Job Title
Financial Analyst Global Business Services (GBS)
Location - Chennai
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Financial Analyst to join our Global Business Services (GBS) R2R (Record to Report) End-to-End Service team.
This role is pivotal in developing and delivering comprehensive management reports, performing critical month-end activities, analyzing financial and operational processes, and providing essential financial support across all CGI Business Units.
The successful candidate will thrive in a stimulating work setting, collaborating with various levels of the company and internal clients
Key Responsibilities The analyst will need to develop expertise in the operational processes while providing support to the team and to the various internal clients.
The analyst will support GBS month end activities for O2C (Order to Cash) and P2P (Purchase to Pay).
1. Analysis of operational and financial processes
2. Develop expertise in O2C/P2P operational processes to support the expanded GBS team, as well as various internal clients.
3. Develop expertise with the transaction flow in ERP and understand the impact on revenue and cost.
4. Support business unit requests, investigate anomalies, and correct the processes as necessary.
5. Improve and/or develop reports, dashboards or performance metrics that will assist in meeting the financial objectives.
6. Work with the Operation team and the Business Units to understand the financial requirements.
7. Manage Audit requests.
8. Month End activities
9.
Carry out Subledger Vs GL reconciliations and gap analysis by explaining variances for the AR, AP, PCB, WIP and External Revenue modules.
10. Ensure the integrity of the analysis and reports. Ensure the transactions affecting the ERP system are adequate and comply with the rules in place.
11. Perform various journal entries during month end. Ex: Accruals, Reclass, Allocations, revenue adjustments etc.
12. Perform Pre Close, Close and Post Close activities and ensure all the sub modules and GL are closed without any issues.
13. Manage yearly exceptions due to Mergers, Acquisitions, integrations and Reorgs.
14. Perform Business As Usual activities (BAU) and handle exceptions that may arise.
Requirements
Technical and Domain Expertise
- Accounting Qualification CA/CPA/CMA Freshers or M Com/MBA experienced candidates
- Strong working knowledge on MS Office, especially MS Excel and PowerPoints. Also working knowledge with automation tools like VBA, Power Query, etc.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills Ability to communicate with the SBU and BU controllers and support them
- Familiarity with PeopleSoft Oracle will be considered an asset.
- Aptitude and interest in IT tools and manipulating large volume of data.
- Excellent analytical, attention to detail, an eye for decision making and problem-solving skills
- Focus on Continuous improvements, simplification, Efficiency and Cost Savings.
- Demonstrate autonomy, initiative, and rigor while carrying out tasks.
ShiftShift Start Time - ISTShift End Time - ISTRegular Shift12:30 PM9:30 PMNight shift for 1 to 2 days in a month based on requirement5:30 PM2:30 AM 1 of 2
📌 Financial Analyst Management Reporting (Chennai)
🏢 CGI
📍 Chennai