Walk-in || Accounts Executive

About the role

The Accounts Executive will support day-to-day accounting operations for Wiley's global entities. The role involves preparing journal entries, performing bank and balance sheet reconciliations, supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, and ensuring compliance with internal controls and SOX requirements.

This position supports APAC processes. The role demands hands-on experience in general ledger accounting and Record to Report processes, the ability to work independently with limited supervision, and collaboration with cross-functional finance teams.

Role & responsibilities

• Prepare standard monthly journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, and other routine adjustments.
• Perform daily and monthly bank reconciliations, including identification, investigation, and resolution of reconciling items.
• Prepare and review balance sheet account reconciliations in line with internal policies and timelines.
• Escalate and resolve unusual or aged reconciling items on time.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual general ledger close activities.
• Ensure all SOX and internal controls related to Record to Report and bank reconciliations are operating effectively.
• Generate and analyze standard financial reports from SAP and other finance systems.
• Leverage advanced Excel and Access database skills to support reporting, reconciliations, and analysis.
• Collect and maintain documentation required to support internal and external audits.
• Support tax-related accounting activities, reconciliations, documentation, and compliance requirements, as applicable.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelors degree in accounting or a related field.
• 13 years of accounting experience, preferably in a Record to Report / General Ledger function.
• Hands-on experience with bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong understanding of general accounting processes and month-end close activities.
• Any experience with tax-related accounting, tax reconciliations, statutory reporting, or tax compliance will be an advantage.
• Experience working with ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Strong transactional accounting and financial reporting capabilities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Access skills, including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and macros.
• Technologysavvy with the ability to learn and work efficiently across multiple systems and tools.

Criteria for the walk-in drive

1. Candidates must be currently employed and should not be serving a notice period.
2. Candidates should have 1.5 to 3.5 years of experience in the GL/RTR domain and should have completed a minimum of 1.5 years with their current employer.
3. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Commerce.
4. The expected compensation should be within the range budgeted for the Executive level, with a maximum budget of approximately 5.5 LPA. The final offer will be determined based on the interview and candidate's current compensation.
5. Candidates should have a notice period of two months or less.
6. Candidates should be based in the Delhi NCR region.