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Job Description

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Senior Executive - Accounts Receivable & Finance Operations

As part of the GDS Finance team, this role will provide operational support across Accounts Receivable, billing and selected finance activities. The position will focus on reconciliations against statutory information, engagement setup and maintenance, monthly closing schedules, CS/ES billing, billing disputes, domestic billing and revenue-accrual support. The role will also contribute to targeted FP&A and AR improvement initiatives.

The opportunity 

This role offers the opportunity to strengthen the connection between AR, FP&A and statutory finance processes. The successful candidate will help ensure billing completeness and accuracy, timely close execution, reliable reconciliations and effective resolution of operational billing matters in a global finance environment.

Your key responsibilities

• Reconciliations against statutory information: Prepare and maintain reconciliations between AR, billing and statutory accounting information. Investigate differences, document explanations and coordinate the timely resolution of reconciling items with the relevant finance teams. 
• Engagement creation and maintenance: Coordinate the creation, update and maintenance of engagements and related financial attributes. Validate supporting information, approvals and master-data accuracy, and follow up on incomplete or incorrect setup impacting billing or accounting. 
• Monthly closing schedules: Prepare, coordinate and monitor monthly closing schedules for AR and billing activities. Track deadlines, dependencies, completion status and open items, and escalate risks that may affect an accurate and timely close. 
• CS/ES billing and related reconciliations: Support end-to-end CS/ES billing activities, including validation of billing inputs, invoice preparation and issuance, completeness checks and follow-up of exceptions. Perform reconciliations between FP&A and AR information to ensure consistency across revenue, billings, receivables and supporting records. 
• Billing disputes and invoice resolution: Manage and track disputed invoices, rejected billings, short payments and other billing exceptions. Coordinate with FP&A, AR, engagement teams and other stakeholders to identify root causes, obtain the necessary support and drive issues to closure. 
• Domestic billing: Support domestic billing activities, ensuring invoices are prepared accurately and on time and comply with the required financial, tax, customer and supporting-documentation requirements. Monitor pending items and coordinate corrections or reissuances as needed. 
• Revenue monthly accrual support: Support the monthly revenue-accrual process by gathering and validating inputs, reconciling accrual information with engagement, billing and AR records, and providing schedules and explanations required for month-end review. 
• FP&A and AR initiatives: Participate in targeted FP&A and AR initiatives focused on process improvement, standardization, reporting, controls, data quality and automation. Support testing, implementation, documentation and follow-up of agreed actions. 
• Reporting and control support: Prepare operational reports and trackers covering billing status, reconciliation differences, disputed invoices, closing activities and relevant AR exceptions. Maintain clear supporting evidence and contribute to internal-control, statutory-audit and compliance requests. 
• Stakeholder coordination: Collaborate with FP&A, AR, statutory finance, tax, engagement teams and other local or global stakeholders to resolve issues, clarify ownership and ensure activities are completed according to the agreed timetable. 

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong understanding of billing, accounts receivable, reconciliations and month-end close activities 
• Accounting knowledge and ability to connect operational finance information with statutory records 
• Ability to manage detailed schedules, multiple deadlines and cross-functional dependencies 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with close attention to accuracy and completeness 
• Clear communication and stakeholder-management skills in a global and multicultural environment 
• Confidence to follow up, challenge inconsistencies and escalate unresolved items appropriately 
• Process-improvement mindset and ability to document and standardize finance activities 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of SAP or another ERP system is preferred 

To qualify for the role, you must have

• CA with 1-3 years of work experience
• Strong Knowledge in Accounting, Finance, MIS etc
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Demonstrated strong written and oral communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have 

• Project management skills
• Exposure to tools like Power BI, Hyperion etc.
• Credible experience working in a fast-moving, client-centric, multi- national environment

What we look for  

• A team player with a curious mindset – should be open to continuous learnings and improvements
• Self-driven with an ability to produce high quality output and self-checks with minimal supervision

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across nine locations – Argentina, India, Philippines, Poland, Hungary, Sri Lanka,Mexico,Spain and UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career. 

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. 
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. 
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. 
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. 

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