Key Accountabilities
Ledger & Accounting SME Leadership
Act as the senior SME for General Ledger and sub-ledger integration, accounting rules, posting logic, and reconciliation design.
Own and maintain ledger process maps, accounting treatment documentation, and end-to-end data lineage from source to GL.
Provide authoritative guidance on accounting impacts of product/process changes (e.g., new booking models, new feeds, new legal entity requirements).
Change Delivery & Solution Design
Lead functional input into target operating model and target ledger architecture (including controls and governance).
Translate Finance requirements into functional specifications, ensuring traceability from requirement → design → test → sign-off.
Partner with Technology to shape solution options, assess trade-offs, and ensure designs meet non-functional requirements (resilience, performance, auditability).
Controls, Reconciliations & Close
Define and strengthen ledger controls: completeness, accuracy, timeliness, segregation of duties, and audit trails.
Drive improvements to reconciliations (sub-ledger to GL, intercompany, suspense, breaks management) and close efficiency.
Support Finance in ensuring robust period-end close processes and operational readiness for change releases.
Regulatory, Risk & Governance
Ensure solutions align with relevant accounting standards and regulatory expectations (e.g., IFRS, local GAAP where applicable).
Support internal/external audit, model risk, and operational risk reviews by providing evidence, walkthroughs, and remediation plans.
Contribute to governance forums (design authority, change control, risk acceptance) and ensure appropriate approvals are obtained.
Stakeholder Management & Leadership
Build strong partnerships with senior stakeholders across Finance and Technology; influence decisions through data and clear recommendations.
Mentor analysts/VPs, uplift ledger domain capability, and promote consistent standards across programmes.
Manage dependencies across multiple workstreams and ensure delivery remains aligned to strategic outcomes.
Decision Making / Authority
Sign-off (or provide formal recommendation) on ledger functional design, accounting treatment documentation, and test outcomes.
Escalate material risks/issues impacting financial integrity, reporting, or control environment.
Approve functional readiness for release and cutover from a ledger/accounting perspective (as per programme governance).
Key Interfaces
Group Finance / Business Finance / Financial Control
Technology (Engineering, Architecture, Data, QA)
Operations / Middle Office / Product Control (where relevant)
Risk & Compliance, Internal Audit, External Audit
Change/Transformation and PMO
