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

Overview

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

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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 that sharpens logic and trains 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 such as Finance Manager, Controller, CFO, or equivalent, with demonstrated scope and progression
• Experience in a senior finance leadership role (SVP, CFO, or equivalent) with full ownership of all 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 the 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 is known for seeking top talent, innovating new technology, and incubating new businesses. The organization emphasizes simple customer-facing designs and growth opportunities across a cloud-based stack.

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. For details, see

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