About the job
Axon Enterprise, Inc. develops devices and cloud-based software to address safety and justice challenges. The company emphasizes transparency, empathy, and values input from customers, communities, and employees. Skill development and making a real impact are encouraged throughout the organization.
Role overview
The Principal Data Scientist works within the Office of the Chief Accounting Officer in New York, NY. This position blends technical leadership with strong finance and accounting expertise. The core responsibility is to ensure AI developers, process owners, decision-makers, and auditors have access to clean, reliable, and audit-ready data.
Main responsibilities
- Build data analytics tools and pipelines, dedicating about half of working time to these projects.
- Use AI to accelerate development for large-scale efforts, such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A) integration, ERP system implementations, upstream data remediation, and SOX compliance.
- Work closely with Controllership, Finance Operations, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Internal Audit, and Technology teams to advance AI, automation, and audit readiness.
- Apply AI-assisted development tools, including code generation, copilots, and large language models, in daily tasks.
Collaboration and impact
This role partners with multiple departments to support strategic initiatives and establish the foundation for future automation and audit processes. The position plays a key part in shaping how data and AI drive Axon's finance and accounting operations.

