Expense Management & Analysis, Analyst
On-siteHyderabad, Telangana, India
Job Summary
Partner with expense owners and cost center administrators to provide guidance on expense coding and allocation, advising on appropriate corporate versus fund treatment based on the nature of spend. Resolve complex or ambiguous expense scenarios by developing subject matter expertise across vendors, business activities, and allocation methodologies. Collaborate with Fund Accounting to interpret governing documents and ensure consistency in allocation instructions while identifying inconsistencies to recommend improvements. Analyze historical errors and rejections to identify root causes, driving initiatives that reduce manual rework and improve first-pass accuracy. Build and maintain centralized documentation of coding standards and allocation methodologies to support broader organizational guidance.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience, preferably in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Accounting, or Master Data Management within the financial services industry, and preferably in the investment management industry
- Prefer experience within Public Accounting and Investment firms, preferably with a focus on 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 working with judgment-based processes or ambiguous data
- Experience in stakeholder-facing roles
- Experience analyzing data to identify trends, inconsistencies, and root causes
- Expertise in Workday, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Power BI
- Bachelor's degree required
Desired Qualifications
- Relationship Building: works effectively with strong, diverse teams of people with multiple perspectives, talents, and backgrounds. He or she is known for doing what is best and is comfortable with consensus building (at multiple levels) and soliciting constructive feedback; 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 (at times) 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
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