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

Are you ready to transcend traditional finance roles and make a significant impact? Say goodbye to mundane tasks like managing headcount or merely closing books. Instead, step into a pivotal role where you design and command systems that drive meaningful educational advancements.At Trilogy, we are revolutionizing education through innovative K-12 schools and cutting-edge EdTech platforms. Our ambitious models require a finance function that's as precise, adaptable, and forward-thinking as you are. This is your chance to lead.This role is about system mastery, not just strategy. You'll craft a streamlined, AI-driven infrastructure that eliminates the need for large teams. Ownership of tuition, audits, and tax filings will be yours, achieved by creating decision documents, minimizing complexity, and scaling systems autonomously.Collaborate directly with senior leaders to fuel expansion strategies, budget planning, vendor negotiations, and compliance processes. Your insights will shape the backbone of pioneering educational models, influencing how millions of students engage with learning.Join us to build the backbone of education's next big transformation.

What You Will Be Doing

• Crafting and sustaining an AI-centric finance system tailored for rapidly expanding education enterprises
• Composing critical design decisions to streamline and expand essential financial procedures
• Evaluating in-depth analyses and improvement plans while providing written coaching to enhance logic and train both AI and human resources
• Engaging in pivotal meetings concerning budgets, growth, vendor relations, and compliance
• Guaranteeing seamless large-scale operations of financial processes such as tuition, audits, and taxes
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Overseeing a large team of finance personnel
• Managing routine monthly closings or authorizing transactions manually
• Accepting standard ERP processes as satisfactory
• Delegating challenging tasks—this position requires leading by example
• Operating in a slow-paced, stable environment—this role thrives on rapid development and scaling
  

Global Finance Director Key Responsibilities

Engineer and manage a streamlined, AI-driven finance system that supports a variety of rapidly growing educational enterprises, ensuring efficiency and scalability without unnecessary complexity.

Basic Requirements

• Certification such as CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or an MBA
• Over a decade in finance leadership positions like Finance Manager, Controller, CFO, or equivalent, showcasing extensive scope and career progression
• Proven experience in a high-level finance leadership role (SVP, CFO, etc.) with comprehensive responsibility for all core financial functions
• Thorough understanding of US GAAP and integrated financial statements
• Significant experience in operating and enhancing ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP), ideally within complex, multi-entity organizations
• Experience with 5+ external audits conducted with a Big 4 firm, either as auditor or client
• Exceptional written and verbal English communication skills, capable of engaging directly with senior leadership
• Residing 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-driven workflows from the ground up
• Prior involvement in finance operations within multi-entity, multinational 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-Mumbai-GlobalFinanceD.038