Finance Domain QA Lead

Job Description This is a remote position. Finance Domain QA Lead Reporting 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.