Remote Investment Accounting Program Lead

Eliassen Group; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 117,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking an experienced Investment Accounting Manager to lead a critical program across accounting operations in a remote-capable role. You will drive the assessment of current processes, design improvements, and coordinate with Finance, Operations and Technology teams to stabilize and optimize execution.

The ideal candidate has investment accounting expertise, strong governance and stakeholder management skills, and a hands-on leadership style to deliver measurable, scalable

Qualifications

• Proven 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

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA/CFA preferred

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking an experienced Investment Accounting Manager to lead a critical program across accounting operations in a remote-capable role. You will drive the assessment of current processes, design improvements, and coordinate with Finance, Operations and Technology teams to stabilize and optimize execution.

The ideal candidate has investment accounting expertise, strong governance and stakeholder management skills, and a hands-on leadership style to deliver measurable, scalable