Global Finance Director, Trilogy (Remote) - $400,000/year USD

Are you ready to step beyond the confines of conventional finance roles? At Trilogy, we’re not looking for someone to just manage numbers. We need a visionary to craft the financial backbone that will propel pioneering education ventures forward.Our mission is to revolutionize the education landscape with innovative models from K-12 to advanced EdTech platforms. Your role is crucial in ensuring our finance systems are not only efficient but also groundbreaking.This position is about ownership, not just strategy. You’ll be responsible for creating an AI-driven, streamlined infrastructure that minimizes the need for large teams. Your tasks will include managing tuition flows, conducting audits, and handling tax filings by developing clear decision-making frameworks and eliminating unnecessary complexities.Collaborate closely with senior leaders to drive growth strategies, handle budget cycles, negotiate vendor agreements, and ensure compliance. Your contributions will directly influence the educational experiences of millions.Join us to be the architect of the next evolution in education financing.

What You Will Be Doing

• Establishing and managing an AI-centric financial framework that supports dynamic educational initiatives
• Crafting key design documents to streamline and enhance financial processes
• Providing insightful feedback on deep dive analyses and improvement plans to refine AI and human decision-making
• Engaging in strategic discussions on financial planning, expansion, vendor partnerships, and compliance
• Overseeing essential financial operations such as tuition management, audits, and tax processes efficiently
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Supervising a large team of finance personnel
• Overseeing monthly financial closings or manually approving financial transactions
• Accepting standard ERP processes without seeking improvements
• Delegating challenging tasks—this position requires hands-on leadership
• Operating in a static environment—this role is about rapid growth and development
  

Global Finance Director Key Responsibilities

Design and implement a streamlined, AI-enabled financial system that supports the expansion of high-growth educational enterprises without unnecessary complexity.

Basic Requirements

• Professional qualifications such as CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or MBA
• Over a decade of experience in finance leadership roles like Finance Manager, Controller, CFO, with evident career development
• Senior finance leadership experience (SVP, CFO, or similar) with comprehensive control over core financial operations
• In-depth knowledge of US GAAP and integrated financial reporting
• Substantial experience in managing and enhancing ERP systems (NetSuite, SAP, etc.) within complex, multi-entity environments
• Experience leading or conducting more than five external audits with a Big 4 firm, as either the auditor or the client
• Exceptional written and spoken English, capable of engaging directly with senior executives
• Based within UTC-8 to UTC+3 time zones
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Understanding of U.S. K-12 education models (private, charter, ESA programs)
• Experience in developing finance automation or AI-based workflows from the ground up
• Previous experience in finance operations across multi-entity, multi-jurisdictional organizations
  

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.011