Remote Finance Manager - Benefits FP&A & Automation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Alight Solutions in Illinois is seeking a Finance Manager to partner with business and finance leaders, owning reporting, forecasting, and insights for the Benefits FP&A function. You will drive automation and analytics to enhance decision support and ensure disciplined execution of the financial plan.

Reporting to the Finance Director, you will collaborate across Finance and the business to implement scalable processes, strengthen controls, and deliver high-quality financial materials for

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of progressive finance experience, with FP&A and business partnership experience preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; Workday and Adaptive Insights experience required.
• Financial acumen with attention to quality, accuracy, and controls.
• Proven ability to partner with leaders, communicate insights clearly, and support decision-making in a complex environment.
• Demonstrated interest in automation, process transformation, and modernization within finance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a finance partner to business and finance leadership, translating financial performance into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Perform analysis across actuals, budget, forecast, and prior year, delivering clear insights on key drivers, trends, and risks.
• Leverage advanced analytics and AI-enabled tools to enhance forecasting, identify risks, and support pro-active decision-making.
• Prepare and present financial materials for leadership forums, articulating financial implications, trade-offs, and recommendations.
• Support Benefits FP&A planning processes, including long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling and staffing operations
• Contribute to automation and FP&A process transformation efforts to improve efficiency, consistency, data quality, and insight velocity.
• Provide guidance and support to analysts and cross-functional partners, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking.
• Build partnering working relationships with business finance leaders and their teams.
• Support ad hoc and strategic analyses in support of business and finance initiatives.

Skills

Finance partner

Advanced Excel

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

Adaptive Insights

Job description

Alight Solutions in Illinois is seeking a Finance Manager to partner with business and finance leaders, owning reporting, forecasting, and insights for the Benefits FP&A function. You will drive automation and analytics to enhance decision support and ensure disciplined execution of the financial plan.

Reporting to the Finance Director, you will collaborate across Finance and the business to implement scalable processes, strengthen controls, and deliver high-quality financial materials for