Corporate Accounting Engine Transformation Lead

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Corporate Accounting Engine Transformation Lead - remote or in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 6 Months + extensions, possible contract-to-hire
The role focuses on documenting high quality accounting requirements and partnering with technology leads, Group controllers to re-build an efficient and scalable accounting engine system. The role leads various stakeholders through the planning, analysis, and implementation phases of each initiative.

In this role, you will:

• Lead deep dive work sessions with accounting domain partners and document high quality accounting requirements
• Build test strategies and plans. Write and execute test scripts.
• Communicate practices and procedures for proper financial control functions in accordance with the company's internal controls policies
• Provide work guidance or mentorship to peers or junior members of the team
• Apply extensive specialized knowledge and act as an internal consultant
• Provide strategic consultation to leadership
• Lead implementation of the most complex projects or initiatives impacting multiple lines of business or across the enterprise
• Identify compliance and risk management requirements for supported area and works with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Act as a liaison between IT and finance/accounting (Group controllers) functions and partner with technology leads across the General Ledger ecosystem to align accounting requirements to build an efficient and scalable accounting engine system

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Finance, Accounting, Analytics, Financial Reporting, Accounting Reporting or Risk Reporting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with computer-based accounting systems
• Experience gathering accounting requirements used to build accounting systems
• Experience leading complex projects or initiatives impacting multiple lines of business or across the enterprise
• Strong written, analysis and oral communication skills, with ability to communicate with various levels within the organization
• Experience building large scale financial banking system implementations with hands on involvement in requirements gathering, testing, training, deployment
• Strong understanding of "generally accepted accounting principles"
• Good understanding of multi-currency enabled General ledger Eco systems
• Experience using big data/Cloud/query data tools.
• Ability to build business relationships with multiple stakeholder groups in accounting and technology