Finance Director – Contract Partner, Interim & Project-Based Accounting

About the Role: The Tax Director / Senior Director will lead all aspects of the company’s income tax function, including income tax compliance and accounting, tax planning, forecasting, income tax audits, and consult on tax strategy. This role requires a leader with deep experience in ASC 740 tax provision, GAAP financial reporting, legal entity restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, cash tax forecasting, and building scalable tax processes and teams. The ideal candidate will be an experienced tax leader who can partner closely with the Vice President of Tax and other senior leaders in finance, accounting, legal, operating units, and external advisors to ensure compliance, improve efficiency, and support strategic business initiatives. What You'll Do: * Lead and manage internal income tax staff and external tax consultants. * Oversee the preparation and review of quarterly and annual income tax provisions and related financial statement disclosures in compliance with ASC 740 and GAAP. * Direct tax compliance activities, including review and filing of federal, state, local, and international tax returns, while ensuring timely and accurate reporting. * Manage tax forecasting processes, including estimated cash taxes, effective tax rate forecasting, and consolidated and stand-alone entity tax projections. * Partner with accounting and financial reporting teams to support timely SEC and other financial reporting requirements. * Develop and maintain strong tax controls, documentation, and compliance with SOX and internal control requirements. * Assist in tax planning and structuring initiatives related to M&A, legal entity rationalization, capital restructuring, and operational efficiency. * Drive process improvement and automation initiatives to increase efficiency, reduce close timelines, and standardize tax processes across the organization. * Oversee tax audits, controversy matters, reserve analysis, and negotiations with taxing jurisdictions. Do You Have: * Bachelor’s degree with a focus in accounting required. Master’s Degree with a concentration in tax preferred. * Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required. * Significant progressive tax leadership experience. * Extensive experience with income tax accounting, ASC 740, GAAP reporting, and public-company tax disclosures. * Experience in publicly traded companies and complex, multi-entity organizations. * Background in industries such as manufacturing, technology, healthcare, energy, telecommunications, or other complex corporate environments. Physical Tasks- Standing Occasionally: 0-33% | Walking Occasionally: 0-33% |Sitting and Stationary: Continuously: 67-100% | Bending: Occasionally: 0-33% | Crouching: Occasionally: 0-33% | Carrying: Occasionally: 0-33% | Reaching: Occasionally: 0-33% |Lifting -Lowering >1-15 lbs: Occasionally: 0-33% | Repetitive Hand Action: Medium Dexterity: Continuously: 67-100% | Fine Manipulating: Frequently: 34-66% Audio Visual Needs - Hearing: Continuously: 67-100%| Near Vision: Continuously: 67-100% | Far Vision: Occasionally: 0-33% | Peripheral Vision: Occasionally: 0-33% Equipment Used in Job Performance: Computer, Printer, Fax, Telephone, Basic Office Supplies, Copier The starting compensation range for this job is $112,600 to $150,800.

