Consultant - Consulting Risk - Accounts payable - FS - Mumbai

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The opportunity : Consultant - Consulting Risk – Accounts payable – FS - Mumbai

AMI :

The Advanced Manufacturing, Mobility & Infrastructure (AMI) Industry Market contains the following industries: Aerospace and Defence, Chemicals, Infrastructure, Industrial Products, Automotive, and Transportation that includes Mobility-as-a-Service. We help our clients to address the rapidly changing needs of our business world on not only how goods and services are bought and sold, but also on how they are devised and created. AMI builds and shares resources across sectors facing common challenges and aims to drive more effective cross-sector collaboration while enabling greater resource-pooling and developing more cohesive market responses. AMI also presents an opportunity to link regional sector communities with a more robust, global priority sector infrastructure.

CNS - Risk - Process & Controls :

EY Consulting is building a better working world by transforming businesses through the power of people, technology and innovation. Our client-centric approach focuses on driving long-term value for our clients by solving their most strategic problems. EY Consulting is made up of three sub-service lines: Business Consulting (including Performance Improvement and Risk Consulting), Technology Consulting and People Advisory Services. 

We help our clients in identifying and managing the interplay between upside and downside risk in order to make the long-term decisions to prevent risk and impact on their organization's ability to meet its future business strategy and objectives. The 3 key fields of play are :

Enterprise Risk - helps clients identify and address key risk areas, while building the agility to respond quickly. The areas of focus include Enterprise risk and resilience, Internal audit, Compliance and Internal controls

Technology Risk - helps clients to achieve sustainable growth by supporting their efforts to protect their business performance and by providing trusted communications on internal control and regulatory compliance to investors, management, regulators, customers and other stakeholders. EY teams accomplish this by assessing the technology risks that are introduced to businesses.

Financial Services Risk - helps clients in the financial sector to identify, manage and monitor the risks in their business. It is done through a transformative and agile approach including process and procedures, risk, data modeling and analytics, reporting to stakeholders and third parties, business requirements (for software selection and IT implementation), analysis of assets and liabilities, and capital and liquidity management.

Your key responsibilities

Technical Excellence

• Maintain systemized workflow and documentation of global Accounts Payable function
• Prepare and maintain documentation of invoice processing and T&E expense claims operational manuals
• Prepare documentation of invoice coding requirements of different payment entities
• Prepare and maintain lists of critical vendors; oversee system governance processes and procedures to best in breed
• Ensure efficient processing of invoices with compliance to Company policies and control framework, prioritise payments based on urgency and due dates
• Ensure timely processing of T&E expense claims and that transactions are coded accurately in accordance with T&E coding requirements
• Ensure consistency of application of standardised financial processes specific to expenses and payables, across the organisation
• Maintain cost allocation and recharge parameters on a monthly basis
• Timely and accurate posting of month-end journal entries and complete all period close activities
• Generate reports for month-end closing and as source data for analysis reports, including statistical reporting
• Produce expense analysis reports upon requests and on a regular basis
• Work cross-functionally with Finance, cost teams, and vendors to resolve issues and understand regional expense and invoicing practices.
• Work with IT and other group participants in the roll out of new AP and T&E systems and processes.
• Make recommendations for how to improve processes and procedures, minimise the need to handle exceptions
• Show flexibility to support the wider Finance team as necessary, especially at month end/quarter end

Skills and attributes

To qualify for the role you must have

Qualification

• Qualified chartered accountant; Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting or other relevant degree from top tier university
• Experience: 4-7 years of relevant experience; in depth knowledge of Investment Management, ideally Private Markets including Private Equity and Private Credit and related business processes is desirable
• A proven track record of success within AP or expense control role
• Highly accurate and with a keen attention to detail in all areas of work
• Good time management skills,, planning skills and a proven ability to multi-task
• Strong ability to build and maintain working relationships with key stakeholders
• Highly proficient in Excel
• Energetic and self-motivated; ability to work as an individual or as a team member
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to present information effectively both orally and in writing and with confidence
• Proficiency in Workday and Concur is a plus

What we look for

People with the ability to work in a collaborative manner to provide services across multiple client departments while following the commercial and legal requirements. You will need a practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions. We look for people who are agile, curious, mindful and able to sustain postivie energy, while being adaptable and creative in their approach. 

What we offer

EY is equally committed to being an inclusive employer and we strive to achieve the right balance for our people - enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing our people to build their career as well as focus on their wellbeing.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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