Assistant Manager - Operations

Requirements

Description and Requirements

Position Summary

PE/RE/REJV is a team handling Alternative Investment Finance Operations for various MetLife Line of Businesses. The team at GOSC handles Private Equity, Real Estate & Real Estate Joint Venture’s Cash and Reporting activities. Activities help Controllers and the senior management in making business decisions. Applications used include PeopleSoft, Yardi/Investran (Sub-ledger) Hyperion and many internal MetLife Applications.

Job Responsibilities

• Monthly/ quarterly accounting entries for various cash accounts and daily settlements of accounts as per US GAAP.
• Assist with monthly financial reporting, such as booking accounting entries and setting up wire transfers. Ensure overall governance and highlight/escalate potential issue
• Performing variance analysis for various accounts/reports.
• Performing Balance sheet certifications.
• Complete special requests and ad-hoc reports as requested.
• Plan workflow for all deliverables in advance of month/ quarter end.
• Reconcile various accounts, or reviewing reconciliations prepared by others, and promptly researching and correcting any variances.
• Run reports from various systems.
• Analyze and report interrelationships of financial information.
• Support process improvement and automation initiatives.
• The ability to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment is critical.
• Support financial analysis/reporting and the integrity of financial data
• Document procedures and processes.
• Substantiating financial statement and disclosures packages.
• Ensuring smooth month/Quarter/Year end close.
  
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

Education

• Commerce Graduate or MBA from Recognized University. Additional qualification would be added advantage
  
  
  

Experience

• 4-6 years of post-qualification work experience in relevant field is required
  
  
  

Knowledge and skills (general and technical)

• Knowledge of Accounting, Reporting & Reconciliations
• Investigate, resolve and reconcile outstanding balances and items
• Excellent business writing and communication skills
• Excellent analytical and research skills.
• Ability to find creative and innovative solutions to business problems
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Knowledge of AI Tools (Alteryx, Power Query, Power Automate etc.)
  
  
  

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazines list of the "Worlds Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!

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