EY India | Senior Associate

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe.
• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• 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.
• Track deadlines, dependencies, completion status and open items, and escalate risks that may affect an accurate and timely close.
• Perform reconciliations between FP&A and AR information to ensure consistency across revenue, billings, receivables and supporting records.
• Coordinate with FP&A, AR, engagement teams and other stakeholders to identify root causes, obtain the necessary support and drive issues to closure.
• Monitor pending items and coordinate corrections or reissuances as needed.
• 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.
• Billing disputes and invoice resolution: Manage and track disputed invoices, rejected billings, short payments and other billing exceptions.

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.
• Process-improvement mindset and ability to document and standardize finance activities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power Point; knowledge of SAP or another ERP system is preferred.
• Knowledge in Accounting, Finance, MIS etc.
• Strong Excel and Power Point skills.
• Demonstrated strong written and oral communication skills.
• Exposure to tools like Power BI, Hyperion etc.
• Credible experience working in a fast-moving, client-centric, multi- national environment.
• Self-driven with an ability to produce high quality output and self-checks with minimal supervision.
• Strong Knowledge in Accounting, Finance, MIS etc

EY (Ernst & Young)

EY is one of the Big Four professional services networks, providing assurance, tax, consulting and strategy-and-transactions services. The network in its present form came from the 1989 merger of Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young.

In India, EY member firms and EY Global Delivery Services employ large finance teams. Typical openings for chartered accountants and finance professionals are in financial accounting advisory (FAAS), audit, tax, risk and transaction services.

• Industry: Assurance, tax, consulting and transactions (Big Four)
• Headquarters: London, UK
• In India: EY member firms and EY Global Delivery Services centres in several Indian cities