Sr. Associate Record to Report

Role: Sr. Associate Record to Report

Skill: Finance and Accounts

Experience: 2-5 Years

Location: TCS Kolkata

Shift: Aus/NZ

Education:

• Minimum 15 years of regular, full-time education (10 + 2 + 3)

• Non-technical graduation and/or masters in finance & accounts stream - B.Com, M.Com and CA Complete Mandatory

• Bachelor's/Master's in Finance & Accounting or equivalent with ERP certification / proficient

Must Have Skills:

• Should be able to perform journal entries (preparation & posting), Month end Closing activities, Reporting, Fixed Asset & Lease accounting, Reconciliation of Cash & other Balance sheet items including ability to research open items and drive to closure

• Finance and Accounting domain experience

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Continuous Improvement / Lean & Six Sigma

• Stakeholders Coordination

• ERP Exposure (JDE/SAP)

Role Purpose:

• This role is responsible for executing processes based on written instructions with some level of subject matter expertise. Transaction based activities include processing & verifying for accuracy and completeness, data validations, reconciliations, posting, and preparing of customer required output in due time.

Key Accountabilities:

• Complete activities as per customer statement of work

• Meet Targets of TAT and Accuracy

• Be self-reliant to undertake and complete assigned work

• Undertake self assessment to verify activities done timely and accurately

• Perform Quality check of Sr. Associates and give feedback

• Evaluate Internal control gaps and implement the same to avoid errors and repeat issues

• Act as Buddy to new joiners and other Sr. Associates requiring support to perform activities

• Report out hourly & EOD status of activities performed

• Provide daily update to customer on progress and have interaction emails & calls

• Prepare & provide report out in form of dashboards using Excel and Powerpoint

• Identify process gaps and provide controls to mitigate and monitor closure

• Identify process improvement opportunities and take up improvement projects to closure

• Operate from Office as standard requirement

• Should not take any unscheduled leaves without pre-consent from Team Lead

• Be open to operate extended hours to finish deliverable from Office and incase of errors and backlogs and during month-end, quarter-end close

Technical Capabilities / Skills:

Systems:

• Working knowledge of SAP or JD Edwards

• Good level of proficiency in the following systems: MS Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Has good solid experience in Excel using IF, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, PIVOT, CELL REFERENCE, AVERAGE, AGEING, DATE FORMAT, TEXT to TABLE

Soft skills:

• Shows genuine empathy to customers experiencing connection difficulties.

• Able to communicate effectively across a group with diverse backgrounds.

• High energy, self-motivation with a high degree of accountability

Analytical skills:

• An eye for detail, analytical and data oriented with logical problem solving approach

Organisational skills:

• Time management

• Documentation and knowledge sharing.

• High level written communication skills to interact with key stakeholders

Business acumen:

• 2-5 years of experience in Record to Report performing journal entries (preparation & posting), Month end Closing activities, Reporting, Fixed Asset & Lease accounting, Reconciliation of Cash & other Balance sheet items including ability to research open items and drive to closure

Other Requirements:

• Should possess positive attitude to support the business.

• 5 days work from office is mandatory including one weekend during Month-end Close cycle