Deputy Manager - Financial Control/ R2R
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Our story At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.” Our Values: Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs. Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives. Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others. It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s expertise in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life. With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work. Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight. Learn more at careers.alight.com. Job Description
- 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
- 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
- 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
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