Assistant Manager - Finance and Accounting

Senior

Roles & responsibilities

The Assistant Manager – BOI Finance and Accounting Team is integral to applying analytical skills to drive financial strategy, enhance decision-making processes, and optimize operations. This role involves interpreting complex financial data to provide actionable insights and recommendations, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

•Develop an understanding of the business area supported, proactively learning the services it provides, client issues it seeks to address, sectors it operates in and key clients / client contracts.•Lead on shared delivery centre (KDN) cost accounting, acting as the central liaison between the business and the delivery centre.  •Resolve auto‑settled inter‑office (KPMG network) invoices, ensuring costs are accurately coded to the correct engagement.  •Manage disbursement costs in ‘KPMG Law’, including monthly corporate card statement reconciliations and cost recharging to engagements and other internal cost centres •Review recharges from Corporate Services, identifying and flagging anomalies for investigation and resolution.  •Review the cost base, including classification across ledger accounts and cost centres, validating accuracy and correcting issues as required.  •Prepare monthly accruals and prepayments, including pre‑ and post‑close reconciliations, for review and sign‑off.  •Perform monthly cost variance analysis (YoY, MoM, and vs budget), investigating and preparing commentary on significant variances. •Monitor and challenge sundry fees, including settlement thereof. 

Roles & responsibilities contd.

Process Improvement:

•Automation and Efficiency: Lead efforts to automate reporting processes and incorporate generative AI tools to enhance efficiency, standardization, and innovation in financial analysis.•Skill Development in Analytics Platforms: Enhance proficiency in emerging data analytics platforms, adapting reports to improve efficiency and insight generation.

Team and Stakeholder Engagement:

•Stakeholder Management: Engage effectively with stakeholders, delivering analytical insights that align financial objectives with business strategies, including real-time support to stakeholders starting at 2 PM IST.•Team Leadership: Manage the finance team by setting clear goals, conducting performance appraisals, and fostering a culture focused on continuous learning and analytical excellence.•Training and Best Practices: Lead training sessions to develop analytical skills within the team, sharing best practices, including the use of generative AI, to enhance overall capabilities.•Investment Evaluation: Analyze open accounts receivable, bad debts, and cash flow metrics to provide leadership with insights that support the firm’s liquidity.

This role is for you if you have the below

•A qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / CA / MBA Finance) and over 8+ years relevant experience of accounting in an operational or professional services environment•Resilient and able to work with multiple and highly demanding stakeholders•Experience with SAP is preferred. •Good Microsoft Office skills essential. Aptitude for working with data. •Good communication skills  •An ability to work at both a strategic and a granular level – choosing when each is appropriate•Experience in financial planning and producing financial reports/analysis for management•High attention to detail, and ability to maximize quality even when meeting deadlines under pressure•Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

Roles & responsibilities

The Assistant Manager – BOI Finance and Accounting Team is integral to applying analytical skills to drive financial strategy, enhance decision-making processes, and optimize operations. This role involves interpreting complex financial data to provide actionable insights and recommendations, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

•Develop an understanding of the business area supported, proactively learning the services it provides, client issues it seeks to address, sectors it operates in and key clients / client contracts.•Lead on shared delivery centre (KDN) cost accounting, acting as the central liaison between the business and the delivery centre.  •Resolve auto‑settled inter‑office (KPMG network) invoices, ensuring costs are accurately coded to the correct engagement.  •Manage disbursement costs in ‘KPMG Law’, including monthly corporate card statement reconciliations and cost recharging to engagements and other internal cost centres •Review recharges from Corporate Services, identifying and flagging anomalies for investigation and resolution.  •Review the cost base, including classification across ledger accounts and cost centres, validating accuracy and correcting issues as required.  •Prepare monthly accruals and prepayments, including pre‑ and post‑close reconciliations, for review and sign‑off.  •Perform monthly cost variance analysis (YoY, MoM, and vs budget), investigating and preparing commentary on significant variances. •Monitor and challenge sundry fees, including settlement thereof. 

Roles & responsibilities contd.

