ETIC, Finance and Accounting - Senior Associate

Line of Service Advisory Industry/Sector Technology Specialism Managed Services Management Level Senior Associate Job Description & Summary The Senior Associate supports end-to-end accounting delivery for assigned clients, entities, or process areas within a finance delivery / shared-services model. The role is responsible for accurate transaction processing, reconciliations, close support, reporting preparation, issue follow-up, and maintenance of strong supporting documentation. Working under the guidance of Managers and Senior Managers, the Senior Associate contributes to reliable service delivery across General Ledger, Record-to-Report, Accounts Payable, Order-to-Cash, FP&A support, and reporting activities. The role requires strong attention to detail, accounting fundamentals, ownership of assigned tasks, and the ability to coordinate effectively with internal teams and client stakeholders. Key Responsibilities • Execute assigned accounting activities for client entities, including journal preparation, reconciliations, subledger checks, close tasks, reporting support, and open-item follow-up. • Support GL, R2R, AP, O2C, FP&A, and month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities in line with agreed timetables and quality expectations. • Prepare working papers, account analyses, variance explanations, aging summaries, schedules, and supporting documentation for review by Managers or client teams. • Prepare standard and recurring journal entries, accruals, prepaid expense schedules, intercompany entries, reclassifications, and adjustment requests based on approved inputs. • Perform account reconciliations and investigate reconciling items by coordinating with process owners, client contacts, vendors, customers, or internal teams as applicable. • Assist in preparing statutory and management reporting packs by compiling data, validating balances, cross-checking supporting schedules, and maintaining version control. • Follow client accounting policies, internal procedures, applicable controls, and standard operating procedures to ensure consistent and compliant execution. • Identify processing exceptions, control issues, missing approvals, incomplete documentation, and unusual account movements, escalating them with clear facts and proposed next steps. • Maintain accurate trackers for close tasks, action items, audit requests, issue logs, approvals, and delivery dependencies. • Support audit readiness by preparing samples, retrieving evidence, reconciling supporting files to ledgers, and responding to first-level audit queries. • Contribute to process documentation by updating SOPs, checklists, handover notes, and knowledge-transfer materials when changes occur. •Participate in transition and stabilization activities for new clients, entities, or scope additions, including data validation, shadowing, reverse-shadowing, and issue capture. • Support KPI reporting and service-level monitoring by providing accurate status updates, exception comments, and remediation actions. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as procurement, payroll, tax, treasury, IT, and business stakeholders to resolve items impacting end-to-end finance outcomes. • Suggest practical improvements to templates, reconciliation approaches, documentation practices, and repetitive activities to improve speed, quality, and control. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field; progress toward CPA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent qualification is an advantage. • 4–7 years of accounting or finance experience, preferably within shared services, BPO, professional services, or multinational environments. • Solid understanding of accounting principles, financial close activities, reconciliations, journal entries, and reporting support. • Practical exposure to one or more finance process areas such as GL, AP, AR/O2C, R2R, intercompany, fixed assets, or management reporting. •