Senior Director, Data Solutions & Architecture

Responsibilities

• Client Leadership & Advisory
• Lead senior client conversations across the C-Suite, transformation leaders, technology leaders and private equity sponsors.
• Act as the day-to-day senior point of contact for clients and sponsors on relevant AI engagements.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and become viewed as a subject-matter expert in applied AI.
• Translate AI concepts into practical business language.
• Articulate the commercial and operational impact of AI in terms clients care about - revenue, cost, productivity, decision speed and risk reduction.
• Help clients understand what is feasible, what is valuable and what needs to be true before AI can scale.
• Shape AI roadmaps that connect to business priorities, data readiness and value creation plans.
• Manage client expectations, resolve issues quickly and maintain strong client satisfaction.
• Applied AI Use Cases
• Help clients identify practical AI use cases across finance, reporting, transformation, operations and management decision-making.
• Lead AI opportunity assessments and use case prioritisation.
• Size the commercial and operational impact of each use case - quantifying value, effort, risk and time to benefit - and use that to drive prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Help clients separate AI hype from practical business value.
• Design use cases that reduce manual effort, improve insight, support better decisions or enhance user experience.
• Recommend solutions in the right order - first leveraging the client's existing technology stack and AI capabilities, then identifying the most relevant off-the-shelf or point solutions in market, and only custom-building where neither can deliver the required outcome.

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Company Overview We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity's value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE-where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value-supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation. If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,600+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment. As we build our European footprint, the London office presents a unique entrepreneurial opportunity to shape our presence and accelerate growth across the region-while benefiting from the support and stability of an established, industry-leading firm. Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark. Practice Description Accordion's Data, Analytics & AI team offers intelligent solutions to a global clientele, leveraging a blend of domain knowledge, sophisticated technology tools, and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges. We partner with Private Equity sponsors and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, designing, building and scaling practical data solutions that improve reporting, analytics, decision-making and value creation. We deliver data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across finance, sales, operations, marketing, pricing, customer and other complex data sets. This role is based in London with flexibility to work remotely, and covers clients across the UK and Europe. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location. Role Overview We are looking for a Senior Director to help lead AI Solutions across the UK and Europe. This is a senior, client-facing role for someone who combines genuine technical depth in AI with a sharp understanding of how it creates commercial and operational impact for our clients. The right candidate will be able to identify where AI can move the needle on revenue, cost, productivity or decision-making, articulate that value clearly to senior stakeholders, guide proof-of-concepts and work with engineering teams to turn ideas into scalable solutions. This is not a research-only AI role. It is focused on applied AI, client impact and delivery. The role will support AI use cases across finance, reporting, transformation, analytics and operational workflows. The Senior Director will also support business development and origination, working closely with Managing Directors and other Accordion practices to shape opportunities, develop proposals and expand client relationships. This role will require regular and extensive travel across Europe to work with clients in the relevant jurisdictions.

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