JLL India
JLL India | Senior Specialist General Ledger
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Job Highlights
Responsibilities
- Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.
- This document defines the P1 Analyst role within the R2R function, which delivers Month-End Close (MEC), Reconciliations, Financial Reporting, Governance and Continuous Improvement for global accounting operations.
- If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements.
- Using AI capabilities, we analyze your application for relevant skills, experiences, and qualifications to generate valuable insights about how your unique profile aligns with the specific requirements of the role you're pursuing.
- Act as a strategic bridge between Business and executive leadership.
- Prepares standard recurring and template-based journals with complete supporting documentation; posts only after review or approval as per the delegation matrix; corrects errors under guidance.
- Prepares reconciliations for assigned low-to-medium risk accounts in Account Reconciliation Cloud Services (ARCS) using standard templates; explains simple variances; submits for review by the deadline.
- Maintains the open item listing for assigned accounts; follows up with the owner for clearance; reports aged items and clearance progress to the reviewer.
- Performs basic month-on-month and actual-versus-budget comparisons using prepared templates; highlights movements above threshold; obtains explanations from the reviewer or business.
- Executes control steps exactly as documented; retains evidence in the agreed repository; complies with segregation of duties, policies and the code of conduct; reports control breaches immediately.
- Responds to routine queries from the team and defined contacts within agreed turnaround times; escalates non-standard requests; maintains professional, courteous communication.
- Owns assigned tasks to completion; admits and corrects mistakes promptly; meets deadlines.
- Compiles standard schedules, trial balance extracts and recurring reports from templates; performs completeness and accuracy checks; supports statutory and management reporting packs.
- Documents observed errors, delays and rework; suggests simple improvements in team forums; follows updated procedures and keeps desk instructions current.
- Uses Account Reconciliation Cloud Services (ARCS), ERP and Excel features as trained; adopts automated workflows and bots in the process; reports tool defects and suggests automation candidates.
- Calculates variances and flags those above threshold; understands common drivers of movement.
- Performs basic data validation, sorting and trend checks; recognises anomalies and duplicates.
- Shares information, supports teammates and contributes to a positive team environment.
- Makes decisions within defined procedures; recognises the limits of own authority and escalates beyond them.
- Communicates clearly in English in writing and on calls; shows cultural awareness across all JLL clusters & regions.
Requirements
- Self-reviews own journals for accuracy, support and period; understands the approval hierarchy.
- Proficient with lookup functions, pivot tables, filters and basic formulas; builds no complex models at this level.
- Enrolment in or part-completion of CA, CPA, ACCA or CMA is preferred; Account Reconciliation Cloud Services (ARCS) user certification and Excel training are an advantage.
- Basic exposure to an ERP system (SAP or Oracle) and Excel; Account Reconciliation Cloud Services (ARCS) exposure preferred.
- Ability to challenge constructively
- Fluent business English; additional regional languages are an advantage.
About the company
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated
JLL took its present form in 1999, when LaSalle Partners of Chicago merged with Jones Lang Wootton, a London property firm with roots in the eighteenth century, to create Jones Lang LaSalle. It has used the shorter name JLL since 2014. Headquartered in Chicago and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it works for property owners, occupiers and investors, handling leasing, capital markets deals, property and facility management, and project and development services, and it manages real estate investments through LaSalle Investment Management, alongside a technology business. In India it operates as Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants (India) Private Limited, registered in New Delhi, and has a presence in Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Coimbatore. Its Indian teams cover leasing, capital markets, research and advisory, project development, and facility, property and asset management.
Most of JLL's finance openings in India are in Gurugram, with others in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Ludhiana. The work covers contract-to-billing and receivables, accounts payable, general ledger and record-to-report, revenue recognition, reporting and FP&A, treasury, US payroll, lease administration and financial modelling for consulting projects, plus finance roles in Ludhiana and Mumbai suited to people from mall, retail, hotel or facilities backgrounds. Roles run from senior analyst to regional finance lead. Many postings ask for a commerce or accounting degree or a professional accountancy qualification; a revenue recognition role requires CA, ACCA or CPA, others prefer a CA, CPA, CFA or MBA, and payables roles in Hyderabad accept B.Com, MBA Finance or CA Inter.
