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As a part of this role, you will be responsible for the following tasks: - Source and train a newly formed team on existing expense processes - Create KPIs and monitor exception reports to identify inconsistencies - Document key processes and risks to identify gaps in our service model for excellent internal customer support, and plan remediation efforts to address gaps identified - Collaborate with budget owners to: - Understand and document business and standard vendor relationships - Act as subject matter experts on vendors and services being provided - Advise cost center administrators and expense approvers on consistent and appropriate corporate and fund coding - Partner with expense owners to work with vendors to improve invoices for efficient processing - Collaborate with Fund Accounting to: - Understand and document various fund expense considerations and requirements - Act as subject matter experts for each strategy's nuances and fund chargeback capabilities per the legal documents - Review all fund invoices and T&E for completeness and appropriateness of instructions prior to approval for allocation - Advise Cost Center administrators and expense approvers on changes needed to allocation instructions provided - Collaborate with Corporate Accounting to: - Understand and document appropriate spend category / GL considerations for expense coding - Serve as a liaison between expense owners and Corporate Accounting for coding questions - Maintain spend category to GL mapping and descriptions for guidance - Collaborate with Corporate Finance to: - Understand and document budget considerations regarding expense coding - Help ensure expenses are coded to appropriate expense owners - Assist Cost Centers and Corporate Finance with expense reclasses in Workday - Support expense level projects within Workday to ensure solutions are systematic, efficient, and maintainable Qualifications required for this role include: - Prefer experience within Public Accounting and Investment firms, preferably with a focus in consulting, audit and/or corporate finance functions - Track record in business analysis and process improvement - Strong analytical skills and ability to understand and resolve complex problems - Experience with large datasets - Expertise in Workday, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio In addition to the qualifications, some personal attributes that are expected for this role include: - Relationship Building: works effectively with strong, diverse teams of people with multiple perspectives, talents, and backgrounds. Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of participants including upper management, clients, other departments, and 3rd party providers. - Communication: strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills; ability to present complex material. - Independence & Collaboration: experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; must be able to drive work effectively with limited supervision while representing department and executive management interests and concerns. - Work Ethic: focus on continual development, performance, accountability, and self-motivation. - Flexibility & Organization: adapt to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities; proven ability to multi-task and efficiently manage time across competing activities/resources; able to effectively prioritize, execute tasks, and thrive in a high-pressure fast-paced environment. - Intellectual Curiosity: energized by learning new things and engaging across a wide range of issues; must have strong problem-solving skills; adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products; displays a technical aptitude that lends itself to learning and mastering new technologies. - Driving Results: sets aggressive timelines and objectives to drive results, conveys a sense of urgency, and drives issues to closure; is a self-starter committed to achieving results and has a strong sense of ownership and follow-through. - Judgment: makes recommendations and decisions that balance a variety of factors. Please note that the company has an Equal Opportunity Employment Policy for positions based in Los Angeles. For those applying for a position in the city of Los Angeles, the firm will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. As a part of this role, you will be responsible for the following tasks: - Source and train a newly formed team on existing expense processes - Create KPIs and monitor exception reports to identify inconsistencies - Document key processes and risks to identify gaps in our service model for excellent internal customer support, and plan remediation efforts to address gaps identified - Collaborate with budget owners to: - Understand and document business and standard vendor
