Accountant, Consultant

Your Role

The Corporate Financial Accounting and Reporting team is responsible for the recording and reporting of financial information for Blue Shield of California. This role reports to the Principal Accountant and supports the broader Controllership organization.

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Consultant Accountant to support automation and continuous improvement initiatives across the Accounting organization. This role offers the opportunity to help modernize accounting operations by combining strong accounting knowledge with process optimization, systems thinking, and technology enablement.

As a Consultant Accountant, you will support the design, implementation, and maintenance of automated solutions that improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability across financial operations. You will help enhance close, reconciliation, and reporting processes through automation and continuous improvement, partnering closely with Technology and cross-functional teams to modernize workflows, reduce manual effort, strengthen internal controls, and improve the timeliness and quality of financial reporting. In this role, you will serve as a subject-matter resource on end-to-end accounting operations and support audits related to automated processes.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field; CPA or progress toward CPA preferred.
• Requires a minimum 7 years of prior relevant experience in consulting, accounting or controllership experience supporting complex close, reconciliation, and reporting processes.
• Strong knowledge of close, reconciliation, and financial reporting operations, US GAAP, internal controls, and audit support requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with process automation, continuous improvement, and accounting systems optimization in an accounting or finance environment; consulting experience with system implementations is highly desirable.
• Experience developing matching rules in high-volume reconciliation platforms such as Cadency or BlackLine, including rule design, testing, exception management, and process optimization.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations, system enhancements, or post-go-live optimization to expand automation, scalability, and control effectiveness.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and identify practical improvement opportunities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively across Accounting, Finance, Operations, and Technology.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with reporting, reconciliation, or automation tools used to manage and analyze large data sets preferred.