Business Engagement and Solutions Lead – Finance / Accounting

About Accelerant

Accelerant is a data-driven risk exchange connecting underwriters of specialty insurance risk with risk capital providers. Accelerant was founded in 2018 by a group of longtime insurance industry executives and technology experts who shared a vision of rebuilding the way risk is exchanged – so that it works better, for everyone. The Accelerant risk exchange does business across more than 20 different countries and 250 specialty products, and we are proud that our insurers have been awarded an AM Best A- (Excellent) rating. For more information, please visit www.accelerant.ai .

Business Engagement and Solutions Lead – Finance / Accounting

Role Overview

The Business Engagement and Solutions Lead – Finance / Accounting will act as the primary bridge between Finance leadership and Technology, ensuring that business priorities are understood, technology strategies are aligned, and solutions are designed and delivered to meet business outcomes. This role requires equal fluency in the language of finance and technology, serving both as the voice of the business within technology and the voice of technology within the business.

The role will be accountable for capturing business needs, shaping demand, guiding product and capability roadmaps, and ensuring the delivery of solutions that balance short-term requirements with long-term platform capabilities, with hand off to delivery teams, providing ongoing guidance and business input to ensure the delivered solutions align to agreed outcomes and expectations. The role has accountability for the Finance Operations function.

By fostering trust-based partnerships with Finance stakeholders, this role will ensure that investments in technology are tightly aligned to business strategy and value delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnership

Serve as the trusted advisor and primary interface for leadership in Finance Operations function.

Ensure IT investments and initiatives are directly aligned to Finance strategy and business goals.

Build trust and foster strategic dialogue between Finance and Technology.

Demand Management & Requirements Definition

Capture, elicit, and document Finance business requirements with precision and clarity.

Translate business needs into actionable requirements, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.

Hand-off requirements to technical delivery teams, while continuing to provide input and act as the business voice during design and build.

Roadmap & Capability Alignment

Own and manage Finance products and capability roadmaps, ensuring priorities are visible, sequenced, and achievable.

Define Finance capabilities, processes, and models to create a blueprint for aligning initiatives with enterprise strategy.

Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform capabilities and scalability.

Business Outcome Ownership

Own all business outcomes delivered by BSGIT for Finance Operations function in Finance.

Partner with delivery teams to ensure delivered solutions provide measurable business benefit.

Monitor progress against outcomes, escalate risks, and validate that solutions meet expectations.