Senior Investment Accounting Systems Manager

Be Part Of A High-Performing Team

Join an established financial services organization supporting investment accounting and controllership operations across multiple accounting frameworks, including GAAP, statutory, tax, IFRS, Canadian GAAP, and reconciliations. This role will partner closely with accounting, technology, operations, external auditors, and strategic service providers to modernize investment systems, strengthen reporting processes, and improve the integrity of financial data.

The environment is best suited for an experienced investment accounting systems professional who can operate independently at a Senior Manager or Director level. The position combines systems ownership, process architecture, vendor governance, implementation leadership, and hands-on problem-solving.

What’s In Store For You

• A highly visible individual-contributor position operating at the Senior Manager or Director level.
• The opportunity to own major investment accounting systems and operational workflows from strategy through implementation.
• Potential consideration for future full-time employment based on organizational needs and performance.
• Richmond, Virginia is the preferred location; qualified remote candidates may also be considered.
• Exposure to enterprise-wide systems transformation, vendor strategy, data warehouse redesign, and reconciliation automation.
• Opportunities to influence accounting technology standards across investment controllership operations.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Manage and optimize the operational architecture and processing workflows supporting multiple accounting and financial-reporting bases.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for investment accounting platforms, system configurations, accounting elections, interfaces, and downstream reporting.
• Oversee strategic relationships with investment-accounting service providers, including contract administration, performance reviews, reporting, onsite visits, and issue escalation.
• Lead system upgrades, patches, module implementations, configuration changes, defect resolution, and interface redesign.
• Partner with accounting and business stakeholders to document and maintain system configurations, elections, controls, and operating procedures.
• Direct the redesign of investment controllership data warehouses and management-reporting solutions, from requirements gathering through testing and implementation.
• Manage the design, configuration, and broader adoption of automated reconciliation capabilities.
• Develop standardized onboarding processes for new reconciliations and identify additional opportunities for automation.
• Improve investment-accounting workflows by eliminating manual or non-value-added activities and establishing scalable operating standards.
• Support vendor evaluations and requests for proposal related to potential changes in the investment-accounting operating model.
• Ensure systems and vendor-supported processes comply with regulatory, financial-reporting, and accounting requirements.
• Coordinate external audit activities, including audit planning, prepared-by-client requests, issue escalation, documentation, and meetings with internal stakeholders.
• Lead monthly management reporting and performance-metric processes related to investment-accounting system effectiveness.
• Travel periodically to corporate offices or vendor locations based on project and business priorities.

Do You Have the Expertise to Lead Investment Accounting Systems Transformation?

• At least 12 years of relevant experience across investment accounting, financial systems, software implementation, controllership operations, or related financial-services environments.
• Advanced expertise configuring, implementing, supporting, and integrating enterprise investment-accounting platforms.
• Strong knowledge of investment-accounting workflows supporting GAAP, statutory, tax, IFRS, Canadian GAAP, and reconciliation processes.
• Experience with EPAM or a comparable investment-accounting platform at a subject-matter-expert level.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Eagle, Markit, PAM, Aladdin, Oracle Financials, TM1, or similar financial and investment systems.
• Thorough understanding of asset management, insurance accounting, financial services, and related middle- and back-office operations.
• Working knowledge of financial instruments, including equities, fixed income products, and derivatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading financial-system implementations, system upgrades, interface redesigns, testing, and production deployments.
• Proven ability to manage strategic vendors, service-level performance, contracts, and complex issue resolution.
• Experience leading data warehouse, reporting, reconciliation, or financial-data transformation initiatives.
• Strong project-management discipline with experience delivering process redesign, operational improvement, and technology implementation programs.
• Ability to translate accounting and operational requirements into practical system designs and technical documentation.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Ability to independently own complex solutions from initial concept through completion.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio.
• CPA, project-management certification, or another advanced professional credential is preferred.
• Experience supporting vendor RFPs and managing systems throughout the full technology lifecycle is beneficial.