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Associate, Accounting Operations

Associate, Accounting Operations

ConfidentialBengaluru / Bangalore
30+ days ago
Job description

Key Accountabilities and Main Responsibilities :

Strategic Focus :

  • Support the Accounting Operations Team to ensure alignment with the company's mission, strategy, and objectives.
  • Enhance standardisation of business processes to drive operational performance.
  • Regular review of work practices / procedures to identify opportunities to improve quality or productivity.
  • Implement projects that provide value-added services and reduce operational risk to facilitate client retention and profitable growth.

Operational Management :

  • Develop and implement changes to policies and procedures to ensure service quality standards and adherence to regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure timeliness and accuracy of account payable entries, bank reconciliations, and system processing.
  • Prepare and review transactions through banking platforms.
  • Prepare and review reports, investigating exceptions or flagged activities.
  • Resolve or escalate issues and risks raised by the team for internal and client reporting.
  • Perform procedural updates for accounting operations processes.
  • Collaborate with internal functions like Operations, Business Support, and others for operational inquiries or internal system enhancements.
  • Partner with external parties such as Banks, Custodians, and act as client accounting representation when needed.
  • Implement organisational and technological change affecting the team.
  • Deliver new business processes for beneficial improvements.
  • Emphasise the importance of client relationships across the team.
  • Enhance knowledge and skills within the Accounting Operations Team.
  • Support training, coaching, and best practices sharing within the team.
  • Foster an environment of openness and information sharing in team meetings.

    • Governance & Risk :

  • Ensure all operations comply with legislative requirements and company policies.
  • Critically appraise internal practices to achieve best practice standards across the team.

    • Experience & Personal Attributes :

    Experience :

  • 2+ years of experience in ORSO or pension funds payments, bank reconciliations, and accounts.
  • Strong understanding of pension administration, legislation, and regulations.
  • Strong understanding of accounting concepts (accounting standards) and reporting issues, including unit pricing.
  • Experience with banking platforms, SWIFT, and payment processing (local and global).

    • Personal Attributes :

  • General knowledge and understanding of business-wide processes.
  • Proactive with problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Organised and methodical approach to work.
  • Ability to make objective assessments and provide recommendations.
  • Ability to discuss processes with clients or internal department managers.
  • Continuous improvement in departmental processes.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision and under pressure.
  • Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and General Ledger knowledge (PeopleSoft preferred).
  • Knowledge of aaspire or similar administration systems is highly regarded.

    • Skills Required

    Bank Reconciliations, Accounts Management, Accounting Standards, unit pricing , Swift, Excel, Word, Powerpoint

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