Lead Accountant: Transformation & Automation

Assurant; Tandil; On-site; ARS 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Assurant’s Global Housing team seeks a Lead Accountant to support accounting operations, ensure financial integrity, and drive transformation initiatives. The role blends hands-on accounting with process improvement, oversight of offshore work, and participation in Guidewire and Oracle initiatives, automation, and AI-enabled improvements.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in accounting operations, strong Excel skills, and experience with audits and controls, in a fast-paced global environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Advanced English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• 5+ years of experience in accounting operations, financial reporting, reconciliations, accounting controls, or related functions.
• Advanced Excel skills with pivot tables and high-volume data.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial statement impact.
• Experience supporting internal and external audits and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee accounting operations including reconciliations and cash application.
• Review work by offshore partners for accuracy and timeliness.
• Support audits with documentation and compliance.
• Analyze trends and workloads to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Investigate issues, perform root-cause analysis, and recommend enhancements.
• Participate in client implementations and accounting transformation initiatives.
• Leverage automation, AI, Salesforce, and reporting tools to improve efficiency.

Skills

Advanced English

Reconciliations

Financial reporting

Audits support

Process improvement

Automation & AI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Oracle ERP

Power BI

Guidewire

Job description

Assurant’s Global Housing team seeks a Lead Accountant to support accounting operations, ensure financial integrity, and drive transformation initiatives. The role blends hands-on accounting with process improvement, oversight of offshore work, and participation in Guidewire and Oracle initiatives, automation, and AI-enabled improvements.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in accounting operations, strong Excel skills, and experience with audits and controls, in a fast-paced global environment.