Controllership AI & Automation Transformation Lead

<div class="content-intro"><h4><strong>Join Axon and be a Force for Good.</strong></h4> <p>At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.<br><br>Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.</p></div><h3><strong>Your Impact</strong></h3> <p>As our Controllership AI &amp; Automation Transformation Lead, you will lead and deliver targeted AI, analytics, and automation initiatives that improve speed, quality, and scalability of Controllership processes.<br><br>You will own discrete projects/workstreams end-to-end, partner closely with Accounting, IT/Engineering, and Internal Audit, and deliver measurable results. This will involve leading meetings with process owners, understanding current state and pain points, defining business requirements, and using AI and automation tools to develop solutions. The outcome will involve working with IT/data teams, enabling the process owner to learn and build solutions themselves and/or you being hands on building solutions yourself.</p> <h3><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h3> <p><strong>Location:</strong> Boston MA office<br><strong>Reports to:</strong> Director, Chief of Staff (Controllership)</p> <ul> <li>Define the AI transformation roadmap for Controllership.</li> <li>Identify and prioritize high-value automation/AI opportunities across Controllership processes (Accounting Operations, Tax, Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, Revenue Accounting, New Product Introduction).</li> <li>Define project scope, requirements, and success metrics; build ROI cases (hours saved, cycle-time reduction, error-rate reduction, rework avoided).</li> <li>Partner with Finance Systems / IT / Engineering to deliver solutions using automation, analytics, and AI/LLM-enabled tooling (e.g., workflow automation, controlled LLM assistance for drafting/analysis, intelligent triage).</li> <li>Build and validate analytics (e.g., SQL-based checks, reconciliation logic, KPI dashboards) to ensure outputs are accurate, explainable, and auditable.</li> <li>Present transformation outcomes to leadership and executive stakeholders.</li> <li>Drive project execution: timelines, risks, dependencies, stakeholder updates, UAT coordination, rollout planning, and post-launch stabilization.</li> <li>Serve as internal advisor on AI governance and adop