Senior Manager, Close & Reconciliation Automation

West Monroe; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

West Monroe is seeking a Senior Manager to lead close, consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting automation engagements within our CFO Advisory team. This role is a finance transformation leader who combines auditor-grade accounting judgment with hands‑on systems delivery experience and can earn the confidence of Controllers, audit partners, and finance technology stakeholders.

You will design close architectures, oversee implementations such as BlackLine, Trintech Cadency or Adra, FloQast,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in accounting/finance or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience across audit, controllership, Record-to-Report transformation, and close automation.
• Experience delivering at least three full-lifecycle close, reconciliation, consolidation, or reporting technology implementations.
• Direct experience owning or performing month-end close activities within a corporate accounting environment, not only advising on the process.
• Deep implementation knowledge in BlackLine across Account Reconciliations, Task Management, Transaction Matching, and Journal Entry, or similar platforms.
• Strong knowledge of consolidation mechanics, intercompany eliminations, journal entry governance, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Working knowledge of ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 805, and pushdown accounting with strong judgment.
• Experience designing risk-based reconciliations and auto-certification thresholds for internal controls/audit.
• Experience with SOX narratives, control documentation, testing considerations, and IT general control concepts.
• Experience in public company or private equity-backed reporting environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead close, consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting automation engagements from assessment through implementation and stabilization.
• Design close architectures addressing dependencies, cutoffs, journal workflows, intercompany processing, and governance.
• Lead risk-based reconciliation rationalization including materiality, ownership, evidence, and exception management.
• Design solutions aligning policy, data, technology, SOX controls, and audit requirements.
• Oversee implementations across platforms like BlackLine, Trintech Cadency, Adra, FloQast.
• Partner with Controllers and audit stakeholders to resolve design decisions and drive adoption.
• Advise on consolidation and intercompany design including eliminations and pushdown accounting.
• Manage engagement delivery across scope, budget, staffing, risk, and client satisfaction with hands-on review.
• Apply AI and automation to close analysis, reconciliations, anomaly detection, and documentation with proper auditability.

Skills

Auditing knowledge

Finance transformation

Process improvement

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

AI tools usage

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems, or related discipline

Tools

BlackLine

Trintech Cadency

Adra

FloQast

Job description

West Monroe is seeking a Senior Manager to lead close, consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting automation engagements within our CFO Advisory team. This role is a finance transformation leader who combines auditor-grade accounting judgment with hands‑on systems delivery experience and can earn the confidence of Controllers, audit partners, and finance technology stakeholders.

You will design close architectures, oversee implementations such as BlackLine, Trintech Cadency or Adra, FloQast,