US Accounting Analyst

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• Provide daily functional support to the teams, to support the successful delivery of General Ledger documents and files.
• Performs financial audits, analyses data, reconcile and balance payroll results, payroll postings and GL interface transmittals for all on and off cycle processing’s and adjustment runs.
• Reviews all variances through investigation and resolution processes, completes root cause analysis as required, and recommends client intervention procedures and communicates variance.
• Analyzes accounting compliance issues and determines financial impacts and risks to Alight/client financials/processes.
• Facilitates appropriate resolutions based on those impacts, including system configuration changes.
• Provide support and guidance for all implementations and go lives.
• Support Managers with client engagement ensuring all information is accurate and provided on time.
• Makes formal recommendations to the client regarding escalated issues and resolves client inquiries based on financial and legal compliance impacts  and risks to Alight, Alight’s clients, and funding sources.
• Analyzes internal processes, methods, and procedures to ensure appropriate audit controls are in place and being followed.
• Responsible for the updating, maintaining, and enforcing of the Defined Work Instructions (DWIs)and other process documentation.
• Responsible for the resolution of Technical/Functional issues escalated from the team and ensuring all system issues/defects are reported correctly and tickets are logged with the necessary details and evidence so Application Services and/or Products can investigate.
• Contribute to team meetings and raise any issues immediately to your Operations Manager Serves as expert responder to all audit requests ensuring the accurate and timely responses.
• Provides reconciliations of payroll related balance sheet accounts to clients as required.
• Communicates regularly with various payroll processing teams to resolve escalation issues and to share lessons learned to optimize service delivery.
• Communicates with Clients and Vendors to resolve Accounting and Treasury related issues.
• Working with Operational Management and Products to implement automation, innovation, and any continuous improvement programs.
• Support Year End.
• Ability to recognize and deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information.
• Proactively identify upsell opportunities.
• Support Management with the resolution of client escalations, along with lessons learnt.
• Upskill and develop team members through training delivery and coaching to enable them to fulfil their role.
• Build good relationships with all lines of businesses where appropriate.
• Participates in projects and activities as needed and assigned
• Alight Security Standards are adhered and followed.
• Time Recording to be completed on time and accurately.
• Other duties, as assigned by your immediate supervisor and/or manager.
• Ensure you are up to date with all Alight announcements and communications

Working with us
By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.