Job Description

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GDS ES Finance - Controlling - Supervising Associate - Financial Planning and Analysis
Job Summary:
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Supervising Associate to manage and oversee financial operations related to GMIC Finance and Partner Cost Management. The ideal candidate will be responsible for validating funding requests, managing the books of accounts, preparing financial reports, managing accruals, and supporting audit and planning activities. This role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in financial systems, and the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders.
Your key responsibilities
GMIC Support:

• Assist in FROs and Stakeholders in planning, Budgeting and Forecasting.
• Validate GMIC funding requests in accordance with guiding principles and share with FRO for review and approval, highlighting any discrepancies.
• Prepare funding requests for acquisitions based on anniversary dates and share with FRO for review.
• Track all approved, under review, and on-hold GMIC funding along with necessary back-up documentation.
• Prepare weekly GMIC Pack including detailed tracker, WIPs list, accrual schedule, and GMIC to GL reconciliation.
• Review GMIC invoices received from member firms and forward to AP for processing.
• Approve invoices in SAP and route to FRO along with necessary funding approval emails and back-ups.
• Manage accruals including creation and release based on funding approval and invoice status.
• Manage funding held back due to AR arrears and provide monthly reports to FRO.
• Conduct regular review of books to identify and correct irregularities.
• Handle ad-hoc queries and requests, providing necessary reports and insights to FRO and stakeholders.
• Respond to audit queries by providing required reports and clarifications to Controllers and Audit team.

Partnership Cost:

• Tracking, analysis and reporting of Partner costs on a monthly basis, including variance analysis.
• Working with the MF contacts on any disputes/clarifications.
• Invoice approvals in SAP after validating all required fields/back-ups and ensuring timely processing/payment.
• Accruals management based on actual cost received and PST generated monthly.
• Highlighting cost rate discrepancies monthly and ensuring amendments in the planning tool.
• Maintaining open items tracker and following up with MF contacts/FRO/Finance team for resolutions.
• Handling ad-hoc queries/requests and providing necessary clarifications/reports to stakeholders.
• Collaborating with Tax team for partner tax estimates, assignment term changes, and benefit-related payments.
• Handling audit queries by providing necessary reports/clarifications to Controllers/Audit team.

Skills and attributes for success

• Possess strong communication skill
• Strong Presentation skills
• Problem Solving skills
• Have logical and analytical skill
• Be decisive on real time basis
• People management skill
• Have good business knowledge

Business acumen and process insights

• Ability to learn and demonstrates expert knowledge of EY financial priorities, processes, budgeting and accounting cycle
• Ability to learn and demonstrate strong awareness of all the major sources of cost and revenue in the Global entities
• Operates successfully on controlling and accounting engagements crossing multiple sub-functions within Global Finance team

Strategic thinking and continuous improvement

• Demonstrate executive presence while discussing, refining and finalizing issue definitions with decision-makers, where necessary achieving consensus between differing viewpoints.
• Define business problems and apply structured approach to gather data and conduct financial analysis that drives strategic decision making
• Lead the storyboarding to explain complex issues and present solution options and implications simply and clearly
• Help transform data effectively and efficiently into meaningful insights that underpin the strategic objectives of the Global Finance

Client focused:

• Drives interactions that build trust
• Ability to operate and influence at a Global level, across cultures and locations
• Operate effectively in a matrix management structure
• Collaborates and teams with finance colleagues and other functions to enhance service to clients, and to leverage leading practices.
• Able to embed ECS (Exceptional Client Service)

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Master's in Finance and Accounting with 8-10 years of experience in core finance
• Relevant experience in Financial Planning and Analysis
• Professional qualifications (such as CA / CPA, CGMA, CFA) are preferred
• Advanced Excel Knowledge
• Strong accounting Knowledge

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 1400 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.
• Opportunities to work with EY F&A practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

What we offer
EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations - Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK - and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We'll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

About EY
EY | Building a better working world
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.
Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.
Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.
EY | Building a better working world
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.
Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.
Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

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