Lead SME – Financial Close and Consolidation
Job Description
**Title: Lead SME – Financial Close and** **Consolidation**
**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 support the Financial Close & Consolidation team as part of a major accounting transformation initiative in the insurance industry. This position will backfill a key super user who has transitioned to a project role, ensuring continuity of critical close and consolidation processes.
The SME will focus on delivering timely and accurate close, consolidation, and financial reporting activities, while supporting process improvements during a period of system and organizational change.
**Key Responsibilities**
– Support financial close and consolidation processes , ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
– Prepare and review consolidated financial statements and sub-consolidations for insurance entities.
– Perform journal entry reviews, intercompany eliminations, reconciliations, and variance analysis .
– Ensure compliance with US GAAP and statutory reporting requirements .
– Partner with Finance and Technology teams to resolve close and consolidation issues during transformation.
– Provide testing and validation support for new processes and systems as needed.
– Contribute to process documentation and improvement initiatives.
**Required Skills & Experience**
– 5+ years of accounting, finance, or controllership experience , with a focus on close and consolidation processes .
– Insurance industry experience required ; life insurance experience preferred.
– Strong knowledge of US GAAP and statutory accounting .
– Experience with SAP FICO (finance/accounting modules) highly preferred.
– Hands-on experience with consolidation and reporting processes in large organizations.
– Strong analytical, detail-oriented, and problem-solving skills.
– Excellent communication and collaboration abilities across Finance and Technology teams.
