General Ledger Specialists

Matlen Silver; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a General Ledger Specialist to support core banking migrations, system cutovers, and operational implementations within the financial services industry.

This contract role focuses on General Ledger mapping, subledger-to-GL balancing, journal entry verification, and reconciliations through mock conversions, testing cycles, and live go-live events. Travel is 50-60%.

Experience in banks or credit unions preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent professional accounting experience.
• Previous accounting or finance experience working directly within a bank, credit union, or financial institution.
• Strong understanding of General Ledger accounting workflows.
• Strong knowledge of chart of accounts structures and GL mapping.
• Experience researching and resolving out-of-balance conditions.
• Hands-on experience with complex account and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience preparing, reviewing, and posting journal entries.
• Experience supporting system cutovers, testing, implementations, or financial system migrations.
• Ability to support test script validation and post-migration financial tie-outs.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50%-60%, generally 1-2 trips per month lasting approximately 6-9 consecutive days.
• Ability to work extended and non-traditional hours during critical cutover and go-live periods, including evenings, weekends, late nights, and potentially overnight shifts.

Responsibilities

• Support financial institution core banking migrations, system cutovers, and implementations.
• Perform General Ledger mapping and assist with chart of accounts alignment.
• Perform subledger-to-GL balancing and identify discrepancies.
• Research and resolve out-of-balance conditions.
• Prepare, review, and verify standard, recurring, and adjusting journal entries.
• Perform balance sheet and complex account reconciliations.
• Support mock conversion runs and active testing cycles.
• Validate financial results following migrations and system conversions.
• Assist with test script validation and post-migration financial tie-outs.
• Support live go-live and cutover events.
• Work closely with accounting, finance, operations, and implementation teams throughout the conversion process.

Skills

General Ledger accounting

GL mapping

Balance sheet reconciliations

Journal entries

Banking/Financial institution

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Job description

Job Title: General Ledger Specialist

Duration: Contract

Location: Remote - United States, with approximately 50%-60% travel

Rate: $40-$45/hr

Job Summary:

Matlen Silver is seeking a General Ledger Specialist to support core banking migrations, system cutovers, and operational implementations within the financial services industry.

This position will focus heavily on General Ledger mapping, subledger-to-GL balancing, journal entry verification, account reconciliation, and financial tie-outs throughout mock conversions, testing cycles, and live go-live events.

The ideal candidate has hands-on accounting experience within a bank, credit union, or other financial institution and a strong understanding of General Ledger operations. Experience supporting core banking conversions or system implementations is highly preferred.

Project Details:

• Support financial institution core banking migrations, system cutovers, and implementations.
• Perform General Ledger mapping and assist with chart of accounts alignment.
• Perform subledger-to-GL balancing and identify discrepancies.
• Research and resolve out-of-balance conditions.
• Prepare, review, and verify standard, recurring, and adjusting journal entries.
• Perform balance sheet and complex account reconciliations.
• Support mock conversion runs and active testing cycles.
• Validate financial results following migrations and system conversions.
• Assist with test script validation and post-migration financial tie-outs.
• Support live go-live and cutover events.
• Work closely with accounting, finance, operations, and implementation teams throughout the conversion process.

Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent professional accounting experience.
• Previous accounting or finance experience working directly within a bank, credit union, or financial institution.
• Strong understanding of General Ledger accounting workflows.
• Strong knowledge of chart of accounts structures and GL mapping.
• Experience researching and resolving out-of-balance conditions.
• Hands-on experience with complex account and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience preparing, reviewing, and posting journal entries.
• Experience supporting system cutovers, testing, implementations, or financial system migrations.
• Ability to support test script validation and post-migration financial tie-outs.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50%-60%, generally 1-2 trips per month lasting approximately 6-9 consecutive days.
• Ability to work extended and non-traditional hours during critical cutover and go-live periods, including evenings, weekends, late nights, and potentially overnight shifts.

Desired Skills

• Previous involvement in bank core migrations or conversions.
• Experience with financial platform upgrades.
• Experience supporting bank merger or acquisition cutovers.
• Strong troubleshooting and reconciliation skills.
• Experience working through mock conversions, trial balance cutovers, and live go-live events.
• Ability to work effectively in high-pressure implementation environments with strict financial balancing requirements.

Travel & Schedule

• Approximately 50%-60% travel.
• Typically 1-2 trips per month.
• Trips generally average 6-9 consecutive days.
• Business travel expenses including airfare, hotel, meals, and ground transportation are company-paid.
• Standard Monday-Friday business hours during steady-state periods.
• Extended hours may be required during mock conversions, trial balance cutovers, and live implementations.

About Matlen Silver

Experience Matters. Let your experience be driven by our experience. For more than 40 years, Matlen Silver has delivered solutions for complex talent and technology needs to Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders. Led by hard work, honesty, and a trusted team of experts, we can say that Matlen Silver technology has created a solutions experience and legacy of success that is the difference in the way the world works.

Matlen Silver is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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