Director Financial Systems (AI)

Location: Hybrid/Remote in the United States; listed locations include Illinois and other U.S. states

Salary: $158,000–$236,000 annually, plus annual performance bonus and long-term incentives

Company

hirify.global develops cloud software and operates financial systems supporting usage-based billing, revenue recognition, reporting, and international multi-entity, multi-currency operations.

What you will do

• Lead the design, delivery, administration, and maintenance of financial systems for accounting, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, budgeting, billing, and revenue recognition.
• Ensure financial data accuracy, integrity, auditability, regulatory compliance, and integration across finance processes.
• Establish SOX-compliant controls and oversee IT general controls, including access, change management, segregation of duties, vendor SOC reports, testing, and remediation.
• Champion AI initiatives in finance, including AI-managed tasks, Claude-driven processes, application-native functionality, human review, data privacy, auditability, and control governance.
• Support customer usage-data flows from the hirify.global AI production environment through metering and rating to billing and ASC 606 revenue recognition.
• Maintain the financial systems roadmap, budget, and vendor strategy; support acquisitions, new-entity setup, and the financial data lake with the IT business intelligence team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading implementation and administration of cloud-based financial systems, including ERP or CRM platforms, SQL, and BI tools.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, ASC 606 revenue recognition, and the financial close process.
• Strong project management, analytical, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities.
• Proven experience building, leading, and developing a team, including coaching and mentoring direct reports.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure, drive projects to completion, meet deadlines, exercise independent judgment, and adapt to shifting goals.

Nice to have

• CPA, MBA, or another advanced degree or certification such as CISA or PMP.
• Experience supporting multi-entity, multi-currency international operations.
• Hands-on experience applying AI or LLM tools to finance workflows such as close, reconciliation, reporting, or control testing.
• Experience in a SaaS or cloud software company, with usage-based billing and revenue recognition at scale.
• Experience in a SOX-compliant environment and with Workday Financials, Workday environments, or Zuora Billing and Revenue.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid or remote work arrangement within the listed U.S. locations.
• Reports to the VP of Accounting and collaborates with IT, security, finance, revenue operations, procurement, global business operations, auditors, and other cross-functional teams.
• Competitive base salary, annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.
• Compensation is determined by experience, skills, qualifications, and internal pay equity, with room for future salary growth.