At Locus Robotics, we build AI-powered systems and intelligent robots that keep global supply chains running. Our platform combines advanced AI, real-time decision-making, and autonomous robotics to help leading companies improve efficiency, scale operations, and adapt to constant change. Locus Robotics is a place to do meaningful work with real-world impact, where your ideas move quickly from concept to deployment. We invest in our people, encourage continuous learning, and give you the opportunity to grow your career while building technology that is used every day at global scale. The Technical Director, AI Enterprise Architect is a highly visible, hands-on individual contributor (IC) role with a direct mandate from the executive leadership team. As a strategic and technical leader, you will serve as a force multiplier across the organization, partnering with senior stakeholders to identify high-impact AI opportunities, translate complex business challenges into scalable AI-native solutions, and drive execution from concept through adoption. This is a rare opportunity to join one of the largest privately held robotics companies in the United States at the forefront of Physical AI. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and accelerating an enterprise-wide AI transformation initiative with full CEO and Board-level sponsorship. Working across business and technology functions, you will have significant influence over AI strategy, architecture, implementation, and measurable business outcomes—owning both the direction and the impact of the company's AI-first vision. This is both a strategy and build role - you will define the roadmap, architect the platform, and lead execution. Responsibilities Enterprise AI Transformation Strategy: Define and drive the company-wide AI roadmap, including prioritization frameworks, sequencing of initiatives, and executive alignment. Ensure a relentless focus on business outcomes rather than tool adoption. AI-Native Workflow Redesign: Partner with leaders across Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Operations, and Marketing to identify high-leverage opportunities. Redesign processes from the ground up into AI-native, automated workflows. AI Systems & Agentic Workflow Development: Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI systems, including agentic workflows that automate end-to-end processes. Own the full lifecycle—from scoping through deployment, monitoring, and iteration. LLM & Data Integration Architecture: Architect scalable LLM-powered systems, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), unified context layers, and integration frameworks that connect enterprise data sources. Data & Platform Engineering: Design and implement robust data pipelines, integration layers, and shared infrastructure that enable reusable, enterprise-wide AI capabilities. Ensure reliability, scalability, and accessibility across systems. AI Governance, Security & Standards: Establish frameworks for model governance, risk management, data access, and security. Define standards for tools, evaluation, and responsible AI usage. Technical Leadership & Culture Building: Drive AI adoption across the organization by mentoring leaders, establishing best practices, and fostering AI-native ways of working. Core Expertise * Deep expertise in modern AI techniques, including transformer architectures, multimodal systems, and LLM application design. Strong understanding of: Fine-tuning and adaptation (LoRA, PEFT, RLHF/DPO), RAG systems, embeddings, and tokenization and Prompt engineering and tool-augmented agents * Proven track record designing and operating production-grade AI systems that deliver measurable business impact (e.g., efficiency, revenue growth, cost reduction, user experience). * Experience embedding AI into core enterprise systems (CRM, ERP, knowledge systems, collaboration platforms) to enable end-to-end workflow transformation. * Strong grounding in: Data engineering (ETL/ELT, pipelines, APIs), Data architecture (Lakehouse, storage systems), Metadata systems (catalogs, lineage), Governance, security, and compliance frameworks Qualifications * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field required; Master’s or PhD preferred * 5+ years leading enterprise AI or digital transformation initiatives, with demonstrated ownership of strategy through execution * 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, data engineering, or AI/ML roles, with strong proficiency in Python and modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) * Proven experience designing and deploying production-grade AI systems, including agentic workflows that automate end-to-end processes and drive measurable business outcomes * Deep expertise in LLM-based systems, including RAG architectures, prompt engineering, tool integration, and enterprise use of foundation models (e.g., GPT-4, Claude, or equivalent) * Strong foundation in data engineering and architecture, including ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, Lakehouse environments (e.g., Databricks), and data quality/governance frameworks * Experience building scalable AI platforms including: Shared services, connectors, and agent frameworks, eEvaluation and observability tooling and deployment and scaling infrastructure * Ability to operate at both strategic and deeply technical levels- prototyping, architecting, and delivering complex AI systems in production environments. * Working knowledge of classical machine learning techniques (regression, classification, anomaly detection, time-series forecasting) and when to apply them vs. LLM-based approaches * Demonstrated ability to translate business problems into scalable technical solutions, with strong business acumen and outcome-driven thinking * Excellent English communication and leadership skills, with the ability to engage both technical teams and executive stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment The expected base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $300,000 annually, based on external market data, plus bonus and equity.  Actual offers will depend on factors such as the candidate’s experience, education, training, key or critical skills, geographic location, and current market and business conditions Additional Information  Locus Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. Application Fraud Detection Notice: To help maintain a fair and secure hiring process, Locus Robotics may use AI-assisted and other automated tools to detect suspected fraud, misrepresentation, or misuse of the application process. Hiring decisions are not made solely by automated means unless otherwise disclosed where required by law.  It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.  Additional Information  Locus Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. Application Fraud Detection Notice: To help maintain a fair and secure hiring process, Locus Robotics may use AI-assisted and other automated tools to detect suspected fraud, misrepresentation, or misuse of the application process. Hiring decisions are not made solely by automated means unless otherwise disclosed where required by law.  It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.