Assistant Manager, Cost COE

Job Description

About your team The Cost COE 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 optimisationopportunitieswhilst leveraging technology and data strategy to drive simplification. About your role Playing a vital role in driving cost efficiency, youll partner with the Cost Head and other Cost COE 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, youll learn and grow every day. Youll develop speciliast 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 allocation for management accounts Responsible for the execution of other accounting functions related to cost allocations, including but not limited to driver updates, methodology review 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 Understand and compile stakeholder requests and provide feasible solutions Collaborate with senior stakeholders (including LEC, Group Control & Business Finance teams) acting as subject matter expert for your area and positively representing the Cost COE 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, youre 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