Overview
Global Finance Director, Trilogy (Remote) – $400,000/year USD. This role leads the AI-native finance system for multiple fast-growing education businesses, designing scalable infrastructure and owning financial processes including tuition, audits, and tax. The position is a full-time contractor role, based remotely, with compensation discussed with the recruiter.
Base pay range
$200.00/hr - $200.00/hr
What You Will Be Doing
Designing and maintaining an AI-first finance system that supports fast-growing education businesses
Writing Important Design Decisions that simplify and scale key finance workflows
Reviewing Deep Dive and Improvement Plans with written coaching to sharpen logic and train AI and humans
Participating in high-leverage meetings on budgets, expansion, vendors, and compliance
Ensuring finance operations—tuition, audits, tax—run seamlessly at scale
What You Won’t Be Doing
Managing a large team of finance staff
Babysitting monthly close cycles or manually approving transactions
Accepting default ERP workflows as “good enough”
Delegating “dirty work”—this role leads by doing
Working in a slow, stable environment—this is rapid build-and-scale mode
Global Finance Director Key Responsibilities
Architect and operate a lean, AI-native finance system that powers multiple high-growth education businesses, with zero bloat and maximum scale.
Basic Requirements
CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or MBA
10+ years in finance leadership roles (e.g., Finance Manager, Controller, CFO) with demonstrated scope and progression
Experience in a senior finance leadership role (SVP, CFO, or equivalent) with full ownership of core finance functions
Strong command of US GAAP and integrated financial statements
Deep experience operating and improving ERP systems (NetSuite, SAP, etc.), ideally in complex, multi-entity organizations
Led or conducted 5+ external audits with a Big 4 firm, either as auditor or client
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to engage senior leadership directly
Located within UTC-8 to UTC+3 time zones
Nice-to-have Requirements
Familiarity with K-12 education models in the U.S. (private, charter, ESA programs)
Experience building finance automation or AI-driven workflows from scratch
Previous exposure to finance operations in multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction businesses
About Trilogy
Hundreds of software businesses run on the Trilogy Business Platform. Trilogy has been known for seeking top talent, innovating new technology, and incubating new businesses. Our focus is on simple customer-facing designs and scalable incubation of new ventures.
Working with us
This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The role is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. Compensation is $200 USD/hour, equating to $400,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours/week and 50 weeks/year. Payment is weekly. More details at www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs. Crossover Job Code: LJ-3652-MX-Mexico-GlobalFinanceD.015
Job metadata
Seniority level: Executive
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Business Development, Finance, and Engineering
Industries: Accounting, Financial Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting
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