Project Accountant – Systems Testing (18-Month Contract)
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About the Role
BCAA is looking for a Project Accountant for an 18-month contract to support finance-related business acceptance testing for a Guidewire cloud migration. The role requires a bachelor's degree and 3+ years of system testing experience, with familiarity in Guidewire and ERP systems.
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Responsibilities
- Execute and coordinate finance related business acceptance testing (BAT) activities and participate in system integration testing (SIT) and regression testing for the Guidewire cloud migration
- Validate end to end accounting and reporting scenarios across Guidewire, Epicor, and related systems to confirm interfaces, reports, journal outputs, and reconciliations are functioning as expected
- Identify, document, and retest defects and variances discovered during BAT, SIT, and regression cycles
- Review test cases and expected outcomes to ensure finance requirements, accounting controls, downstream reporting needs, and existing functionality are fully covered during migration testing
- Support dress rehearsals, cutover validation, and go live readiness activities by confirming continuity of accounting processes and accuracy of financial outputs in the Guidewire Cloud environment
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Commerce, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related discipline
- 3+ years of experience in System testing, business acceptance testing (BAT), system integration testing (SAT) and regression testing, ideally in Guidewire or other enterprise system implementations
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Why BCAA?
- The Systems Accountant supports the Corporate Accounting team on an 18 month contract with a primary focus on finance related business acceptance testing (BAT), and participation in system integration testing (SIT) and regression testing for the Guidewire cloud migration.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute and coordinate finance related business acceptance testing (BAT) activities and participate in system integration testing (SIT) and regression testing for the Guidewire cloud migration, including test scenario execution, evidence collection, and results tracking.
- Validate end to end accounting and reporting scenarios across Guidewire, Epicor, and related systems to confirm interfaces, reports, journal outputs, and reconciliations are functioning as expected.
- Identify, document, and retest defects and variances discovered during BAT, SIT, and regression cycles; partner with Information Services, project teams, and vendors to support root cause analysis and timely resolution.
- Review test cases and expected outcomes to ensure finance requirements, accounting controls, downstream reporting needs, and existing functionality are fully covered during migration testing.
- Support dress rehearsals, cutover validation, and go live readiness activities by confirming continuity of accounting processes and accuracy of financial outputs in the Guidewire Cloud environment.
- Maintain clear testing documentation, including scenarios, defects, retest results, regression outcomes, and issue summaries to support project governance and auditability.
- Prepare and update BAT/SIT/regression trackers, defect logs, reconciliation schedules, and testing status summaries to support project governance and decision making.
- Assist with validation of finance reports, dashboards, interfaces, and data extracts to ensure complete and accurate outputs in the cloud environment.
- Support ad hoc analysis related to migration testing results, cutover planning, blackout period impacts, and post deployment stabilization.
- Contribute to improvements in test coverage, defect management, regression coverage, documentation quality, and control over finance related system changes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Commerce, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related discipline.
- 3+ years of experience in System testing, business acceptance testing (BAT), system integration testing (SAT) and regression testing, ideally in Guidewire or other enterprise system implementations.
- Familiarity with Guidewire, ERP/GL systems, Excel, reporting tools, defect tracking tools, and experience working with interfaces and large data sets; Epicor experience is an asset.
- Exposure to accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, or downstream finance impacts in testing is a strong asset.
- Strong ability to execute test scenarios, validate expected results, document defects, and coordinate retesting through issue resolution.
- Experience validating end to end business processes, interfaces, reports, reconciliations, and unchanged functionality across integrated systems.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail and the ability to investigate variances in system and financial outputs.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across Finance, Information Services, and project teams.
Compensation
- The hourly rate range for this position is CAD 34.22 to CAD 42.77 and is determined via job related knowledge, skills, experience, certifications, market demand and internal equity.
- In addition to base salary and BCAA benefits, this position may be eligible for a performance bonus target of 4.8%, with the opportunity to earn up to 9%.
What we offer:
- The chance to make a difference every day in the lives of British Columbians, BCAA Members and our communities.
- Career and personal development to help you grow and reach your goals.
- Incentives that recognize team and individual sales and performance.
- Flexible benefits to support your health and lifestyle, and wellness dollars to keep your body, mind and soul thriving.
- A competitive rewards package including salary performance bonus programs, pension plan, and more to help build your personal wealth.
- Paid time off including vacation, and days for wellness, volunteering, and cultural, spiritual or religious connection.
- BCAA membership, with valuable perks and Member savings on every day and special spending, from gas and coffee to clothes, sports and event tickets, and hotels.
- Meaningful, rewarding work for a BC Top Employer known for putting people first and constantly building a better workplace for all our team members.
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