DP World India | Specialist - Accounting and Reconciliations - Global Service Centre

Key accountabilities

• Manage operational delivery of R2R processes, coordinating with AP and AR ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to timelines.
• Act as the first point of contact for issue resolution, escalations, and exception handling in finance operations.
• Ensure compliance with internal control policies, accounting standards, and applicable statutory regulations.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams such as Operations, Procurement, Treasury, Tax, and IT to support end-to-end finance activities.
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities, ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial records.
• Contribute to automation initiatives, ERP enhancements, and process standardization projects.
• Coordinate with auditors (internal/external) to support audit processes and provide timely responses to audit queries.
• Maintain proper documentation and audit trails for all financial transactions and approvals.
• Shipping background is a must.

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Good understanding of accounting principles, financial processes, and internal controls.
• Proficient in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.) and MS Excel.
• Ability to manage workload effectively, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Minimum 5–8 years of experience in Finance & Accounting, with strong exposure to R2R and good understanding of AP, AR processes.
• Experience in working in a shared services or multinational environment is desirable.
• Prior involvement in process improvement or ERP implementation projects is an added advantage.

DP World

From its base at Jebel Ali in Dubai, DP World runs ports and terminals around the world. It started out in 1972 as the operator of Port Rashid, Dubai's first commercial port, and has used its current name since September 2005. Ports remain at its core, but it also offers freight forwarding, contract logistics, marine services, economic zones and trade-related technology. In India, DP World operates container terminals at Nhava Sheva, where it has two, and at Mundra, Chennai and Cochin. It also runs container trains linking ports with inland locations, rail and inland terminals, container freight stations, warehousing and freight forwarding from logistics offices across the country.

Finance work at DP World in India is split between its Global Service Centre, where teams handle accounts payable, accounts receivable and freight forwarding finance, and business units such as container freight stations and rail and inland terminals. Site finance, general accounting, management accounting, FP&A and internal audit roles go up to senior manager and are based in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurugram and New Delhi. Postings ask for a B.Com, M.Com or a degree in accounting or finance, and senior roles often require a qualified CA, with CPA, ACCA, CIA or CFE also named.

• Industry: Ports, logistics and supply chain: container terminals, freight forwarding, rail and inland logistics, marine services and economic zones
• Headquarters: Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DP World)
• In India: Container terminals at Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Chennai and Cochin, plus rail and inland terminals, container freight stations and logistics offices; finance roles in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurugram and New Delhi