The Role
As part of it’s continued growth within the Alight Kochi shared services division, Alight are now seeking a commercially minded Finance Specialist to join the R2R / controllership Finance team.
■ This role will be an integral part of a finance team dedicated to providing support to our growing operations. This role will actively manage the Country/ Entity Finance by producing and presenting insightful analysis that supports book closure and decision making. The successful candidate must have the flexibility to deal with a wide range of client services.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting/ Controllership Responsibilities
■ Ownership of legal entity Financial statements, ensuring adequate analysis and reviews, exercise judgment
■ Perform Month end close accounting & reporting including variance analysis and preparation of supporting commentary
■ Ownership of entity Balance Sheets, preparing balance sheet recons and identification and management of any potential risks
■ Audit & Compliance - Managing Entity Audit - Internal & Statutory audit support and completion
■ Review revenues, costs and profitability at client level and entity level operations
■ Monitor & Report on performance against forecasts & budgets
■ Identification of areas of risk, under-performance, improvement and opportunity and development of action plan to resolve
■ Preparation, Review and analysis of regional budgets
■ Ensure financial compliance with contracts
■ Involvement in Reporting requirements including Variance Reporting, KPI Reporting, Cash flow analysis, P&L and Balance sheet reviews
■ Monitor Debtors, creditors and accrued and deferred income
■ Supporting on-site business teams ( Accounts Executives, Accounts Directors, Finance Managers and Directors )
■ Identification of process improvements to support the management team and improve the delivery of information across the division
Other Responsibilities
■ Resolving ad-hoc queries from onsite counterparts within and outside the division
■ Completion of all process related MI’s and governance tools
■ Manage Support / cover for other members / team members of the finance team as required
■ Supervise and manage the entity accounting team
Candidate Profile
Essential Skills
■ Qualified Accountant with 12+ years relevant experience, qualified / Semi Qualified Accountant (CA/CWA/CIMA / ACCA ) or MBA in Finance Minimum of 7-10 years’ relevant experience.
■ R2R / Core finance Domain expertise
■ Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
■ Strong organizational skills to ensure completion of multiple activities within tight reporting deadlines
■ Excellent Excel skills are vital given the nature of the responsibilities
■ Strong on finance fundamentals
■ Flexible to work in any shift timings
Personal Attributes
■ Leadership Skills
■ Organized and proactive, tenacious with an enthusiasm to support the business
■ Highly numerate with strong analytical and problem solving skills, plus excellent attention to detail
■ Team player
■ Ability to work under pressure
■ Eager for additional responsibilities and looking for career progression within the organization
We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
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