Ready to revolutionize educational finance? Step beyond the conventional CFO role into a position where you'll be the architect of tomorrow's AI-powered financial ecosystem.At Trilogy, we're not just reimagining education—we're rebuilding its financial foundation from the ground up. Our portfolio of groundbreaking K-12 schools and EdTech platforms demands a visionary who can craft intelligent, scalable financial systems that think ahead.This isn't your typical finance leadership role. We're looking for a system architect who can harness AI to create self-driving financial operations. Imagine building a financial infrastructure so intelligent that it makes traditional team hierarchies obsolete. You'll be the mastermind behind streamlined tuition management, automated audits, and AI-enhanced tax compliance.Your blueprint will power the next generation of educational innovation, directly impacting millions of learners. Ready to transform education through financial innovation?
What You Will Be Doing
- Pioneer an AI-centric financial ecosystem that scales effortlessly with our educational ventures
- Craft strategic design decisions that transform complex financial processes into elegant, automated workflows
- Shape the future of finance operations through intelligent review systems that enhance both AI and human performance
- Drive critical decisions in strategic planning sessions focusing on growth, partnerships, and regulatory excellence
- Orchestrate seamless financial operations across tuition management, audit processes, and tax compliance
What You Won’t Be Doing
- Overseeing traditional hierarchical finance teams
- Getting bogged down in routine month-end closures or transaction approvals
- Settling for off-the-shelf solutions that don't meet our innovative standards
- Creating delegation chains - you'll be hands-on in building the future
- Operating in a business-as-usual environment - we're in hypergrowth mode
Global Finance Director Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and optimize an AI-powered financial infrastructure that seamlessly supports multiple high-growth educational ventures while maintaining maximum efficiency and scalability.
Basic Requirements
- 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) with comprehensive control over finance operations
- Expert-level knowledge of US GAAP and financial reporting
- Proven expertise in optimizing ERP systems 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
- Based in UTC-8 to UTC+3 time zones
Nice-to-have Requirements
- Understanding of U.S. K-12 education ecosystem (private, charter, ESA programs)
- Track record of developing AI-enhanced financial automation systems
- 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-COUNTRY-GlobalFinanceD.013