Data Science Principal
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Job Location:
Boston, NH - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 176580 - 282528
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Join Axon and be a Force for Good.
At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys 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.
Life at Axon is fast-paced challenging and meaningful. Here youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
Your Impact
Axon Enterprise (Nasdaq: AXON) is seeking a Data Science Principal within the Office of the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO). This is a hands-on enabler role for a technically exceptional professional with deep finance and accounting domain expertise. Your primary mission is to ensure that Axons AI builders process owners decision-makers and auditors can operate with clean trusted well-governed and audit-ready data. You will spend roughly half your time building data analytics tools and pipelinesleveraging AI as a development acceleratorto support complex large-scale projects including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) integration enterprise resource planning (ERP) system deployments upstream data remediation and SOX compliance initiatives.
The other half is strategic: partnering across Controllership Finance Operations Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Internal Audit and Technology to establish the data foundation that makes AI automation and audit readiness possible. You will use AI-assisted development tools (code generation copilots large language models) as part of your everyday build process.
What Youll Do
Hands-On Building & Upstream Data Cleanliness (50%)
Design and develop data analytics tools automated validation frameworks and dashboards that give Finance Operations and Controllership real-time visibility into data health across enterprise systems. Use AI to rapidly prototype test and deploy these solutions.
Drive upstream data hygiene cross-functionally: partner with source-system owners in Revenue Operations Procurement Human Resources and Engineering to fix data issues where they originate not after they propagate.
Own data dictionaries lineage documentation and quality scorecards for critical controllership data assets. Establish and enforce master data management (MDM) standards.
Partner with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information Technology (IT) on integration strategy ensuring seamless data flows between ERP sub-ledgers and the enterprise data platform. Support Snowflake data warehouse deployment.
Mergers & Acquisitions Data Integration
Lead data workstreams for M&A transactions end-to-end: perform data due diligence on target companies assess data quality risks and build integration playbooks for onboarding acquired-company data into Axons enterprise platform.
Design and execute data mapping cleansing and migration plans for post-acquisition integrationensuring acquired entities are reporting on clean consolidated data within defined timelines.
For interim stage prior to M&A integration build own and operate extract-transform-load (ETL) and extract-load-transform (ELT) pipelines that remediate data quality issues at the sourcebefore data reaches downstream AI models reporting or analytics. Leverage AI-assisted development tools (copilots code generation large language models) to accelerate pipeline development and iteration.
Build repeatable M&A controllership data integration frameworksusing AI to automate data profiling matching and anomaly detectionthat scale as Axons acquisition pace accelerates.
Financial Controls SOX & Audit Readiness
Co-design data pipelines and analytics with auditability built intraceable lineage complete audit trails and evidence that holds up under external audit.
Build or collaborate with process owners to build close-support tools (GL-to-sub-ledger intercompany journal entries) that reduce manual effort and strengthen control evidence.
Enabling AI Builders & Process Owners
Serve as the data enablement partner to Axons Controllership AI team and Controllership process ownersensuring they have access to clean well-structured governed datasets for machine learning (ML) automation and large language model (LLM) initiatives.
Collaborate with AI builders to define data requirements validate input data quality and create feedback loops that continuously improve data upstream of AI/ML workflows.
Create self-service analytics capabilities that enable FP&A Tax Treasury and Controllership teams to access trustworthy data without bottlenecks.
Partnership & Cross-Functional Leadership
Serve as a trusted partner to the CIO shaping technology roadmaps enterprise architecture and system integration decisions. Act as a strong ally to Controllership and Finance Operations.
Engage stakeholders across FP&A Tax Treasury Engineering Product Revenue Operations and Legal to manage cross-functional data projects end-to-end. Influence without authority across global distributed teams.
What You Bring
Bachelors degree in Data Science Computer Science Statistics Mathematics Economics Finance or a related field with 8 years in data science data engineering or analytics.
Hands-on builder: strong current proficiency with Structured Query Language (SQL) and Pythonyou write code build pipelines and ship tools not just direct others. Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools to multiply your output.
Deep experience with upstream data quality remediation master data management and data governance operationalization in a finance or accounting environment.
Demonstrated M&A data integration experience: due diligence data mapping migration and post-acquisition consolidation.
Ability to build senior-level relationships lead cross-functional projects end-to-end and influence without direct authority across global teams.
Working knowledge of US GAAP accounting processes (R2R O2C P2P revenue recognition) or FP&A processes (budgeting forecasting variance analysis)you understand the business logic not just the data.
Practical familiarity with SOX compliance and IT General Controls (ITGCs) sufficient to design audit-ready data pipelines maintain traceable audit trails and support internal audit teams and external auditors with data extracts population listings and control evidencewithout needing to own the SOX program or control design.
Preferred Qualifications:
Snowflake or comparable cloud data warehouse experience. Business intelligence (BI) platforms such as Sigma.
High-growth publicly traded technology company or digital transformation environment.
Experience enabling AI/ML teams with clean data pipelines. Demonstrated use of AI code-generation in day-to-day development. Supervisory experience leading data teams.
M&A integration at a company with an active acquisition strategy. Public safety defense or regulated industry background.
Experience with audit management or financial close platforms/ERP and their data integration requirements; familiarity with how these tools consume and produce audit evidence.
Benefits that Benefit You
- Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical Dental Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & Development programs
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- And yes we have snacks in our offices
Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
Axon is a total compensation company meaning compensation is made up of base pay bonus and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors such as: level function training transferable skills work experience business needs geographic market and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit Pay Range
$176580 - $282528 USD
Dont meet every single requirement Thats ok. At Axon we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If youre excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification listed here we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Important Notes
The above job description is not intended as nor should it be construed as exhaustive of all duties responsibilities skills efforts or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.
Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
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About Company
The Axon Network connects people, devices, and apps to protect life in all regards. From our TASER smart weapons, to police body cameras, to our industry-leading cloud-based evidence management software, we are the world’s premier public safety company and are committed to delivering ... View more
