Specialist - Commercial Finance - Shared Services Division

The Role:
 
As part of it's continued growth within the Alight NGA Kochi shared services division, Alight NGA HR are now seeking a commercially minded Finance Specialist to join the Commercial Finance team. An Experienced financial person, owning departmental or Client Internal P&Ls; responsible for owning all aspects of P&L from budgeting and forecasting to variance analysis and reporting.

Key Responsibilities: 

- Ability to read complex contracts and understand the financial terms and schedules

- Budget/Forecast revenue & costs for specified P&L through use of metrics, historical trending reviews, and close working relationships with business partners

- Review P&L, understand all activity and provide driver and account based variance analysis

- Organize and lead monthly financial reviews with business partners and internal financial leadership

- Financial risk & opportunity tracking and reporting

- Supervise creation and correct set up of all necessary financial tools and templates

- Create and update pricing models as needed

- Processing needed journal entries (re-classes & accruals)

- Ad-hoc financial support

Knowledge and Expertise:

- Must be able to work independently

- Must demonstrate good critical thinking and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines

- Must have a basic understanding of GAAP and SOX compliance

- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written; able to clearly articulate thoughts, issues, concerns, risks, opportunities, other

- Must be able to collaborate with/consult senior level business partners

- Ability to work on multifunctional teams across organization