Assistant Manager Cost COE

About the OpportunityJob Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: 28 February 2025

Job Description

Title                 Assistant Manager / Process Lead - Cost COE

Department    Cost COE

Location          Gurgaon

Reports To       Manager - Cost COE

Level                Associate

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Cost COE team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

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 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 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, you’ll learn and grow every day. You’ll develop speciliast knowledge of your Cost area and will contribute to the implementation of best practice, gaining the skills and capability to:

• Own and manage the end-to-end accrual and accounting process of cost areas
• 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
• Undertake monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and lead the overall month end close process
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders (including Tax, Payroll, HR, Legal and Management Accounting & Business Finance teams) acting as subject matter expert for your Cost 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, 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

Feel rewarded

For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.