About your team

The GCH team strengthen our focus on being a cost-effective organization and act as a catalyst for efficiency, effectiveness and continuous improvement. They focus on increasing cost transparency, identifying optimisation opportunities whilst leveraging technology and data strategy to drive simplification

About your role

Playing a vital role in driving cost efficiency, you'll partner with the Cost Head and other GCH colleagues to shine a light on your Cost area, continuously questioning and finding ways to simplify, optimise and increase transparency. As part of our team, you'll learn and grow every day. You'll develop specialist knowledge of your Cost area and will contribute to the implementation of best practice, gaining the skills and capability to

Responsibility of end-to-end cost accrual & analysis along with flash reporting
Responsible for the execution of other accounting functions, including but not limited to journal entries, account reconciliations and variance analysis for month-end reporting
Create engaging and informative monthly and ad-hoc analysis, analyzing movements with the Cost Head from both a Controlling and Business Finance perspective
Support month end process by investigating variance with budget/forecast and provide thoughtful actions and comments to drive business decisions basis vendor analysis.
Understand and compile stakeholder requests and provide feasible solutions
Undertake monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and lead the overall month end close process
Collaborate with senior stakeholders (including LEC, Group Control & Business Finance teams) acting as subject matter expert for your Cost area and positively representing GCH
Get involved in an exciting range of FIL-wide projects or tasks relating to your Cost area
Maintain a high level of risk awareness and develop a sound control environment to mitigate risk.

About you

With a solid background in Finance with exposure to accounting, data analytics, reporting and reconciliations, you're the specialist we need. You:

Understand cost accounting and its downstream impact on Controllership and Business Finance
Are curious, with strong attention to detail and a love for diving into issues in depth
Have sound analytical skills and strong knowledge of accounting principles
Comfortable in working with people and teams across the business to develop, share, accept and implement new ideas
Love working as part of a team and contributing towards team goals, but also enjoy working independently to deliver results
Are comfortable with managing multiple tasks and can prioritize and organize effectively
Can grasp new concepts, assimilate information and deliver high-quality solutions at speed.

Assistant Manager - Cost Accounting, COE