Lead SME – Accounting Operations (Reconciliation)

Job Description

**Title: Lead SME – Accounting Operations (Reconciliation)**

**Contract Details:**

Location: Boston, MA or Springfield, MA (Remote with travel onsite for QE and YE close)

Duration: 12+ month contract

Start: ASAP

Candidates Considered: USC, GC and H1B candidates

**About the Role**

We are seeking a Lead Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide support within the Accounting Operations – Reconciliation team as part of a large-scale finance transformation in the insurance industry. This position backfills a key super user who has joined a project team, ensuring that ongoing accounting and reporting processes remain effective and well-controlled.

The SME will play a hands-on role in book close, reconciliations, and financial reporting while supporting process integrity during a period of transformation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong controllership and accounting operations expertise to contribute in a critical, steady-state capacity while new systems and processes are implemented.

**Key Responsibilities**

– Support Accounting Ops – Reconciliation processes during financial close, reporting, and analysis cycles.

– Perform and oversee account reconciliations to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards.

– Support general ledger close activities, journal entry reviews, and variance analysis.

– Ensure reconciliations and reporting meet GAAP and statutory requirements for insurance entities.

– Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, and Project teams to resolve reconciliation and reporting issues.

– Provide support in documenting, testing, and validating processes as needed during transformation.

– Contribute to process improvements and operational efficiencies within the reconciliation function.

**Required Skills & Experience**

– 5+ years of accounting or controllership experience , with a focus on accounting operations and reconciliations .

– Insurance industry experience required ; life insurance experience preferred.

– Strong understanding of US GAAP and statutory accounting .

– Experience with SAP FICO (finance/accounting modules) highly preferred.

– Exposure to SAP R/3 or ECC migrations to S/4HANA is a plus.

– Hands-on experience with reconciliation tools and processes.

– Strong attention to detail, analytical mindset, and problem-solving skills.

– Excellent communication skills and ability to work across Finance and Technology teams.