Analyst - AR Management - Hyderabad

Summary
Position Summary
Analyst - GFS: Accounts Receivables Management CoE - Deloitte Support Services India Private Limited
Are you looking to build your career in financial reporting and analysis? Then, look no further. This is a unique opportunity for a high-energy professional to be part of the Finance team supporting Global businesses and learn about and support global initiatives and to work directly with global, regional, and member firm leaders.

Role Description:
Analysts will support specific on-boarding geographies with A/R Management strategies following the global standards established by GFS ARM. This includes a variety of related tasks, including but not limited to: A/R Target setting activities each period; Daily updates on progress against A/R targets; leading initiatives focused on improving A/R practices within the geography like billings and collection initiatives; reporting period end results to business leaders; etc.The Analyst assists the Business Advisor Senior Manager in the coordination and handling of all A/R related initiatives and reporting for the specific geographies assigned.

Role objective:
To support A/R Management processes for each assigned geography in-line with GFS ARM's global best practices.

Work you will do
As an Analyst in USI supporting GFS, you will focus on the following areas:

• Will support specific on-boarding geographies with A/R Management strategies following the global standards established by GFS ARM. This includes a variety of related tasks, including but not limited to:
• A/R Target setting activities each period
• Daily updates on progress against A/R targets
• Leading initiatives focused on improving A/R practices within the geography like billings and collection initiatives.
• Reporting period end results to business leaders
• The role assists the Business Advisor Senior Manager in the coordination and handling of all A/R related initiatives and reporting for the specific geographies assigned. This role will focus on the following areas of activity:
• Coordinate and review work from the India-based team in the handling of day-to-day and period end reporting including.
• Review period end reporting package, initial daily billing and collections, biweekly partner push notifications, biweekly work in progress notifications
• Various other routine and "ad hoc" inquiries as they arise.
• Guide and assist the team in handling various day-to-day inquiries.
• Prepare high visibility reporting including:
• Period end predictive model for billing and collections
• Slide decks for predictive model meetings
• Communicate directly with geography leadership and finance team including:
• Period end reporting schedules
• Predictive model review with business partners and leaders
• Monthly leadership updates
• Billing and collection improvement initiatives
• Work with ARM Innovation Team to develop new reporting and optimize existing reporting for geographies.
• Collaborate with ARM Team counterparts to leverage best practices in billings and collections to improve geography performance.
• Handle all tasks independently and with minimum supervision.
• Ensure work is done with the highest possible level of quality and accuracy.
• Ensure team procedures are routinely documented, always updated & kept current.
• Identify automation opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Able to identify issues and concerns that may affect team performance and communicate to leadership.
• Able to communicate effectively with the team and management.
• Able to promote strong sense of teaming.
• Consult, assist, and work with various other GSF teams from other geographies, as necessary.

The team:
The A/R Management CoE teams with Member Firms/Geographies to implement best practices around receivables management and improving the key A/R performance metric, Days Sales Outstanding (DSO.This includes a variety of related tasks, including but not limited to: billings and collections target setting; tracking performance against targets throughout each period; implementing initiatives that improve billing velocity and the average days required to collect invoices; A/R risk assessment; handling inquiries and issues around A/R as they arise; etc.

The team's competency spans several different proficiencies including:

• Project management skills
• Detailed analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excel expertise
• Ability to ensure a high level of overall quality and accuracy.
• Ability to work well & multi-task in a fast paced, time sensitive environment.

USI supporting GFS aims to provide a fully managed shared service that:

• Drives standardization of select skilled-based processes that are common across business functions and member firms.
• Leverages a single technology platform.
• Acts in support of member firm Business Finance teams so that they may, in turn, focus primarily on internal clients and value-add activities.
• Implements leading practices and drives continuous improvement.
• Delivers to agreed Service Level Expectations (SLEs)

Qualifications and experience required:

• Finance graduate with 1-3 years of experience, preferably in a professional services firm
• Proficient in Excel
• Must possess good oral and written communication skills in English
• Have attention to detail
• Ability to resolve issues and respond to inquiries in a timely manner
• Ability to work effectively, both independently and as a member of a team
• Understanding of SAP/HANA (preferred)

Location:
Hyderabad

Work timings:
2PM – 11PM, can change according to business needs

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