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About the Role

We are seeking a Director of FP&A Digitization to lead Finance's transformation through modern data architecture, automation, and enterprise AI. This role will bridge Finance, Engineering, and Product, managing the platforms, data foundations, and AI capabilities essential for FP&A planning, forecasting, and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the AI strategy for FP&A, leveraging generative BI, text-to-SQL, RAG, and document intelligence for business impact.
• Identify high-value use cases and scale proof-of-concepts into production-ready tools.
• Own Finance's AI & data products end-to-end, including requirements, UX/UI, testing, release cadence, and roadmap.
• Build enterprise document intelligence platforms and semantic data services to enhance Finance operations.
• Lead the design and governance of the semantic layer for secure interaction between LLMs, BI tools, and financial data.
• Ensure accuracy, lineage, and business-logic integrity across thousands of data objects.
• Drive Master Data Management (MDM) strategy for critical Finance domains.
• Maintain high-accuracy data environments for forecasting, product analytics, revenue modeling, and enterprise reporting.
• Partner with FP&A leadership to modernize planning, reporting, and modeling systems.
• Lead platform migrations on behalf of FP&A (e.g., Costpoint → Oracle or Vena → Anaplan).
• Streamline workflows and drive user adoption across large communities.
• Run a cross-functional delivery engine across Finance, Accounting, IT, and PX and Rev Ops.
• Manage intake, prioritization, and execution for analytics and AI initiatives.
• Chair Finance’s Data Governance Council, establishing standards for quality, definitions, access, and usage.
• Create a trust framework for proactive system and data management.
• Build and scale high-performing technical Finance teams, including data engineering, analytics, systems, and AI product contributors.
• Shape operating rhythm, delivery processes, and long-term capability development.

Requirements

• 12+ years in Finance technology, FP&A systems, data engineering, analytics, or AI, preferably in tech or high-growth environments.
• Strong experience building and deploying generative AI solutions, RAG pipelines, semantic layers, and data governance frameworks.
• Proven ability to translate Finance problems into technical architectures and production-grade products.
• Track record of leading cross-functional teams (10–20+ people) and overseeing multi-million-dollar portfolios.
• Comfortable operating as a hybrid Finance + Product + Data leader.
• Executive-level communication skills and experience presenting strategy to CFO-staff.
• Advanced SQL; working Python; hands-on familiarity with Snowflake, Databricks, ThoughtSpot, Tableau, Anaplan, SAP S/4, and modern data governance tools.
• M.S. Information & Data Science degree.

Skills

• Finance AI Strategy & Deployment
• Generative BI & Text-to-SQL
• RAG Application Development
• Document Intelligence
• Semantic Data Modeling
• Financial Systems Transformation
• Master Data Management
• Data Governance & Lineage
• GenAI Product Ownership
• Executive Stakeholder Management
• Databricks or Snowflake
• Snowflake Cortex Code
• Claude Code
• RAG Pipelines
• Document Intelligence
• Snowflake
• Databricks
• ThoughtSpot
• Tableau
• Collibra
• Anaplan
• SAP S/4
• Hyperion
• SFDC
• SQL (Advanced)
• Python (Intermediate)
• JIRA
• ServiceNow

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 12+ years

Education Level

• M.S. Information & Data Science

Salary/Compensations

• $200,000 - $300,000 a year

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity
• Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

About the Company

• Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.
• Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies.
• With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.
• For more information, visit www.shield.ai.
• Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Equal Opportunity

• Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
• We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
• If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.