Senior Financial Analyst - Virtual

Alight•Libertyville, IL

1d•$85,000 - $110,000•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst will align to our Client Support Services (CSS) team at Alight. This role will support the CSS Finance Manager in planning, forecasting and reporting of the revenue and costs related to CSS operations to Senior Leadership as well as providing financial support for various CSS Operations leaders. Preference for this position to be near our Lincolnshire, IL or Woodlands, TX facility; however, strong virtual candidates will be considered. Less than 5% travel is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance or related curriculum (or equivalent work experience)
3-5 years relevant finance experience, with history of strong performance
Experience working in an operations environment
Proven proficiency with Microsoft products, SQL query building, and Excel.
Experience with forecasting, modeling, month end reporting, buy vs lease, M&A, sales.
Experience with dashboard creation Tableau, Power BI
Expert Excel skills advanced formulas, pivot tables, power query macros
Ability to prioritize activities in time-sensitive environment
Ability to work collaboratively and build relationships
Analytical and inquisitive mentality

Responsibilities

Partner with the finance manager and the business unit leaders to report financial results and assess the risks and opportunities to achieving the financial targets.
Support the preparation of monthly and quarterly reporting materials to be shared with Alight leadership and key stakeholders.
Prepare variance analysis and provide insight on monthly, quarterly, year-to-date, year-to-go, and full year expense and revenue results relative to plan, forecast, and prior year.
Develop a strong understanding of the business in order to support the appropriate outlook for the business unit.
Perform data driven analysis on operational aspects of the business to inform leadership decision making.
Provide support utilized in models for the business unit long range planning and annual budgeting process.
Actively contribute to the improvement process and reporting enhancement initiatives within Client Support Services.
Support decision making processes with ad hoc financial reporting and analysis on wide range of operational and financial matters.
Demonstrate comfort in participating in meetings with business and finance leadership present.