AI maturity
building
Head of AI/ML
Managing Director, Data & AI (Finance Effectiveness)
CFGI · Management Consulting / Professional Services · 📍 United States
CFGI is hiring a senior consulting leader to build and commercialize a proprietary AI practice serving CFOs at Fortune 1000 companies, capitalizing on surging demand for AI-enabled finance transformation.
Company stage
scale-up
Source
linkedin
Key responsibilities
- Own and lead the Finance Effectiveness AI offering — guiding CFOs through AI Strategy Assessments, roadmaps, and operating model design
- Define and execute go-to-market strategy across FP&A, R2R, O2C, P2P, and controllership domains
- Build proprietary finance-specific AI tools, frameworks, and accelerators for client deployment
- Lead end-to-end delivery of AI-enabled finance engagements from assessment through deployment
- Build internal delivery backbone: methodology, reusable assets, talent acquisition, and cross-practice partnerships
- Collaborate across CFGI service lines (ERP, accounting advisory, transaction services) to embed AI capabilities
- Drive market presence through thought leadership, speaking engagements, and client relationship expansion
Requirements
- 12+ years in finance transformation, data & analytics, or AI/automation consulting
- Prior Big 4 or professional services/consulting experience
- Demonstrated go-to-market track record in a consulting or advisory context
- Proven ability to lead AI strategy engagements with C-suite finance stakeholders
- Experience prioritizing AI use cases by business value and assessing data/technology readiness
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation details provided
- ⚠ Remote/hybrid/onsite work model not specified
- ⚠ Reporting structure not disclosed
- ⚠ No previous company postings available to assess hiring patterns or stability
- ⚠ Scope is extremely broad for a single hire — AI strategy, GTM, delivery, talent, tools, and BD all in one role
- ✓ Clear and specific mandate — not a vague 'AI leadership' role
- ✓ Defined target client profile (Fortune 1000 CFOs) and specific finance domains (FP&A, R2R, O2C, P2P)
- ✓ Practice is embedded within an established Finance Effectiveness team, providing an existing client base
- ✓ Cross-practice collaboration signals organizational buy-in beyond a siloed AI experiment
- ✓ Rare opportunity framing suggests internal commitment to the practice's success
- ✓ Strong market timing — CFO demand for AI strategy is at a peak