Senior Analyst - Channel Accounting

Airtel; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Airtel seeks an Analyst in Channel Accounting to perform daily financial reconciliations for Airtel Money, ensure compliance and timely reporting from the Shared Service environment.

The role involves closing items, coordinating with banks and stakeholders, and driving process improvements in reconciliation and accounting practices. Based at Airtel Office, Whitefield, Bangalore, India.

Qualifications

• B.Com/BBA/M.Com degree required; MBA Finance optional.
• MBA in Finance is optional.

Responsibilities

• Channel Optimization and daily reconciliations for Airtel Money.
• Prepare daily reconciliations and close items in Daily Trust Recon for regulatory submissions.
• Handle bank reconciliations and follow up with stakeholders for open items.
• Ensure timely month-end closing and reporting of financial schedules.
• Support audits and internal compliances.
• Interact with cross-functional teams for queries.
• Identify gaps and drive process improvements.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Accounting Skills

Ownership Mindset

Learning Agility

Execution Excellence

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Education

B.Com

BBA

M.Com

MBA - Finance

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Details

• Job Title - Analyst - Channel Accounting
• function - Finance
• Location - Prestige Shantiniketan, Whitefield, Bangalore , Airtel Office

Position Description

The purpose of this role is to perform daily critical financial reconciliations related to Airtel Money, reporting, accounting, handling compliances & audits in Shared Service Environment to ensure adherence to defined quality, performance, and SLA requirements.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Channel Optimization
  • Preparation of daily critical reconciliations related to Airtel Money Process to ensure
  • closure of aged open items in Daily Trust Recon for regulatory submissions and
  • other internal recons like Interoperability, International Money Transfer,
  • Switch/Gateway recons etc to monitor financial exposures & timely settlements.
  • Preparation of Bank reconciliations and follow-up with respective stakeholders for
  • closure of open items.
  • Ensuring daily accounting of entries in GL/ AR module as per central guidelines and
  • process documents.
  • Ensuring timely book closure on monthly basis as per defined calendar and reporting
  • of financial schedules.
  • Preparation of schedule for audits and internal compliances.
  • Strict adherence to process and controls as per process documents & SLA trackers.
  • Performing adhoc activities & projects as and when assigned by Team Lead.
  • Provide inputs in view of process improvement & for resolution of issues, interact with
  • cross functional team for queries.
  • Understand Airtel Money business to analyze and handle volumes of transactions in daily recons
• Process Optimization
  • Identify open items in recons, gaps and improvement areas to enhance the efficiency of the existing processes.
  • Study best practices in the industry to inculcate the tools and technologies within the systems.
• People Management
  • Work closely with the internal & external stakeholders for seamless execution of the tasks.

Knowledge, Certifications and Experience

• Education Qualification
  • B. Com /BBA/M.Com
  • MBA-Finance(Optional)

Key Interactions

• Internal / External Stakeholders
• (Internal means External to the department and internal to the organization; External means External to the organization)
• Finance Cross functional team & Africa Operating Countries
• External Internal/External Auditors, Banks

Skills and Competencies

• Technical
  • Advance Excel
• Competencies
  • Accounting Skills
  • Ownership Mind set
  • Learning Agility
  • Execution Excellence
• Behavioral
  • Competencies
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Excellent Communication Skills (Written & Verbal)

Limitless Ownership: You get to go above and beyond to take responsibility, challenge the norms
and take risks to create big things in more ways than one.

Limitless Careers: You have the freedom to imagine, and an open canvas available to you to
experiment and implement new ideas to gain depth and breadth of experiences.