Job Overview
Location
Atlanta; Boston; Charlotte; Chicago; Dallas; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Finance
Date Posted
June 20, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Define finance-oriented validation criteria for software and AI-enabled solutions involving accounting, financial close, reporting, FP&A, transaction support, analytics, and CFO decision support workflows.
- • Translate complex finance process expectations into realistic test scenarios, exception cases, and formal acceptance standards aligned with real-world business contexts.
- • Partner with QA and Engineering teams to identify potential business risks, control breakdowns, and materially misleading outcomes in system outputs.
- • Determine which finance workflows require enhanced review, mandatory human signoff, or restricted deployment based on risk tiering and materiality assessments.
- • Coordinate and lead fractional finance subject matter experts (SMEs) from internal practices to validate high-risk releases and critical scenarios.
- • Design and implement a lightweight, repeatable process for domain-level quality review that scales across multiple product pods.
- • Advise cross-functional pods on business correctness, ensuring solutions meet operational needs beyond mere technical functionality.
- • Review evaluation results to distinguish low-value defects from materially significant issues impacting financial integrity or decision-making.
- • Identify patterns where technically passing outputs remain operationally weak, confusing, or risky in real finance environments.
- • Feed finance-domain insights back into benchmark sets, release criteria, and quality frameworks to continuously improve validation standards.
- • Serve as the primary liaison between finance practitioners and technology teams, ensuring alignment on business expectations and risk tolerance.
- • Maintain credibility with both finance professionals and engineering stakeholders through clear communication and sound judgment.
- • Make quality decisions in ambiguous or incomplete scenarios with confidence and accountability.
- • Support continuous improvement by evolving QA methodologies based on emerging finance trends, regulatory expectations, and client feedback.
- • Collaborate with teams across multiple office locations including Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.
- • Work in a hybrid model with flexibility to work remotely up to two days per week, with remote candidates also eligible for consideration.
- • Lead by example in a flat, entrepreneurial organization focused on delivering exceptional client service and driving value creation for private equity sponsors and portfolio companies.
🎯 Requirements
- • 7+ years of experience in finance transformation, controllership, FP&A, transaction services, or financial operations
- • Strong understanding of finance processes, internal controls, and how CFO organizations consume analysis and recommendations
- • Experience working with technology, product, or transformation teams
- • Ability to translate business expectations into structured validation criteria and distinguish theoretical correctness from real-world usability
- • Strong judgment, communication, and stakeholder management skills with credibility across finance and technology functions
- • Comfort making quality calls in ambiguous scenarios
🏖️ Benefits
- • Annual salary range of $155,000 to $195,000
- • Performance bonus opportunity
- • Hybrid work model with up to two remote days per week
- • Opportunity to work with 1,600+ finance and technology experts in a collaborative, high-growth environment
- • Exposure to premier private equity firms and portfolio company finance transformations
- • Support for professional growth in a flat, entrepreneurial organizational structure
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About Accordion Partners, LLC
Accordion Partners is a private equity-focused financial consulting firm providing portfolio company value creation services. It delivers interim management, financial planning & analysis, operational improvement, and transaction support to middle-market PE-backed businesses across North America. Founded by ex-Bain and Deloitte professionals, the company embeds senior-level talent within client organizations to accelerate EBITDA growth, optimize cash flow, and prepare assets for exit. Services span strategic finance, accounting, treasury, pricing, supply chain, and M&A integration, delivered through a flexible staffing model that scales with deal timelines and investment horizons.
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