Senior Associate - Controllers (CORE) Program Coordination

New York Life•New York, NY

9d•$81,000 - $110,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Associate – Controllers Optimization & Reinvention Engine (CORE) Program Coordination role is a hybrid position requiring 3 days per week in the New York, New York office. This role focuses on coordinating the day-to-day execution of process automation and reporting workstreams within the CORE program. The associate will partner with the technical lead to ensure builds stay on track and exceptions are resolved. Key responsibilities include owning timeline tracking, stakeholder communication, status reporting, and maintaining logs of risks, open items, and decisions. The role also involves consolidating and preparing testing evidence, documentation, and change-management artifacts, as well as maintaining documentation and onboarding materials. The associate will also own the recurring meeting cadence for CORE workstreams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Systems, or a related discipline required.
2-4 years of experience in program or project coordination within a finance, accounting operations, or transformation function.
Demonstrated success supporting process automation, technology rollout, or transformation initiatives; coordinating timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables rather than building the technical solution directly.
Candidates should have experience operating within a mature corporate finance function supporting cross-functional stakeholders and multiple concurrent workstreams.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Excel, SharePoint, Power Platform, Word, and PowerPoint.
Familiarity with workflow or automation tooling sufficient to coordinate with technical builders, not required to build solutions independently.
Comfort tracking and interpreting data and reporting outputs to support status reporting.

Nice To Haves

CPA, PMP, or other relevant professional certifications are a plus.
Exposure to journal entry, account reconciliation, audit readiness, change management documentation or managerial reporting processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

Coordinate day-to-day execution across CORE's process automation and reporting workstreams, partnering with the technical lead to keep builds on track and exceptions resolved.
Own timeline tracking, stakeholder communication, and status reporting from workflow-level detail up through CORE leadership and executive updates.
Maintain a running log of risks, open items, and decisions across workstreams, ensuring dependencies and ownership stay visible.
Consolidate and prepare testing evidence, documentation, and change-management artifacts ahead of go-live milestones.
Maintain documentation and onboarding materials to support continuity across the program.
Own recurring meeting cadence across CORE workstreams, including agendas, follow-ups, and action item tracking.