Sr. Project Manager - ABOR Platform

W2 ONLY - NO CORP TO CORP - NO 3RD PARTY AGENCIES - NO VISA SPONSOR/TRANSFER

Required

• 10+ years of project management experience, including 5+ years delivering large, multi-year technology and business transformation programs in financial services (insurance or asset management preferred)
• Proven track record of delivering a system implementation or platform conversion end to end: planning, vendor management, testing, cutover and hypercare
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification
• Strong command of planning and scheduling tools (MS Project / Project Server, Excel, Power BI or similar) and of structured WBS-based planning
• Experience running formal governance: status reporting, RAID management, change control, steering committee preparation and executive communication
• Experience working alongside a software vendor’s implementation team (BlackRock Aladdin, SimCorp, SS&C, FIS or similar) and holding them to deliverables and SLAs
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional dependencies across Accounting, Finance, Operations, Technology and Data teams
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to CFO-level stakeholders

Strongly preferred

• ABOR conversion experience: Has led or played a senior role in converting an investment accounting book of record from one platform to another, including opening-balance load, conversion reconciliation and first close on the new system
• Multi-basis accounting knowledge: Understands the differences between US GAAP, Statutory (NAIC) and Tax accounting for invested assets (amortization methods, impairment, IMR/AVR treatment) and how each basis is maintained and reported in parallel
• IBOR / ABOR architecture: Understands the split between the investment book of record and the accounting book of record, how they reconcile, and how the general ledger and downstream reporting consume ABOR output
• Insurance investment operations: Familiar with the asset classes typical of a life insurer’s general account (public and private fixed income, structured products, mortgages, alternatives, derivatives) and their accounting treatment
• Aladdin Accounting: Hands-on exposure to BlackRock Aladdin, particularly its accounting and data modules, or to a comparable platform (PAM, Eagle, SimCorp Dimension, SS&C)
• Accounting background: CPA, CFA or an accounting degree, or prior time in an investment accounting or financial reporting function