Process Improvement:

•Automation and Efficiency: Lead efforts to automate reporting processes and incorporate generative AI tools to enhance efficiency, standardization, and innovation in financial analysis.•Skill Development in Analytics Platforms: Enhance proficiency in emerging data analytics platforms, adapting reports to improve efficiency and insight generation.

Team and Stakeholder Engagement:

•Stakeholder Management: Engage effectively with stakeholders, delivering analytical insights that align financial objectives with business strategies, including real-time support to stakeholders starting at 2 PM IST.•Team Leadership: Manage the finance team by setting clear goals, conducting performance appraisals, and fostering a culture focused on continuous learning and analytical excellence.•Training and Best Practices: Lead training sessions to develop analytical skills within the team, sharing best practices, including the use of generative AI, to enhance overall capabilities.•Investment Evaluation: Analyze open accounts receivable, bad debts, and cash flow metrics to provide leadership with insights that support the firm’s liquidity.

This role is for you if you have the below

•A qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / CA / MBA Finance) and over 8+ years relevant experience of accounting in an operational or professional services environment•Resilient and able to work with multiple and highly demanding stakeholders•Experience with SAP is preferred. •Good Microsoft Office skills essential. Aptitude for working with data. •Good communication skills  •An ability to work at both a strategic and a granular level – choosing when each is appropriate•Experience in financial planning and producing financial reports/analysis for management•High attention to detail, and ability to maximize quality even when meeting deadlines under pressure•Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

Roles & responsibilities

The Assistant Manager – BOI Finance and Accounting Team is integral to applying analytical skills to drive financial strategy, enhance decision-making processes, and optimize operations. This role involves interpreting complex financial data to provide actionable insights and recommendations, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

•Develop an understanding of the business area supported, proactively learning the services it provides, client issues it seeks to address, sectors it operates in and key clients / client contracts.•Lead on shared delivery centre (KDN) cost accounting, acting as the central liaison between the business and the delivery centre.  •Resolve auto‑settled inter‑office (KPMG network) invoices, ensuring costs are accurately coded to the correct engagement.  •Manage disbursement costs in ‘KPMG Law’, including monthly corporate card statement reconciliations and cost recharging to engagements and other internal cost centres •Review recharges from Corporate Services, identifying and flagging anomalies for investigation and resolution.  •Review the cost base, including classification across ledger accounts and cost centres, validating accuracy and correcting issues as required.  •Prepare monthly accruals and prepayments, including pre‑ and post‑close reconciliations, for review and sign‑off.  •Perform monthly cost variance analysis (YoY, MoM, and vs budget), investigating and preparing commentary on significant variances. •Monitor and challenge sundry fees, including settlement thereof. 

Roles & responsibilities contd.

Process Improvement:

•Automation and Efficiency: Lead efforts to automate reporting processes and incorporate generative AI tools to enhance efficiency, standardization, and innovation in financial analysis.•Skill Development in Analytics Platforms: Enhance proficiency in emerging data analytics platforms, adapting reports to improve efficiency and insight generation.

Team and Stakeholder Engagement:

•Stakeholder Management: Engage effectively with stakeholders, delivering analytical insights that align financial objectives with business strategies, including real-time support to stakeholders starting at 2 PM IST.•Team Leadership: Manage the finance team by setting clear goals, conducting performance appraisals, and fostering a culture focused on continuous learning and analytical excellence.•Training and Best Practices: Lead training sessions to develop analytical skills within the team, sharing best practices, including the use of generative AI, to enhance overall capabilities.•Investment Evaluation: Analyze open accounts receivable, bad debts, and cash flow metrics to provide leadership with insights that support the firm’s liquidity.

This role is for you if you have the below

•A qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / CA / MBA Finance) and over 8+ years relevant experience of accounting in an operational or professional services environment•Resilient and able to work with multiple and highly demanding stakeholders•Experience with SAP is preferred. •Good Microsoft Office skills essential. Aptitude for working with data. •Good communication skills  •An ability to work at both a strategic and a granular level – choosing when each is appropriate•Experience in financial planning and producing financial reports/analysis for management•High attention to detail, and ability to maximize quality even when meeting deadlines under pressure•Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

Experience Level

Senior Level