.S. K-12 education ecosystem (private, charter, ESA programs)
• Track record of implementing finance automation or AI solutions
• Proven success in managing finances across multiple entities and jurisdictions
  

About Trilogy

Hundreds of software businesses run on the Trilogy Business Platform. For three decades, Trilogy has been known for 3 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-IN-Hyderaba-CorporateFinan.013