Finance Domain QA Lead

This is a remote position. Finance Domain QA LeadReporting to Manager, Quality Engineering & AI Validation, ensures Accordion's software and AI-enabled solutions are validated against real finance workflows, control expectations, and business decision contexts. Translates finance-domain knowledge into acceptance criteria, scenario design, risk tiers, and domain signoff standards. Key

Responsibilities

Domain Acceptance Design - Define finance-oriented validation criteria for workflows involving accounting, close, reporting, FP&A, transaction support, analytics, or CFO decision support. - Translate finance process expectations into realistic scenarios, exception cases, and acceptance standards. Controls & Materiality Review - Partner with QA and Engineering to identify where outputs could create business risk, control breakdowns, or materially misleading outcomes. - Help determine which workflows require enhanced review, human signoff, or restricted deployment. SME Review Leadership - Coordinate fractional finance QA reviewers from practices for high-risk releases and scenario validation. - Create a lightweight but repeatable process for domain-level review. Pod Support - Advise pods on business correctness, not just technical functionality. - Review evaluation results and help distinguish low-value issues from materially important issues. Continuous Improvement - Identify patterns where technically passing outputs are still operationally weak, confusing, or risky. - Feed finance-domain insights back into benchmark sets and release criteria.

Requirements

Required Qualifications- 7+ years of experience in finance transformation, controllership, FP&A, transaction services, financial operations, or related domains. - Strong understanding of finance processes, internal controls, and how CFO organizations consume analysis and recommendations. - Experience working with technology teams, product teams, or transformation programs. - Ability to turn business expectations into structured validation criteria. - Strong judgment, communication, and stakeholder management skills. ·CPA or similar background is a plus. ·Bachelor's degree preferred. You Are- Credible with both finance practitioners and technology teams. - Strong at distinguishing theoretical correctness from real-world usability. - Practical, risk-aware, and business-minded. - Comfortable making quality calls in ambiguous scenarios.