Finance Specialist

Job Description As a member of the PE/RE/REJV team at MetLife, you will be responsible for handling Alternative Investment Finance Operations for various MetLife Line of Businesses. Your role will involve supporting end-to-end financial reporting and accounting processes, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and disciplined execution across key processes while maintaining strong coordination with stateside partners. **Key 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 issues - Performing variance analysis for various accounts/reports - Performing Balance sheet certifications - Complete special requests and ad-hoc reports as requested - Plan workflows for all deliverables in advance of quarter end - Reconcile various accounts and promptly research and correct any variances - Run reports from various systems - Analyze and report interrelationships of financial information - Support process improvement and automation initiatives - Document procedures and processes - Ensuring smooth month/Quarter/Year end close **Qualifications Required:** - Education: Commerce Graduate or MBA from Recognized University. Additional qualification would be an added advantage - Experience: 2 years of post-qualification work experience in a relevant field is required - Knowledge and skills: - Knowledge of Accounting, Reporting & Reconciliations - Investigate, resolve and reconcile outstanding balances and items - Excellent business writing and communication skills - Excellent analytical and research skills - Self-Starter & Self-Motivated, well organized and flexible with a sense of urgency approach - Adaptability to change - Ability to manage multiple tasks prioritizing effectively - Ability to find creative and innovative solutions to business problems - Strong organizational and project management skills **About MetLife:** Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune Worlds 25 Best Workplaces, MetLife is one of the worlds leading financial services companies. With operations in more than 40 markets, MetLife provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management to individual and institutional customers. MetLife's core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - guide its purpose of creating a more confident future for colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large. Join MetLife and be part of transforming the next century in financial services. As a member of the PE/RE/REJV team at MetLife, you will be responsible for handling Alternative Investment Finance Operations for various MetLife Line of Businesses. Your role will involve supporting end-to-end financial reporting and accounting processes, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and disciplined execution across key processes while maintaining strong coordination with stateside partners. **Key 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 issues - Performing variance analysis for various accounts/reports - Performing Balance sheet certifications - Complete special requests and ad-hoc reports as requested - Plan workflows for all deliverables in advance of quarter end - Reconcile various accounts and promptly research and correct any variances - Run reports from various systems - Analyze and report interrelationships of financial information - Support process improvement and automation initiatives - Document procedures and processes - Ensuring smooth month/Quarter/Year end close **Qualifications Required:** - Education: Commerce Graduate or MBA from Recognized University. Additional qualification would be an added advantage - Experience: 2 years of post-qualification work experience in a relevant field is required - Knowledge and skills: - Knowledge of Accounting, Reporting & Reconciliations - Investigate, resolve and reconcile outstanding balances and items - Excellent business writing and communication skills - Excellent analytical and research skills - Self-Starter & Self-Motivated, well organized and flexible with a sense of urgency approach - Adaptability to change - Ability to manage multiple tasks prioritizing effectively - Ability to find creative and innovative solutions to business problems - Strong organizational and project management skills **About MetLife:** Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune Worlds 25 Best Workplaces, MetLife is one of the worlds leading fi