Deputy Manager - Kochi, India - Alight

Description

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.