Finance Manager – Benefits FP&A & Automation (Remote)

Alight Solutions; Illinois; On-site; USD 108,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career growth opportunities

Wellbeing programs

Continuing education

Job summary

Alight Solutions seeks a Finance Manager to partner with Benefits FP&A and business leaders, delivering reporting, forecasting and actionable insights. You will drive automation, analytics, and standardized processes in a dynamic global finance function.

Reporting to the Finance Director, you’ll own financial planning, scenario modeling, and performance analysis with a focus on accuracy, controls, and strategic decision support, while maintaining a lean, automation-first mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5-8 years of progressive finance experience, FP&A and business partnership preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; Workday and Adaptive Insights experience required.
• Financial acumen with attention to quality, accuracy, and controls.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a finance partner to business and finance leadership, translating performance into actionable insights.
• Analyze actuals, budgets, forecasts, and prior year data to identify drivers and trends.
• Leverage analytics and AI-enabled tools to enhance forecasting and risk identification.
• Prepare and present financial materials for leadership forums with clear recommendations.
• Support FP&A planning: long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling and staffing operations.
• Contribute to automation and FP&A process transformation for efficiency and data quality.
• Provide guidance to analysts and cross-functional partners to foster automation-first thinking.
• Build relationships with business finance leaders and their teams.
• Support ad hoc analyses aligned with business and finance initiatives.

Skills

Financial acumen

Business partnership

Automation interest

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Workday

Adaptive Insights

Job description

Alight Solutions seeks a Finance Manager to partner with Benefits FP&A and business leaders, delivering reporting, forecasting and actionable insights. You will drive automation, analytics, and standardized processes in a dynamic global finance function.

Reporting to the Finance Director, you’ll own financial planning, scenario modeling, and performance analysis with a focus on accuracy, controls, and strategic decision support, while maintaining a lean, automation-first mindset.