Financial Accountant Associate / Accountant / Senior

FedEx Corporation; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

INT FedEx Express Transportation and Supply Chain Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai seeks a Senior Financial Accountant to oversee GL activities, drive month-end close, and ensure policy compliance.

You will collaborate with global teams, monitor balance sheet trends, and lead process improvements. You will guide operations and finance functions, ensure timely reconciliations, and support audits while leveraging ERP systems and advanced Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting is required; professional accounting qualifications preferred.
• CA/CPA or equivalent certification is strongly preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) and financial reporting.
• Strong Excel and Power BI capabilities for analytics.
• Familiarity with Gen AI tools is a plus.
• Experience in RTR finance processes and month-end close.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and review GL accounting activities performed by the operations team.
• Drive timely resolution of reconciliation exceptions and aged items.
• Review month-end close activities and ensure accuracy.
• Provide accounting guidance to business functions and finance teams.
• Monitor balance sheet accounts and GL trends for risks and actions.
• Lead process improvement to strengthen controls and reduce manual effort.
• Maintain SOPs and control frameworks; ensure audit readiness.
• Support statutory and tax audits with documentation and schedules.
• Prepare RTR reports and analyses of open items.
• Perform numerical analysis to validate computations and gaps.
• Mentor clerical and operational team members for governance and capability development.
• Collaborate across regions to ensure standardized treatment of transactions.

Skills

Strong financial accounting knowledge

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication

Gen AI awareness

Process automation

Ability to meet deadlines

Numerical analysis

Education

Bachelor: Accounting (Required)

Professional: Accounting (Required)

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Power BI

Power Query

Excel

Job description

What can you expect as a FedEx team member?

• Career Mobility and Development: When you join FedEx, you’re joining a team with possibilities that literally span the world— from opportunities for advancement and location transfer, to training and leadership programs.
• Total Compensation and Benefits Package: We want to keep our employees for a long time, so we offer competitive benefits, opportunities for flexible work arrangements, and programs to support well-being.

Equal Opportunities

Our greatest asset at FedEx is our people. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, and offer equal opportunities, fairness and respect to all regardless of who you are. We encourage you to apply even if you feel your experience does not align with all the aspects in the job description as you could be exactly who we need for this or another opportunity.

We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, age, genetic information, citizenship, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under national, state or local laws. We will reasonably accommodate team members and third parties with physical and mental disabilities.

Company:

INT FedEx Express Transportation and Supply Chain Services (India) Pvt. Ltd.

City:

Mumbai

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

48

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date

16-Oct-2026

Posting Close Date:

21-Oct-2026

Job Family:

FXE-MEISA: Financial Accountant

Position Summary:

Grade - 13

• Oversee and review GL accounting activities performed by the operations team, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and policy compliance.
• Drive timely resolution of reconciliation exceptions and aged items through effective collaboration with business stakeholders and support teams.
• Review month-end close activities, ensuring adherence to timelines, accounting standards, and internal controls.
• Partner with business functions and finance teams to provide accounting guidance, resolve queries, and improve financial transparency.
• Monitor balance sheet accounts and GL trends, identifying risks, unusual transactions, and opportunities for corrective actions.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, strengthen controls, and reduce manual effort across accounting processes.
• Maintain and update process documentation, SOPs, and control frameworks, ensuring compliance with organizational and audit requirements.
• Support statutory audits, tax audits, and compliance reviews by coordinating documentation, schedules, and stakeholder responses.
• Perform quality reviews of journals, accruals, provisions, prepayments, and other accounting adjustments to ensure adherence to company policies.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to clerical and operational team members, driving service excellence, governance, and continuous capability development.
• Ensure accurate recording of RTR functional transactions in general ledger
• Oversee & review preparation of the Balance Sheet reconciliations & journal entries to GL within prescribed timelines.
• Maintain correct records on assigned GL accounts and ensure compliance with company policies and guidelines.
• Monitor, analyze, and resolve open items balance sheet accounts to ensure timely clearing.
• Implement necessary process updates.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across finance, ship-to-collect, clearance and your peers in other regions to ensure consistent & standardized treatment on transactions.
• Support audits and provide documentation for respective RTR functional area related queries.
• Prepare RTR function related reports and analysis of open items.
• Perform numerical analysis to validate computations, identify discrepancies & solve the process gaps.
• Assist in process improvement projects and business optimization initiatives.
• Proficiency in numerical analysis and ability to interpret complex data.
• Strong financial accounting knowledge, including accruals, reconciliations, and revenue accounting.
• Advanced Excel skills for calculations and reconciliations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work under strict deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
• Professional certification (CA, CPA, or equivalent)
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.).
• Proactive willingness and initiative to learn and adopt new tools, applications and Gen AI in daily work to enhance efficiency
• Prior experience in Finance functions within a corporate environment in roles related to process management & improvements
• Experience in projects related to automation of processes
• Power BI & Power query active user

Bachelor: Accounting (Required), Professional: Accounting (Required)

English (Required)