Senior Finance Associate

• Work alongside Client Accounting/ Business Partnership teams to support project managers actively manage project financial health;
  
• Engage with project teams colleagues and clients to identify and resolve issues related to project financial health;
  
• Support inflight client projects. Provide reporting trend analysis compliance tracking financial status and forecasts.
  
• Engage effectively with resources at all levels within ZS and at our clients as appropriate
  
• Manage revenue recognition completion estimates writeoffs and margins
  
• Ensure project financial transactions (billing collection time & expenses) are completed in a timely and accurate manner
  
• Assist with engagement startup (project setup) and shutdown activities (prepare final bill to client close project codes etc.)
  

Receive interpret and process billing instructions following up with project teams for clarification as needed.

Send invoices to clients through multiple channels (email online postal mail) as dictated by client.

Manage client PO s receipt of PO s communication with project teams to assign to projects.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in finance economics or business required post graduate or advanced degree preferred with a strong record of academic achievement;
  
• 35 years of financial management experience;
  
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel Word Outlook) SAP experience desirable;
  
• Strong analytic and critical thinking abilities;
  
• Effective oral and written communication skills that enable strong relationshipbuilding and stakeholder management;
  
• Strong attention to detail;
  
• Motivated and proactive;
  
• Professional objectivity and judgment to know when to challenge activities;