Role: Project Leader – Balance sheet reconciliation
Skill: Record To Report [Blackline]
Experience: 8 to 15 years [BPO4/5/6]
Location: Kolkata
Shift Timing: AU Business Hours (Overlap starting around 3:00 AM IST)
Education:
- Minimum 15 years of regular, full-time education (10 + 2 + 3)
- Non-technical graduation in finance & accounts stream - CA/MBA/M.Com/CA Inter Equivalent.
- Preferred CA/MBA/M.Com Equivalent.
Must Have:
- Expert in Blackline tool for performing reconciliation work.
- Dashboard Reporting
- Stakeholder Management
Good-to-Have:
- Month End Closing
- General Ledger
- RTR
- Process Improvement
- Preferred SAP & JDE, Oracle a plus (Working knowledge)
Responsibilities:
- Own and manage Balance sheet reconciliation upliftment across entire business.
- Act as the single point of accountability for managing project milestones, dashboard reporting.
- Be self starter and self driven to independently define plans, research and resolve with very minimal support & guidance from across different accounting functions as PTP, RTR, OTC.
- Define, manage, and govern SLAs, KPIs, and identify productivity opportunities.
- Monitor performance dashboards and lead weekly/monthly client governance reviews.
- Drive root-cause & perform research analysis for inception of open items and defining pointed action plan to resolve.
- Serve as the primary offshore interface for onshore finance leadership, controllers, and business partners.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and manage expectations proactively.
- Ensure strong documentation, backup coverage, and knowledge continuity.
- Ensure adherence to controls, internal policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Manage delivery risk, control gaps, and compliance deviations proactively.
Transformation & Continuous Improvement:
- Identify and drive automation, standardization, and digital transformation initiatives for performing reconciliation.
- Partner with transformation, IT, and automation teams (RPA, Ai, Blackline, workflow tools).
- Deliver productivity improvements, cost savings, and scalability enhancements.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Chartered Accountant or equivalent qualification in Finance & Accounting
- 8–15 years of experience in Finance & Accounting shared services / BPO / GBS environments.
- At least 8 years of strong hands on experience in RTR, PTP & OTC domain
- Strong understanding of GAAP / IFRS, SOX, and global finance operations.
- Experience managing large improvement & upliftment projects
- 8 years strong Blackline reconciliation functionalities exposure with atleast 5 years at an Expert level
- ERP exposure of SAP & JDE preferred
- 10 years of excellent stakeholder management, communication, and escalation handling skills.
- Willingness to work with AU time zone overlap starting at ~3:00 AM IST.
- Experience in large-scale transitions or multi-client delivery
- Exposure to digital finance transformation programs
**Ex TCS Employees can't apply**
**PAN and DOB are required for profile creation**
#Interested Candidate can Apply here:
https://gratitudejobs.com/lateral/cref/867d430650
Pay: Up to ₹2,000,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
