EXL
EXL | Lead Assistant Manager
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Job Highlights
Responsibilities
- Review and approve high-risk and complex account reconciliations.
- Ensure General Ledger balances are fully supported by appropriate documentation and reconciliation schedules.
- Drive timely identification, investigation, and resolution of reconciling items and aged balances.
- Review and approve accruals, prepayments, reclassifications, and adjustment journal entries.
- Ensure compliance with accounting policies, US GAAP/IFRS requirements, and corporate guidelines.
- Perform detailed account analysis and balance sheet reviews to identify risks and opportunities.
- Ensure all close deliverables are completed accurately and within established timelines.
- Review financial statements and supporting schedules for accuracy and completeness.
- Analyze significant balance sheet fluctuations and provide management insights.
- Partner with Controllers and Finance Leadership to support financial reporting requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement in close cycle efficiency and effectiveness.
- Act as the primary contact for internal and external audits related to balance sheet accounts.
- Ensure reconciliations meet quality and audit standards.
- Identify control gaps and implement corrective action plans.
- Support risk assessments and internal control reviews.
- Drive governance and compliance initiatives across the reconciliation function.
- Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for reconciliation and accounting-related issues.
- Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders across global locations.
- Lead discussions regarding accounting issues, reconciliations, and financial risks.
- Support transition projects, process migrations, and organizational initiatives.
- Conduct performance evaluations and support talent development initiatives.
- Provide technical accounting guidance and process expertise.
- Lead process standardization and optimization projects.
- Support ERP implementations, migration activities, and transformation programs.
- Develop and maintain SOPs, process maps, and control documentation.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards, financial reporting, and internal controls.
- Advanced experience with BlackLine or similar reconciliation platforms.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Proven leadership and team management experience.
- Experience in Global Business Services (GBS) or Shared Services organizations.
- Experience leading finance transformation and automation initiatives.
- Knowledge of Power BI and advanced analytics.
- Experience managing audits and compliance requirements.
- Preferred Qualifications CA / CPA / CMA / ACCA / B.COM / MBA Finance.
About the company
EXL
EXL (ExlService Holdings, Inc.) is a data analytics and digital operations company founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ as EXLS. It works with large insurers, banks, healthcare payers and retailers worldwide, combining data, AI and deep industry knowledge to run and transform business operations. Its Indian arm, EXL Service.com (India) Private Limited, was incorporated in 1999, and India is where the bulk of its global delivery work happens.
For finance professionals, EXL hires across finance and accounting operations (record to report, procure to pay, order to cash), financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, audit support, and risk and compliance, alongside its large analytics practice. CA, CMA, ACCA and MBA (Finance) profiles suit these roles across its Noida, Gurugram, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kochi centres.
