Baker Tilly US India | Billing Senior Associate

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert on one or more of the core departmental functions.
• Handle day-to-day operations of the team, including escalations and workload distribution to ensure service levels are met.
• Provide guidance and training to junior members of the team.
• Investigate and solve complex problems; identify root causes of problems and suggest process improvements.
• Identify best practices and suggest improvement ideas to increase efficiency.
• Deliver a superior level of prompt, knowledgeable, and professional service.
• Execute and contribute to the firm’s accounting strategy.
• Model use of business rules and procedures to ensure high quality results are delivered.
• Executes effectively in a high-volume environment by using resources efficiently, meeting deadlines, and keeping others informed of work plans and progress towards goals while maintaining quality standards

Requirements

• Effectively communicate with internal and external clients at all levels; develop relationships, build rapport, and effectively interact with partners, vendors and internal customers.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required, emphasis in accounting, finance, or a business-related field preferred.
• Minimum of 3+ years related experience required; experience in accounting preferred, experience in a professional services environment preferred.
• Proven commitment to providing exceptional client service.
• Ability to effectively research and understand problems, think critically, and identify creative solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to articulate complex issues.
• Ability to independently handle sensitive situations and exercise good business judgment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint).
• Beginning to intermediate proficiency in accounting systems.
• Experience with Workday is mandatory.

Baker Tilly US, LLP

The firm's roots in the United States go back to 1931, when it began as Virchow, Krause & Company, and the current partnership was organised in 1953. It joined Baker Tilly International in 1999 and took the Baker Tilly name in 2009. It has since grown through mergers with ParenteBeard in 2014 and Squar Milner in 2020, among others. Baker Tilly provides audit and assurance, tax, and advisory services, with a CPA firm handling attest work and a separate advisory group handling tax and consulting. In 2023 it formed a joint venture with the Indian firm Pierian Services, called BT Pierian, to add service delivery capacity in India across assurance, advisory and managed services.

The openings are mostly in Bengaluru, with some roles in Gurugram and Kochi. US tax roles at manager and senior manager level ask for CPA, CA or an Enrolled Agent certification. Assurance and internal audit roles prefer CA, CPA or CIA. Other postings cover accounting advisory, transaction advisory, business valuation, corporate finance advisory, FP&A, treasury, cash applications, billing, private equity fund services and managed accounting services. Roles run from associate to senior manager, and the accounting advisory roles in Gurugram ask for CA, CPA or ACCA.

• Industry: Accounting, tax, assurance and advisory services, including managed accounting services
• Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States (U.S. member firm of Baker Tilly International)
• In India: BT Pierian, a joint venture with the Indian firm Pierian Services formed in 2023; finance and accounting roles in Bengaluru, Gurugram and Kochi