Risk and Compliance Specialist

Accenture; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in India is seeking a Risk and Compliance Specialist to perform extensive audits of employee expenses, investigate policy non-compliance and potential fraud, and lead compliance-focused expense reviews.

You will collaborate with Global Mobility, Legal, HR, and Payroll, provide guidance on policy adherence, and oversee end-of-period pre-authorization reviews in a high-volume environment, with US-hour shifts.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of expense audit, compliance, or financial operations processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work US hours.

Responsibilities

• The Time & Expense Service Management Team Lead is responsoible for the review and resolution of high-risk, complex, and non-compliant employee expense submissions.
• Manage the review and resolution of escalated, high-risk, and non-compliant expense transactions across designated expense categories.
• Conduct detailed reviews and investigations of complex expense compliance issues and identify trends or recurring concerns.
• Educate and communicate with North American employees regarding expense policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Perform end-of-period pre-authorization reviews, including comprehensive reviews of employee expense reports that exceed established thresholds.
• Manage and coordinate off-cycle payment requests resulting from pre-authorization review activities.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Global Mobility, Legal, HR, Payroll, and other internal support organizations to resolve issues and support policy compliance.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and performance management for one direct report.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and help drive process efficiency, risk mitigation, and compliance awareness across the organization.

Skills

Expense audit

Compliance knowledge

English communication

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Independent work

US hours

Education

Any Graduation

Job description

Job Description

Skill required:

Audit - Risk Management

Designation:

Risk and Compliance Specialist

Qualifications:

Any Graduation

Years of Experience:

7 to 11 years

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

What would you do?

• Perform extensive audits of Accenture employees business expenses and investigate expenses for Accenture policy non-compliance & potential fraud

What are we looking for?

• Strong knowledge of expense audit, compliance, or financial operations processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
• Must be able to work US hours

Roles and Responsibilities:

• The Time & Expense Service Management Team Lead is responsoible for the review and resolution of high-risk, complex, and non-compliant employee expense submissions. This role leads compliance-focused expense review activities, provides guidance to employees on policy adherence, and partners with key stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely expense processing.
• Manage the review and resolution of escalated, high-risk, and non-compliant expense transactions across designated expense categories.
• Conduct detailed reviews and investigations of complex expense compliance issues and identify trends or recurring concerns.
• Educate and communicate with North American employees regarding expense policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Perform end-of-period pre-authorization reviews, including comprehensive reviews of employee expense reports that exceed established thresholds.
• Manage and coordinate off-cycle payment requests resulting from pre-authorization review activities.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Global Mobility, Legal, HR, Payroll, and other internal support organizations to resolve issues and support policy compliance.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and performance management for one direct report.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and help drive process efficiency, risk mitigation, and compliance awareness across the organization.

Any Graduation

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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