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

Step beyond the usual confines of finance roles. You're not here to shuffle papers or simply close books on time. Your mission is to forge a revolutionary system and leverage it to create meaningful impact.Trilogy is at the forefront of pioneering educational ventures, spanning K-12 schools to cutting-edge EdTech platforms. Each initiative challenges the norm, and a meticulously crafted financial function is crucial to its success. This is where your expertise becomes pivotal.This is not a mere strategic position; it’s about system ownership. You’ll design an efficient, AI-driven framework that eliminates the need for large teams. You'll manage tuition flows, audits, tax filings, and streamline processes through insightful documentation and simplification.Collaborate closely with senior executives to facilitate growth strategies, budget planning, vendor negotiations, and compliance. Your strategic insights will lay the groundwork for innovative educational models, influencing how millions of students engage with learning.Join us to shape the backbone of education’s next significant advancement.

What You Will Be Doing

• Crafting and sustaining an AI-centric finance system tailored to rapidly expanding educational enterprises
• Developing pivotal design decisions that streamline and enhance key financial processes
• Conducting thorough reviews and providing written guidance to refine logic and enhance both AI and human performance
• Engaging in crucial discussions on budgeting, growth, vendor partnerships, and regulatory compliance
• Ensuring smooth execution of finance operations—tuition, audits, and taxes—at scale
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Overseeing a vast finance team
• Handling routine monthly closings or manually authorizing transactions
• Settling for standard ERP processes as "good enough"
• Delegating challenging tasks—this position thrives on hands-on leadership
• Operating in a slow-paced, static setting—this is a dynamic build-and-scale environment
  

Global Finance Director Key Responsibilities

Design and manage a streamlined, AI-driven finance system supporting diverse high-growth educational ventures, ensuring efficiency and scalability.

Basic Requirements

• Possession of CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or MBA
• Over 10 years in finance leadership positions such as Finance Manager, Controller, CFO, or equivalent, showcasing extensive experience and advancement
• Proven experience in a top finance leadership role (SVP, CFO, or equivalent) with comprehensive oversight of core finance functions
• Thorough understanding of US GAAP and integrated financial statements
• Extensive experience in managing and optimizing ERP systems (NetSuite, SAP, etc.) in complex, multi-entity settings
• Led or completed 5+ external audits with a Big 4 firm, as either auditor or client
• Exceptional written and spoken English skills, capable of direct engagement with senior leadership
• Residing within UTC-8 to UTC+3 time zones
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Knowledge of U.S. K-12 educational models (private, charter, ESA programs)
• Experience in developing finance automation or AI-driven processes from the ground up
• Familiarity with finance operations in multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction settings
  

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.035