Group Global Center Project Accounting Associate

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); New Delhi; On-site; INR 650,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM’s Global Delivery Centre in Gurugram seeks a Project Accounting Analyst to drive timely client billing, project financial administration, and variance management across project lifecycles. You will collaborate with Project Managers, Partners-in-Charge, and Finance teams to support profitability and billing compliance.

You will handle drafting and final invoicing for Time & Material and Lump Sum projects, coordinate approvals, and manage write-offs and milestone billing, contributing to KPIs

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in Project Accounting, O2C, Billing, Revenue Operations, or related finance processes.
• Experience in client invoicing, billing administration, and financial reconciliations.
• Exposure to ERP systems, billing tools, and financial reporting processes.
• Understanding of financial controls, compliance requirements, and approval workflows.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders in a global environment.
• Ability to work in EMEA or North America shifts.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and issue draft and final client invoices for Time & Material and Lump Sum projects.
• Coordinate with Project Managers (PMs) and Partners-in-Charge (PICs) to review and approve billing.
• Process write-offs, billing adjustments, and project variance corrections in accordance with approval guidelines.
• Manage milestone billing activities and coordinate updates with the Master Data team.
• Monitor e-billing platforms and ensure invoice statuses are maintained accurately.
• Escalate stalled invoices, variances, and billing issues to Financial Project Partners (FPPs).
• Support project financial health by ensuring timely billing and variance resolution.

Skills

Project accounting

Billing

Variance management

ERP systems

Financial reporting

Stakeholder management

Tools

ERP systems

Billing tools

Financial reporting tools

Job description

ERM is the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, with over 50 years of experience helping organisations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance challenges. We bring together a global community of experts to deliver meaningful impact for our clients and the planet.

The Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in Gurugram is ERM’s global operating backbone. It delivers business enablement services in Finance, HR, IT, and Commercial Operations to ensure ERM’s global business runs seamlessly, efficiently, and consistently.

At the GDC, you will:

• Be part of a hub that ensures ERM’s business continuity worldwide.
• Collaborate with colleagues across geographies to support global operations.
• Drive consistency, compliance, and efficiency in core functions.
• Work with digital, automation, and AI-enabled tools to optimise how ERM operates.
• Work in shifts where required, depending on the role.
• As processes mature and automation increases, reliance on shifts will reduce.

Why this role matters?

The Project Accounting Analyst is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely client billing, project financial administration, and variance management throughout the project lifecycle. The role partners closely with Project Managers, Partners-in-Charge, and Finance teams to support project profitability, billing compliance, and achievement of key business KPIs.

What your impact is?

• Drive accurate and timely client billing, ensuring revenue is recognized and collected efficiently.
• Support project financial health through effective variance management and billing compliance.
• Minimize revenue leakage by identifying and resolving billing discrepancies promptly.Strengthen cash flow and reduce outstanding receivables through proactive invoice management.
• Enhance stakeholder experience by partnering closely with Project Managers, PICs, and Finance teams.
• Contribute to achieving key business KPIs, including Net Revenue, EBITDA/PBBIT, and WIP DSO targets.

What you’ll bring:

• 3-5 years of experience in Project Accounting, O2C, Billing, Revenue Operations, or related finance processes.
• Experience in client invoicing, billing administration, and financial reconciliations.
• Exposure to ERP systems, billing tools, and financial reporting processes.
• Understanding of financial controls, compliance requirements, and approval workflows.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders in a global environment.
• Ability to work in EMEA or North America shifts.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare and issue draft and final client invoices for Time & Material and Lump Sum projects.
• Coordinate with Project Managers (PMs) and Partners-in-Charge (PICs) to review and approve billing.
• Process write-offs, billing adjustments, and project variance corrections in accordance with approval guidelines.
• Manage milestone billing activities and coordinate updates with the Master Data team.
• Monitor e-billing platforms and ensure invoice statuses are maintained accurately.
• Issue client invoices through appropriate channels, including customer portals and e-invoicing platforms.
• Review and route billing-related tickets to the appropriate teams for resolution.
• Escalate stalled invoices, variances, and billing issues to Financial Project Partners (FPPs).
• Support project financial health by ensuring timely billing and variance resolution.

At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a "boots to boardroom" leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.