Director, AI Lead - Finance Agents Engineering (Financial Close & Operations)

How This Opportunity Is Different

This is your unique opportunity to lead the design, build, and deployment of AI-enabled finance agents and agentic workflows that automate and govern core close activities, including intercompany processing, reconciliations, variance diagnostics, and SOX-aligned controls. This role owns the agent layer of the close, ensuring speed, integrity, and audit readiness.

Skills And Experience That Will Lead To Success

• 10+ years across Controllership, Finance Transformation, or Finance Technology
• Demonstrated experience deploying automation, bots, or agents in close or accounting environments
• Strong understanding of SOX, control frameworks, and audit expectations
• Hands-on exposure to modern data platforms (e.g., Databricks, cloud lakehouse architectures)
• Ability to bridge accounting judgment, technology, and governance

What The Day Will Look Like

Orchestrate intercompany workflows, reconciliations, and exception management
Perform close diagnostics, anomaly detection, and preparer‑reviewer support
Enforce SOX‑aligned workflows, approvals, and evidence capture
Design agentic workflows integrated with Workday, Databricks, Accounting Center, and reporting tools
Translate close policies and accounting logic into executable, governed agent behavior
Partner with Controllership, SOX, and External Reporting to ensure agents are audit‑defensible and explainable
Establish standards for: Agent logging, execution traceability, and override controls
Change management and release governance for close agents
Contribute to Finance Data Platform governance, including metadata, lineage, and access controls