Remote Investment Accounting Lead - Process Improvement

Eliassen Group; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 117,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking an Investment Accounting Manager to lead a critical program transforming investment accounting processes and controls. This role demands hands-on leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive measurable improvements in a complex financial environment.

The role focuses on stabilizing operations, improving execution, and delivering results, with a remote-friendly setup and competitive hourly compensation in a consulting engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex remediation, transformation, or stabilization programs within investment accounting or financial operations.
• Demonstrated people leadership, including oversight of vendor or managed-service teams and performance turnaround initiatives.
• Strong project and program management skills with experience establishing structured governance and reporting processes.
• Ability to identify root causes and implement practical process and control improvements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead a strategic investment accounting and operational improvement program with clearly defined objectives, milestones, and success metrics.
• Assess current-state processes, controls, workflows, and deliverables to identify operational gaps and remediation priorities.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and accountability across internal and external teams to improve execution quality, efficiency, and performance.
• Establish governance routines, status reporting, risk and issue management processes, and stakeholder communications.
• Design and implement process improvements, control enhancements, and documentation standards.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts across Accounting, Finance, Operations, Technology, and Reporting teams.
• Track and report progress against milestones, proactively escalating risks and implementing mitigation plans.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting policies and operational control frameworks.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance scalability, accuracy, and operational effectiveness.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration

CPA, CFA or other relevant certification preferred

MBA or Master’s in Accounting/Finance a plus

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking an Investment Accounting Manager to lead a critical program transforming investment accounting processes and controls. This role demands hands-on leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive measurable improvements in a complex financial environment.

The role focuses on stabilizing operations, improving execution, and delivering results, with a remote-friendly setup and competitive hourly compensation in a consulting engagement.