Senior Associate - Record to Report

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Associate specialized in Record to Report to join our team in Mumbai, working US shifts. The candidate should possess 3 to 10 years of relevant experience and hold a degree such as B.Com, M.Com, or a postgraduate qualification in Finance or Accounting.

Core Responsibilities

• Supervise and review Balance Sheet reconciliations prepared by team members including accounts like Cash, Accruals, Intercompany, Prepaids, Fixed Assets, Payroll, and Clearing accounts.
• Conduct thorough quality checks ensuring completeness, adequacy of supporting documents, clear explanations, proper identification and aging of reconciling items, with actionable closure plans.
• Challenge variances, unusual transactions, and items requiring significant judgment to uphold accuracy.
• Ensure adherence to reconciliation policies, templates, and audit standards.
• Minimize rework by identifying gaps early in the review process.
• Certify reconciliations within tight close timelines without compromising standards.
• Offer constructive feedback and coaching to preparers for enhancing first-time accuracy.
• Monitor recurring errors, rejection patterns, and documentation shortcomings supporting continuous process improvements.
• Collaborate with General Ledger, Reporting, and Audit teams to effectively address review feedback.
• Support both internal and external audit activities including walkthroughs and documentation reviews.
• Analyze multiple financial factors affecting the organization including systematic control and logging of financial transactions.
• Handle processing of journal entries and financial accounting transactions within the general ledger involving collection, recording, verification, reconciliation of data, and lease accounting.

Skills and Expertise Required

• Proficient in journal entry processing, multi-currency accounting, trial balance review, financial analysis, and reporting.
• Experience with Balance Sheet reconciliations covering various account types.
• Good domain understanding with the ability to work under compressed close timelines.
• Knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of ERP environments will be considered a plus.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants should hold a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degree in any specialization. Candidates with M.Com or postgraduate degrees in Finance or Accounting are also suitable.

Work Location and Timing

This position is based in Mumbai with shift timings aligned to US working hours.