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Position Summary
Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) professionals provides advisory services including Accounting and regulatory support for accounting change and special matters, accounting processes and controls support.

We are looking for an experienced Finance Transformation professional with a strong focus on Record-to-Report Optimization (R2R) Solution to join EY FAAS team. The ideal candidate will bring subject matter expertise to enhance our FAAS services.

The Senior will be responsible for the timeliness and quality of the work as per EY Global Standards for our FAAS team. While the Senior will be based out of our Gurugram or Bengaluru or Mumbai offices, the individual will be responsible for supporting EY practices and clients across the Global Market. Also, the individual may be required to travel to other countries (short-term) for executing the client engagements.
 
Primary Responsibilities

The Senior will be part of teams of FAAS professionals, executing engagements covering a broad spectrum of R2R Optimization areas. The individual will be responsible for the following tasks:

Assist in scoping the engagement and planning Discovery Workshops with the client to assess current state and perform comprehensive needs analysis including, 

Identify and document current R2R processes, KPIs, risk metrics, pain points, and inefficiencies
Engage with stakeholders to understand business requirements and objectives
Conduct a gap analysis to determine improvement or automation opportunities

Coordinate with multiple teams to run detailed solutioning & delivery including: 

Redesign processes to eliminate inefficiencies and incorporate best practices
Evaluate appropriate R2R Optimization tools that meet the project requirements based on factors such as integration capabilities, scalability, user-friendliness, and cost
Assist in designing processes on the chosen R2R Optimization tools to fit the future state operating model
Assist in customizing features and settings to meet specific business needs

Advise clients on a variety of topics including optimization of month-end close, journal entry rationalization, reconciliation optimization, chart of accounts rationalization and related tasks 
Assist in providing strategic recommendations to senior management on utilizing new technologies, automation, and digitalization to drive innovation in the Controllership function
Assist in change management efforts to ensure smooth adoption and integration of new processes, technologies, and ways of working
Perform detailed documentation and facilitate training programs and workshops to enhance end-user understanding and proficiency in R2R solutions during handover

Qualifications, skills, and experience 

To qualify, candidates must have:

Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA (US), ACCA (UK) or MBA with 2-6 years of relevant experience
Knowledge of Finance domain with deep expertise in Record-to-Report lifecycle 
Certification in Blackline / FloQast / Trintech and/or hands on experience working on similar tools
Strong understanding of Account Reconciliation, Consolidations, Intercompany accounting, Transaction Matching, Journal Entry and Task Management, Variance analysis, Smart close modules including but not limited to account setup, match rule construction, metrics, journal entry management, task management, and other R2R processes
Proficiency in current state analysis (As is), future state analysis (To be), process optimization, data optimization, data analytics, data management

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